John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 2. But Nadab and Abihu died before their father , etc.] While he was living, (see Leviticus 10:1,2) and had no children, therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priests’ office : otherwise, as Jarchi observes, had their brethren left children, they would have come into the office before them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
- The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the mor there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member ha its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and free elder and younger. The younger brethren, if faithful and sincere, shal be no less acceptable to Christ than the fathers. May we all be children of the Lord, fitted to sing his praises for ever in his templ above _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew ולבני1121 אהרן175 מחלקותם4256 בני1121 אהרן175 נדב5070 ואביהוא30 אלעזר499 ואיתמר׃385
