John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 4:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when Aaron and his sons had made an end of covering the sanctuary, etc.] Not the holy place, nor the most holy place, for these were not covered by them; but “the holy things” in them, as the Septuagint version, the ark, shewbread table, etc. and all “the vessels of the sanctuary”; all appertaining to those holy things, which are before mentioned. Jarchi interprets the “sanctuary”, or the “holiness”, of the ark and altar, and all the vessels of the sanctuary; of the candlestick and the instruments of ministry: as the camp is to set forward; which made the covering of them necessary, in order to their being carried as that moved: after that the sons of Kohath shall come to bear [it]; or rather them, all the holy things, and their vessels, and that upon their shoulders: but they shall not touch [any] holy thing; even in bearing them, neither the ark nor any other, only the staves and bar, on which they were carried: lest they die; by the immediate hand of God: these [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath, in the tabernacle of the congregation; the above things, the ark, etc. which they were to bear on their shoulders, and not make use of wagons to carry them.

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