NUMBERS 8
In this chapter orders are given for the lighting the seven lamps of the candlestick, Nu 8:1; and for the consecration of the Levites to their office, by a purification of them, Nu 8:5; by a separation of them from the children of Israel, and the imposition of their hands on them, and of the hands of the Levites on the offerings offered for them, Nu 8:9; and being thus given to the Lord, and claimed as his, instead of the firstborn of Israel, they are given to Aaron and his sons to do service in the tabernacle, Nu 8:16; and their age at which they were to enter into service and cease from it is fixed, Nu 8:23.
NUMBERS 9
In this chapter the command for keeping the passover is repeated, and it was accordingly kept, Nu 9:1; but some persons being defiled and disqualified for observing it, Moses inquires of the Lord, on their solicitation, what should be done in such a case, Nu 9:6; when it was ordered to be kept by such, and those on journeys, on the fourteenth day of the second month, but not by others, who were to observe it according to its first appointment, Nu 9:9; and an account is given of the appearance of the cloud by day, and fire by night, upon the tabernacle, which directed the children of Israel when to journey, and when to pitch their tents, Nu 9:15.
NUMBERS 10
This chapter gives an account of the directions given for making two silver trumpets, and of the use of them, the ends and purposes for which they were to be made, Nu 10:1; and of the time of taking up of the cloud from the tabernacle, and of the removal of the camp of Israel from the wilderness of Sinai, and of the order of their march, Nu 10:11; when Moses most earnestly passed Hobab, his brother in law, to continue with him, Nu 10:29; and the chapter is closed with the prayer of Moses at the setting forward of the ark, and the resting of it, Nu 10:33.
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