Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 18:2

2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joyned unto thee, and minister unto thee , but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

About sacrifices and offerings and other things, according to the rules and limits I have prescribed them. The Levites are said to minister to Aaron here, to the Church, Numb. 16. 9. and to God, Deut. 10. 8. They shall not contend with thee for superiority, as they have done, but they shall be subordinate and servants to thee.

Or, both to thee and to thy sons with thee: which translation may seem to be favoured by the following words, before the tabernacle, which was the proper place where the Levites ministred, whereas the Priests did minister to God both before and in the Tabernacle. Besides both the foregoing words and the two following verses do entirely speak of the ministry of the Levites, and the ministry of the Priests is distinctly spoken of ver. 5.

Marginal references: See Gen. 29. 34.