Numbers 3:10
10 Appoint Aaron and his sons to minister as priests; anyone else who tries to elbow his way in will be put to death."
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 3:10
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.