As we dive into Numbers, we see Moses getting orders from God to form the Army for Israel; men able of twenty years and up were able to go war. Similar to how it is done in the US where men and women must be 18 to enroll in the military. This was done in the wilderness out on Mt. Sinai. The total in the army was 603,550 men; that's a great army covering a great number of people.
The Lord makes it known that Aaron and his sons are the chief of the Levite tribe; and that the Levites are for Aaron to assist in running the priest office; and the Levites are all the Lords because when He killed the first born of all the Egyptians, He took all the first born of the children of Israel's for His own.
So; if you have male children, the first born is the Lord's. However, the Lord took the Levites as His, in exchange for your first born that He redeemed by passing over your house in Egypt.
Leviticus chapter 4 notes the age you must be to do the work in the congregation. You have to be 30 to start your ministry or to participate in the ministry. This is why Jesus waited till He was at least 30 years of age before He began healing and teaching in Jerusalem and other coast in Israel, even waited till then to be baptized. And if you were 50 years of age and decided to get into the ministry, you just barely made it.
I found chapter five interesting, if a man felt his wife was cheating on him with another man, and he had the 'spirit of jealousy' he can take her before the priest and have a ritual performed over her before the Lord. You wouldn't have to run behind your wives with investigators if this was still around. If she was found guilty it was bad news for her.
Nazarite Vow:
If you make a vow to be a Nazerite; a man or woman, they must not cut their locks, neither come near a dead body no matter who, they must not drink wine nor strong drink (no Jack Daniels or Jamaican Rum), neither eat grapes. They must keep this up until the days of the separation and vow be finished.
Chapter seven in Leviticus recaps the twelve tribes and their offering unto the Lord for the dedication of the Altar; many offerings were brought, and when they were finished Moses went into the Tabernacle to meet with God and heard a voice coming from off the Mercy Seat from where the Ark of the Covenant lay between the cherubims and He spoke with Moses and Moses with God.
This shows that God was clearly on the earth. Even more it shows He was among the children of Israel dwelling among them.
To end in chapter eight for today; we're reminded that the Levites are the Lord's in exchange for our first born (male), and that God gave the Levites to Aaron (also a Levi man) as a gift to do the service of the congregation. The Lord has an excellent system set up all leading to Christ; it is just man has successfully turned the system around. Thank you for reading today, I pray God speed you continue in this Word. Amen.
DD
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