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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Numbers 8:9

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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thou shalt bring: Exod. 29:4-37, Exo 40:12 shalt gather the whole: The words, kol âdath, which are rendered "the whole assembly," often signify all the elders, or principal persons in the several tribes ( Num 15:4; Num 25:7; Num 35:12). And they cannot well have any other sense here; for it would be impossible for all the children of Israel to put their hands on the Levites, as stated in the next verse. Lev 8:3 Numbers 8:10
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