1)

Which service is the Pasuk referring to?

1.

Rashi and Seforno: It is referring to guarding the Mishkan, the onus of which lay on the shoulders of Aharon, 1 and whom the Levi'im were now appointed to assist, to make sure that no Zar enters. 2

2.

Oznayim la'Torah: It refers to the Avodah os singing, which the Levi'im performed whilst the Kohanim brought the Korb'nos Tzibur.

1

Rashi: As the Torah writes in 18:1. The Seforno adds that they were also appointed to assist Aharon and his sons, on whom lay the onus of guarding the Kehunah, to make sure that no Zar usurps it.

2

As the Torah continues in the following Pasuk.

2)

Why did the Mishkan need to be guarded?

1.

Rashi: Refer to 3:6:1:1*.

2.

Ramban (in his introduction to Bamidbar, DH 've'Hinei', citing Sifri Zuta): One cannot compare the palace of a king, which has guards, to a palace that does not. 1

3.

Refer also to 1:54:3:1 & 1:54:5:2.

1

It is a matter of regal prestige.

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