“And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. And Moses recorded them according to the word of YHWH, as he was commanded.”-Numbers 3:14-15 In my last post I wrote […]
N3-6: The census in Numbers Three wasn’t conducted by humans
In our study of Numbers chapter 3, we’re going to be starting from verse 14 today. Recall that the contents of this chapter occur in two different locations. All the events from verses 1-13 take place at Mount Sinai while all the events from verse 14 onwards take place in the Sinai Desert. Now I […]
N3-5: Per strict Jewish law, a baby less than one-month old was NOT considered a person
Adonai said to Moshe in the Sinai Desert, “Take a census of the tribe of Levi by clans and families. Count every male a month old or over.”-Numbers 3:14-15 There is a major difference between the census commanded in chapter 1 of all Israel and the one we’re studying here in chapter 3 (of Numbers). The difference […]
N3-4: Ancestor worship was widespread among the Israelites during Moses’ time
“Adonai said to Moshe, ‘I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel in lieu of every firstborn male that is first from the womb among the people of Israel; the Levites are to be mine. All the firstborn males belong to me, because on the day that I killed all the firstborn males in the land of Egypt, […]
N3-3: The one Biblical principle that has been forgotten by both Christianity and Judaism
“Adonai said to Moshe, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel in lieu of every firstborn male that is first from the womb among the people of Israel, the Levites are to be mine.”-Numbers 3:11-12 Verses 11-12 introduce a Biblical principle that has been pretty much forgotten by both Christianity and […]
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