7 They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the tent of meeting by doing the work of the tabernacle.
7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
7 They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, as they minister at the tabernacle.
7 They shall work for him and the whole congregation at the Tent of Meeting by doing the work of The Dwelling.
7 And they shall attend to his needs and the needs of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of meeting, to do the work of the tabernacle.
7 They will serve Aaron and the whole community, performing their sacred duties in and around the Tabernacle.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 3:7
Commentary on Numbers 3:1-13
(Read Numbers 3:1-13)
There was much work belonging to the priests' office, and there were 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 under further obligations to serve him faithfully. God's right to us by redemption, confirms the right he has to us by creation.