Tag: Numbers

Numbers 4The special tasks given to various Levite families were to be performed by the men of those families who were between the ages of thirty and fifty. That means if they were in the wilderness for flirty years they had complete turnover among the active, serving men of those families twice before they even…

Numbers 3I had not realized that consecrating the tribe of Levi to the service of the Lord was meant as a replacement fo consecrating the firstborn of each family. The purpose was the same but it would be much more organize and less confusing this way. I did not realize that the prescribed consequence for…

Numbers 2Each of the tribes was given a place relative to the tabernacle where they were to stand as if the whole camp were an army protecting the tabernacle. They were broken into four groups of three tribes each. Three of the four groups had 150,000 people each while the fourth had just over 100,000.…

Numbers 1When it says “all who were able to go to war” I wonder if that meant that any who were males over twenty who were disabled from going to war for some reason would not be counted. The other possibility that I see is that “all who were able to go to war” describes…