Teks -- Numbers 3:38 (NET)

3:38 But those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons. They were responsible for the needs of the sanctuary and for the needs of the Israelites, but the unauthorized person who approached was to be put to death.

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Wesley: Num 3:38 - For the charge

Either in their stead, that charge which they were obliged to keep, if God had not committed it to those: or for their benefit; for their preservation, as the word may be rendered.

JFB: Num 3:38 - those that encamp, &c.

That being the entrance side, it was the post of honor, and consequently reserved to Moses and the priestly family. But the sons of Moses had no station here.

TSK: Num 3:38 - toward // keeping // for the charge

toward : Num 3:23, Num 3:29, Num 3:35, Num 1:53, Num 2:3

keeping : Num 3:10, Num 18:1-5; 1Ch 6:48, 1Ch 6:49

for the charge : Num 3:7, Num 3:8, Num 3:10

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Poole: Num 3:38 - For the charge of the children of Israel

For the charge of the children of Israel either in their stead. that charge which they were obliged to keep either by themselves. or by others appointed by them, if God had not committed it to those; or for their good, and service, and benefit; for their preservation, as the word may be rendered.

Haydock: Num 3:38 - Sons // In the

Sons, the children of Aaron. Those of Moses were among the Levites, 1 Paralipomenon xxiii. 13. They did not remain with their father. ---

In the, &c. Hebrew, "to guard the," &c., in order to supply for the rest of the Israelites, ver. 9. (St. Augustine, q. 4.)

Gill: Num 3:38 - And those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east // even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward // shall be Moses, Aaron, and his sons // keeping the charge of the sanctuary, for the charge of the children of Israel // and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death

And those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east,.... At which was the entrance into the tabernacle:

even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward; that is, before the court of the tabernacle, where the people assembled together:

shall be Moses, Aaron, and his sons; Moses the chief ruler, and Aaron the high priest, and his sons priests under him; these had the most honourable place of all, beings at the front of the tabernacle, between that and the camp of Judah. There is an extraordinary prick on the word Aaron, to show, as Jarchi says, that he was not in the number of Levites, though of the tribe of Levi, being high priest:

keeping the charge of the sanctuary, for the charge of the children of Israel; either in their room and stead, which otherwise they must have kept; or rather for their safety and security, keeping out all persons from entering into the sanctuary, who had no business there, that they died not, as it follows:

and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death; that is, whoever came nigh to enter into the holy place, and did, who was no priest, though an Israelite, and even a Levite, or into the most holy place, excepting the high priest, it was death unto him, either by the civil magistrate, or by the hand of heaven; so the Targum of Jonathan.