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(Weekly Reading>>Numbers 4:21 to 7:89, Judges 13:2-25, Acts 21:17 to 22:29, John 7:53 to 8:11)
In the last study we learned that Moses and Aaron camped on the East side of the tabernacle before the tribe of Judah and his companions. The Levitical Kohath tribe camped on the south side before Reuben with his companions and had charge over the tabernacle with all its furnishings. The study continues with the other two Levitical tribes of Gershon and Merari.
The Gershon Levites - Numbers 4:22–28
The Gershonites, from ages thirty to fifty years old, were assigned the duties of caring for all the hangings, curtains and animal/tachash skins of the Tabernacle. Their duties were under the authority of Ithamar, the younger brother of Eleazar. In the body of Christ today the Gershonites can represent intercessors and prayer warriors who mediate the true covering of the Lord’s Word, full of life giving principles, to His people.
The Merari Levites - Numbers 4:29-33
Here the descendants of the youngest son of Levi, Merari, were counted – all the men thirty to fifty years of age and who were able to serve in the work of the Tabernacle. Each Merari was assigned a duty of handling and caring for the framework of the Tabernacle, including crossbars, posts, bases and everything related to their work.
Merari were responsible for the foundation of the Tabernacle. Today there are those whose main focus is laying a good foundation in the hearts of believers. These foundation workers are the ones concerned for the redemption of the soul. Like the framework of the Tabernacle, these modern-day Merarites are also hidden in the Body of Christ/Yeshua and not often in the limelight. Nevertheless, without the framework, the Tabernacle would not exist.
Numbering of the Levite Family - Numbers 4:34-49
Moses, Aaron and the leaders of the community counted the Levites aged thirty to fifty years who came to serve in the Tabernacle. The Kohaths numbered 2,750, the Gershons 2,630 and the tribe of Merari, 3,200. “At the Lord’s command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry” (Numbers 4:49).
A Wheel Within A Wheel
Seeing the completed picture of the tribes camped around the outside of the tabernacle and the Levites camped around the inside, you can make out a circle or a wheel within a wheel design resembling Ezekiel’s vision. When believers walk in the Yahweh’s ordinances they move as one unit in unison with His Holy Spirit. This gives a picture symbolizing the omnipresence of Yahweh tabernacling among His people, which is likened to a wheel within a wheel.
Today
Many believers had various backgrounds of man’s theology before crossing over into a more Hebraic redeemed lifestyle. When believers move toward the study of Torah[Instructions] they realize they have entered a very organized lifestyle that lines up with Christ’s Heavenly pattern. As believers begin to walk in this heavenly order they find that His word, and all of His appointed times, move as a single unit in unison with His Presence. When believers choose to observe and live by Christ’s word (which contains His Sabbaths and Feasts Days), His Spirit engages and this heavenly orchestration moves to transform ordinary men and women into a mighty army of God.
Purity of the Camp - Numbers 5:1-4
The Lord/Yahweh commanded the Israelites to keep the camp clean. He reminded them of the teaching given earlier of tahor and tamei in Leviticus 14:1 to15:33 to know the difference between ritual purity and cleanliness versus impurity and ritual uncleanliness.
As believers in the Holy One of Israel are learning, they are seeing His instructions are first and foremost to shed light on the heart. His people are to be holy and of one mind in Him. If the heart were impure, diseases of the spirit and flesh would appear as a warning. Any mixing of unclean with the clean would defile the camp, profane the Lord’s holy[set apart] name[authority, position, character] and contaminate the children of Israel. The Israelites were being formed into His army and royal priesthood. In order to activate these roles believers had to choose to obey His instructions/principles. This is true for believers today. Now more than ever the call of Torah is being heard in the hearts of God’s people. Many are coming to understand and respond to the call of a clean holy lifestyle. This walk leads to a pure heart, one without contamination and in fellowship with our holy God/Elohim. This is very important, because without holiness there is no army or priesthood of Yahweh.
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"COUNT"
(Weekly Reading>>Numbers 4:21 to 7:89, Judges 13:2-25, Acts 21:17 to 22:29, John 7:53 to 8:11)
In the last study we learned that Moses and Aaron camped on the East side of the tabernacle before the tribe of Judah and his companions. The Levitical Kohath tribe camped on the south side before Reuben with his companions and had charge over the tabernacle with all its furnishings. The study continues with the other two Levitical tribes of Gershon and Merari.
John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and tabernacled (Strong’s #4637) among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”
The Gershon Levites - Numbers 4:22–28
The Gershonites, from ages thirty to fifty years old, were assigned the duties of caring for all the hangings, curtains and animal/tachash skins of the Tabernacle. Their duties were under the authority of Ithamar, the younger brother of Eleazar. In the body of Christ today the Gershonites can represent intercessors and prayer warriors who mediate the true covering of the Lord’s Word, full of life giving principles, to His people.
The Merari Levites - Numbers 4:29-33
Here the descendants of the youngest son of Levi, Merari, were counted – all the men thirty to fifty years of age and who were able to serve in the work of the Tabernacle. Each Merari was assigned a duty of handling and caring for the framework of the Tabernacle, including crossbars, posts, bases and everything related to their work.
Merari were responsible for the foundation of the Tabernacle. Today there are those whose main focus is laying a good foundation in the hearts of believers. These foundation workers are the ones concerned for the redemption of the soul. Like the framework of the Tabernacle, these modern-day Merarites are also hidden in the Body of Christ/Yeshua and not often in the limelight. Nevertheless, without the framework, the Tabernacle would not exist.
Numbering of the Levite Family - Numbers 4:34-49
Moses, Aaron and the leaders of the community counted the Levites aged thirty to fifty years who came to serve in the Tabernacle. The Kohaths numbered 2,750, the Gershons 2,630 and the tribe of Merari, 3,200. “At the Lord’s command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry” (Numbers 4:49).
A Wheel Within A Wheel
Seeing the completed picture of the tribes camped around the outside of the tabernacle and the Levites camped around the inside, you can make out a circle or a wheel within a wheel design resembling Ezekiel’s vision. When believers walk in the Yahweh’s ordinances they move as one unit in unison with His Holy Spirit. This gives a picture symbolizing the omnipresence of Yahweh tabernacling among His people, which is likened to a wheel within a wheel.
Ezekiel 1:15-20 “Now as I looked at the living creatures, behold, a wheel was on the earth beside each living creature with its four faces. The appearance of the wheels and their workings was like the color of beryl, and all four had the same likeness. The appearance of their workings was, as it were, a wheel in the middle of a wheel. When they moved, they went toward any one of four directions; they did not turn aside when they went. As for their rims, they were so high they were awesome; and their rims were full of eyes, all around the four of them. When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.”
John 20:29 Jesus said, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
John 20:29 Jesus said, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Today
Many believers had various backgrounds of man’s theology before crossing over into a more Hebraic redeemed lifestyle. When believers move toward the study of Torah[Instructions] they realize they have entered a very organized lifestyle that lines up with Christ’s Heavenly pattern. As believers begin to walk in this heavenly order they find that His word, and all of His appointed times, move as a single unit in unison with His Presence. When believers choose to observe and live by Christ’s word (which contains His Sabbaths and Feasts Days), His Spirit engages and this heavenly orchestration moves to transform ordinary men and women into a mighty army of God.
Purity of the Camp - Numbers 5:1-4
The Lord/Yahweh commanded the Israelites to keep the camp clean. He reminded them of the teaching given earlier of tahor and tamei in Leviticus 14:1 to15:33 to know the difference between ritual purity and cleanliness versus impurity and ritual uncleanliness.
“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has an infectious skin disease or a discharge/tzarat of any kind or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body. Send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them” (Numbers 5:1-3; Leviticus 13:1-15:33).
As believers in the Holy One of Israel are learning, they are seeing His instructions are first and foremost to shed light on the heart. His people are to be holy and of one mind in Him. If the heart were impure, diseases of the spirit and flesh would appear as a warning. Any mixing of unclean with the clean would defile the camp, profane the Lord’s holy[set apart] name[authority, position, character] and contaminate the children of Israel. The Israelites were being formed into His army and royal priesthood. In order to activate these roles believers had to choose to obey His instructions/principles. This is true for believers today. Now more than ever the call of Torah is being heard in the hearts of God’s people. Many are coming to understand and respond to the call of a clean holy lifestyle. This walk leads to a pure heart, one without contamination and in fellowship with our holy God/Elohim. This is very important, because without holiness there is no army or priesthood of Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 8:3 “So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord/Yahweh.”
Amos 8:11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord our God, “That I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.”
Amos 8:11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord our God, “That I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.”
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