Numbers 4:16

And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
office	וּפְקֻדַּ֞ת u.fe.ku.Dat	H6486	visitation (in many senses · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
Eleazar	אֶלְעָזָ֣ר 'el.'a.Zar	H499	Elazar · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֣ן 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֗ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
oil	שֶׁ֤מֶן She.men	H8081	grease · noun, common masculine singular construct
light	הַמָּאוֹר֙ ha.ma.'Or	H3974	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sweet	הַסַּמִּ֔ים ha.sa.Mim	H5561	an aroma · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
incense	וּקְטֹ֣רֶת u.ke.To.ret	H7004	a fumigation · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
daily	הַתָּמִ֖יד ha.ta.Mid	H8548	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
offering	וּמִנְחַ֥ת u.min.Chat	H4503	a donation · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
anointing	הַמִּשְׁחָ֑ה ha.mish.Chah	H4888	unction (the act) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
oil	וְשֶׁ֣מֶן ve.She.men	H8081	grease · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
oversight	פְּקֻדַּ֗ת pe.ku.Dat	H6486	visitation (in many senses · noun, common feminine singular construct
tabernacle	הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ ha.mish.Kan	H4908	a residence (including a shepherd's hut · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sanctuary	בְּקֹ֖דֶשׁ be.Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
vessels	וּבְכֵלָֽיו u.ve.khe.Lav	H3627	something prepared · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 25:6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Leviticus 24:2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Exodus 30:23-38 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fift…
1 Peter 2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Exodus 27:20-21 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
Exodus 29:39-41 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
Exodus 31:11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
Exodus 37:29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:1-20

We have here a second muster of the tribe of Levi. As that tribe was taken out of all Israel to be God's peculiar, so the middle-aged men of that tribe were taken from among the rest to be actually employed in the service of the tabernacle. Now observe, I. Who were to be taken into this number. All the males from thirty years old to fifty. Of the other tribes, those that were numbered to go forth to war were from twenty years old and upward, but of the Levites only from thirty to fifty; for the service of God requires the best of our strength, and the prime of our time, which cannot be better spent than to the honour of him who is the first and best. And a man may make a good soldier much so…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 4:16

to the office of Eleazar . . . pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, &c.--He was charged with the special duty of superintending the squadron who were employed in the carrying of the sacred furniture; besides, to his personal care were committed the materials requisite for the daily service, and which it was necessary he should have easily at his command (Exo 29:38).

John Gill on Numbers 4:16

And to the office of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, pertaineth the oil for the light,.... The following things, to bear them, according to some Jewish writers; but rather it was to give the oil for the light, that is, the vessels, and so the vessels of the oil to the sons of the Kohathites; agreeably to which are the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, who paraphrase the words,"and that which was delivered to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, the oil for the light, &c.''And indeed the words, as they are in the Hebrew text, may be rendered,"and the oversight of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be, or "let it be", the oil for the light, &c. (z);''the same word being so rend…

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John Calvin on Numbers 4:4–end

Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Kohathites — The descendants of Kohath. They formed the first of the three divisions of the Levites (Ex. 6:16, 18; Num. 3:17). In the journeyings of the Israelites they had the charge of the most holy portion of…
Eleazar (Eleazer) · .Duties of — .Duties of
High Priest, The · The deputy of: Had oversight of the tabernacle — The deputy of: Had oversight of the tabernacle
Levites, The · Services of: Taking down, putting up, and carrying the tabernacle, &c — Services of: Taking down, putting up, and carrying the tabernacle, &c
Meat Offerings · High priest’s deputy had care of — High priest’s deputy had care of
Oil · Sacre — Sacre

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 4:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 4:16

John Gill on Numbers 4:16

John Calvin on Numbers 4:4–end

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 4:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 4:16

John Gill on Numbers 4:16

John Calvin on Numbers 4:4–end

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 4:16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 4:15

Rashi on Numbers 4:16