Numbers 1:53

“But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, etc.] Between the tabernacle and the camps of Israel, to guard the tabernacle and preserve the things in it, and to keep persons from going into it that should not, to pollute or plunder it: these were placed in like manner as the four living creatures round the throne, (<660406>Revelation 4:6); where the allusion seems to be to this situation of the Levites: that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel; that is, from the Lord, should any of them approach too near, or meddle with and touch what they had nothing to do with, or go where they should not; such wrath as came upon Uzzah for his error and…”

“When a census of the tribe of Levi takes place. Numbers 3:15; Numbers 26:62, “all” the males are counted from a month old and upward, and not, as in the other tribes, those only who were of age for service in the field. Numbers 1:48 had spoken - Render spake. The formal appointment is only now made, in reward for their zeal Exodus 32:26-29, though reference to their future office appears previously in Leviticus 25:32 ff, and they had already acted as assistants to the priests (compare Exodus 38:21). return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical Information Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on Numbers 1". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible".…”

“No wrath - From God, who is very tender of his worship, and will not suffer the profaners of it go unpunished! whose wrath is called simply wrath by way of eminency, as the most terrible kind of wrath. Next: Numbers Chapter 2”

“shall pitch: Num 1:50, Num 3:7, Num 18:3; Ti1 4:13-16; Ti2 4:2 there be: Num 8:19, Num 16:46, Num 18:5; Lev 10:6; Sa1 6:19; Jer 5:31, Jer 23:15; Act 20:28-31 and the: Num 3:7, Num 3:8, Num 8:24-26, Num 18:3-5, Num 31:30, Num 31:47; Ch1 23:32; Ch2 13:10 Numbers 1:54”