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Today's Bible Reading...
Bible Application Numbers 3-4 February 13
Questions:
1. “Now behold, I Myself have taken the _______________ from among the children
of Israel instead of eery firstborn who opens the womb among the children of
Israel. Therefore the Levities shall be Mine.” (3:12)
2. “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Number all the _________________ males of the
children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their
names.” (3:40)
3. “”When the _____ prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they
shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.”
(4:5)
4. “This is the ___________ of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and
carrying.” (4:25)
Chapter 3 - Service of the Levities
Chapter 4 - Office and Responsibilities of the Priest
What do we learn from these chapters?
1. The Levities were the tribe chosen by God, through Moses, to be the
caretakers of the Tabernacle, the place where God directed the spiritual and
civil work and organizational process of the tribe through his priest. The tribe
of Levi was chosen, perhaps, because of their zeal in destroying those who had
corrupted the worship by worshipping the golden calf a long time ago.
2. When God destroyed the first born child of Egypt, He claimed for Himself, all
the first born child of Israel. He said, “the Levities shall be mine.” But the
Levities were chosen by God instead of the first born of all of Israel. This was
a smaller group and enough to carry on the work of the Tabernacle.
3. Each tribe concentrated on moving the Tabernacle which was a tremendous task.
All must be properly handled and taken care of. All were precious and holy and
one who mishandled the sacred things of the Tabernacle would die.
4. Is not this the way we Christians should be? Handling the things of God in a
proper way, whether it be the altar, or the furnishings of the church. Also we
must be careful to treat the poor, the helpless and the old with dignity. We are
their caretakers and it behooves us to do our work well for one day it will too
be brought before us in Judgment.
5. One thing is clear. Each had his own task to perform. Today, as then, it is
in working together as a church, we will present to the world an image of a
picture of wholesome family life.
Prayer:
Dear God, Help us to learn the great truths from this lesson. Working together
we shall succeed whether it be a church, a family or a nation. Keep loving us,
we pray, so that we bring honor to You by our service. In Jesus’ name we pray.
Amen.
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