47 All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to do the work of serving and carrying the tent of meeting 48 numbered 8,580.
Women, be faithful to your husbands!
29 “‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and makes herself impure while married to her husband, 30 or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the Lord and is to apply this entire law to her. 31 The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.’”
When the Lord told each leader to sacrifice their offerings to the Lord the silver came out to be:
two thousand four hundred shekels
That is a lot of silver, about 30 kg of silver. Hey 30 kg of silver is like 30 thousand in today's price. And not forgetting all the advancement in technology to mine silver making it more readily available. Then it was rare.
Remember what the Lord done for Israel for it is good. The Lord struck down the Egyptians' first born and Israelites are to commemorate that by the dedication of each first born to the Lord. For God spared the first born of the Jews. That is a lasting event that people will do to always remember the Lord. Remember the thing that the Lord had done for them in Israel. Do we ourselves keep something in our hearts to remember the Lord for what He had done for us? This is like storing up treasures in our hearts so that one day we can take them out and praise the name of the Lord for the Lord had helped us.
16 They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn, the first male offspring from every Israelite woman.
This sentence is phrased funny. God had given the Levites as gifts to Aaron to do the work of the Lord. basically God gave Aaron and His sons the authority over the Levites. Wow, you may say. Aaron must be blessed by this and he must have found favour in God's eyes. Dont forget this man is the same one who carved Golden calf when Moses was in the Mountain. God forgives. People are not perfect, yet God showed them favour. It is funny to say this but God really just wants to be with people and build a relationship with the people. In other words, all God wants is the love from the people!
19 From among all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons to do the work at the tent of meeting on behalf of the Israelites and to make atonement for them so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”
I find this incredible as God is like doing what we are doing now. It is just that God did it first! Haha! God said they shall retire from their regular service after the age of 50. Hahahah. Suddenly it sounds like the army. After a certain age then you are free from the liability. Haha that is so funny. Guess who was the original author of the retirement idea.
23 The Lord said to Moses, 24 “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting, 25 but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer. 26 They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”
Now Moses faced a question that was bigger than He. He did not have the answers to that so He seeked the Lord. When we do not have answers, do we seek the Lord? Or do we just assume? i admit, i am sometimes guilty of that, you know just going forth and not asking and consulting God for direction. That is something we should do so we can do God's will! and then really involve God in our lives.
8 Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.”
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