John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 5. And the Lord spake unto Moses , etc.] After he had given him the order for the numbering the children of Israel, and for the manner of their encampment and journeying: saying ; as follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-13 - There was much work belonging to the priests' office, and there wer now only Aaron and his two sons to do it; God appoints the Levites to attend them. Those whom God finds work for, he will find help for. The Levites were taken instead of the first-born. When He that made us saves us, as the first-born of Israel were saved, we are laid unde further obligations to serve him faithfully. God's right to us by redemption, confirms the right he has to us by creation.
Original Hebrew וידבר1696 יהוה3068 אל413 משׁה4872 לאמר׃559
