Exodus 38:21 - Exposition

This is the sum . Or "numbering" (as in Numbers 26:63 ). The tabernacle of testimony . The tabernacle, i.e; of which the great glory was that it contained "the testimony" or "Two Tables." Compare Exodus 25:16 . For the service of the Levites . Literally "a service of the Levites by the hand of Ithamar," etc.— i.e. "a service which was performed by the Levites at the command of Ithamar." It is somewhat remarkable that the direction of the Levites should be assigned to Ithamar, rather than to Nadab or Abihu.