Bilangan 3:14

The Numbering of the Levites

3:14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai:

Bilangan 3:30

3:30 Now the leader of the clan of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

Bilangan 4:18

4:18 “Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off ¹  from among the Levites;

Bilangan 4:21

The Service of the Gershonites

4:21 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

Bilangan 3:35

3:35 Now the leader of the clan of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

[4:18]  ¹ sn The verb is simply the Qal, “do not cut off.” The context calls for a permissive nuance – “do not let them be cut off.” It was a difficult task to be handling the holy things correctly; Moses and Aaron were to see to it that they did it right and did not handle the objects, that is, Moses and Aaron were to safeguard their lives by making certain that proper procedures were followed.