Numbers 4 (KJV) - Bible Truth Library

the office.Eleazar himself, perhaps with the other priests, was required to carry the oil for the light, the incense, and the flour for the daily meat offering, and the holy ointment; besides superintending the Levites.

It may be supposed, that he himself carried no more of the oil than for present use. (see ver. 9.)

Num. 3:32• ³²And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. (Num. 3:32)

the oil.

Ex. 25:6• ⁶Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, (Ex. 25:6)

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Ex. 27:20‑21• ²⁰And 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.
²¹In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. (Ex. 27:20‑21)

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Lev. 24:2• ²Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. (Lev. 24:2)

the sweet.

Ex. 30:34‑38• ³⁴And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:
³⁵And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:
³⁶And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
³⁷And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.
³⁸Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. (Ex. 30:34‑38)

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Ex. 37:29• ²⁹And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. (Ex. 37:29)

the daily.

Ex. 29:39‑41• ³⁹The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
⁴⁰And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
⁴¹And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. (Ex. 29:39‑41)

the anointing.

Ex. 30:23‑33• ²³Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
²⁴And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
²⁵And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
²⁶And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
²⁷And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
²⁸And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.
²⁹And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
³⁰And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
³¹And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
³²Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
³³Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. (Ex. 30:23‑33)

the oversight.

Luke 4:18• ¹⁸The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (Luke 4:18)

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Acts 20:28• ²⁸Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. (Acts 20:28)

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1 Cor. 4:1• ¹Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. (1 Cor. 4:1)

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1 Tim. 2:5• ⁵For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (1 Tim. 2:5)

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Heb. 3:1,6• ¹Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
⁶But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. (Heb. 3:1,6)

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1 Peter 2:25• ²⁵For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. (1 Peter 2:25)

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1 Peter 5:2• ²Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; (1 Peter 5:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have the oversight of the oil for the light, and the fragrant incensee, and the continual oblation, and the anointing oil,—the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and of all that is therein, over the sanctuary, and over its furniture.

JND Translation Notes

See Ex. 30.7.