--- title: "Bullinger" description: "the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . spake. See note on Numbers 1:1 . thirty. This thirty pertains to their numbering, The age twenty-five pertains to" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/numbers/4" --- **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **spake.** See note on [Numbers 1:1](../../../kjv/numbers/1/1) . **thirty.** This thirty pertains to their *numbering,* The age twenty-five pertains to their *service.* So that there was a probationary live years. Changed (by Divine direction given to David) in [1 Chronicles 23:23](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/23) , [1 Chronicles 23:24](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/24) , [1 Chronicles 23:27](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/27) to twenty. Compare [2 Chronicles 31:17](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/31/17) . **all that enter into the host.** This expression occurs five times in this chapter, verses: [Numbers 4:3](../../../kjv/numbers/4/3) , [Numbers 4:30](../../../kjv/numbers/4/30) , [Numbers 4:35](../../../kjv/numbers/4/35) , [Numbers 3:39](../../../kjv/numbers/3/39) , [Numbers 3:43](../../../kjv/numbers/3/43) . **tabernacle of the congregation** = "tent of meeting". Hebrew. *'ohel.* See App-40 . **most holy** = the holiest. Hebrew holiness of holinesses. See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) . **And.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ), here and in following verses, to emphasize each particular in verses: [Numbers 4:5-15](../../../kjv/numbers/4/5-15) . **table of shewbread.** See [Exodus 25:30](../../../kjv/exodus/25/30) and [Leviticus 24:6](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/6) . **dishes.** In ch App-4 rendered "charger" throughout. **spoons** = dishes. **bowls** = pans. **covers** = bowls. **to cover** = to pour. continual. Compare [Leviticus 24:8](../../../kjv/leviticus/24/8) . **candlestick** = light-holder, as in [Genesis 1:14](../../../kjv/genesis/1/14) . **bar** = pole. Compare [Numbers 13:23](../../../kjv/numbers/13/23) . **the.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and the". See note on [Numbers 4:5](../../../kjv/numbers/4/5) above. **fleshhooks:** or forks. **and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ), emphasizing each separate item. **basons:** or sprinkling-bowls. **holy.** See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) . **light** = candlestick. See on [Numbers 4:9](../../../kjv/numbers/4/9) above. **tabernacle** = habitation. Hebrew. *mishkan.* App-40 . **every one** = each to his own work. No confusion. **to see.** Compare [Exodus 19:21](../../../kjv/exodus/19/21) . [1 Samuel 6:19](../../../kjv/1-samuel/6/19) . **perform the service.** Hebrew war the warfare. Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ), for emphasis = do the important or solemn work. **door** = entrance. **appointment.** Hebrew "mouth", put for what is said or bidden by it. Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause). App-6 , **do the work.** Hebrew "serve the service". Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ), for emphasis = perform the solemn service. **the instruments of.** Instead of these words some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel and Septuagint, read "all", i.e. "all the charge". **commandment.** Hebrew "mouth". Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , put for words spoken by it. **hand.** Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , "hand" put for ministry performed by Moses. **do the service.** Hebrew "serve the service". Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ), for emphasis = do the solemn or important service. **commandment.** Hebrew "mouth", put for what is said by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause). 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