The Levitical Inheritance (Num. 26:57-62)

2/12/2009 10:52 AM

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY

 

My Worship Time                                        Focus:  The Levitical inheritance

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                        Reference:  Numbers 26:57-62

 

            Message of the verses:  “57 ¶  These are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.  58  These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.  59  The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.  60  To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.  61  But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.  62  Those who were numbered of them were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel since no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.”

            In this section of Numbers the Levites are numbered, and at the beginning of this section the genealogy, although a brief one, was given of the tribe of Levi.  Moses and Aaron were from the tribe of Levi and the priesthood came through Aaron and then through his son Eleazar and then through Phinehas as God had promised.  Eleazar was the high priest and his brother Ithamar was also a priest.  The rest of the tribe of Levite was to help the priests in their work at the tabernacle and later on at the temple.  The Levites were given forty-eight cities through the land of Israel and they were to help the rest of Israel learn about the Word of God.

            Jacob on his death bed said that Simenon and Levi would be scattered throughout the land of Israel because of their murdering all of the people of Shechem.  The last reason the Levites did not receive an inheritance of the Land was because God was their inheritance. 

            Now the remaining verses in Numbers twenty-six give kind of a highlight of what the total chapter was about.  God had promised that Joshua and Caleb would be the only members of Israel to live after the first census was taken because they were the ones who had enough faith in God that He would allow Israel to conquer all of the evil people who lived in Canaan and verse sixty-five tells that they were the only ones that were left from the first census. 

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  God keeps His promises, although it may take a long time to see the promises of God being fulfilled all of the promises that He has made will someday be fulfilled.  This gives me faith to trust the Lord more and more each day.

 

 

 

My Steps of Faith for Today:

 

1. To trust the Lord that He will help me to learn more and more about Him
2. To learn contentment.
3. Trust the Lord to guide my path today and everyday.

 

2/12/2009 11:21 AM