So...remember the Passover? The Isrealites dedicated all of its firstborn sons to God (see Exodus 3:40-51)....This was a temporary measure....God chose all the men from the tribe of Levi to replace the firstborn sons from every tribe....God had Moses count them and there were 22,000...this left 273 Isrealites that weren't "bought back" (redeemed)from being firstborn. To buy ther 273, God required five shekels for each one and that money was given to Aaron and his sons.
The Kohanthites, Gershonites and Meraites were families of Levites who were assigned for special tasks in Isreal's worship....I'm amazed that some of God's things were so holy that the Kohathites could not touch them or they would die. They couldn't look at some things without covering them first. God was teaching about being set apart, being holy.....a huge contrast between how to approach God in the Old Testament and how we are permitted now to go boldly to the throne because of Jesus Christ and the ultimate sacrifice he became for us. The Levites will become an old order of the Priesthood as God's plan progresses.
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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