John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 31:25

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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That Moses commanded the Levites, etc.] These were not the common Levites, but the priests who were also Levites, to whom the law was given, (<053109>Deuteronomy 31:9); and none but they might touch the ark, or go so near it as, they are bid to do, to put the law on the side of it; so Aben Ezra; it follows, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord; as the priests are said to do, (see Gill on “<053109>Deuteronomy 31:9”); for though in journeying the Kohathites carried it, yet not until it was covered by the priests, for they must not touch it; as these must do when they put the law on the side of it, as they are ordered in (<053126>Deuteronomy 31:26). saying; as follows.

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