“These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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, […]