But first, the final thought from Leviticus: the book closes by introducing the concept of redemption. The Lord gets the firstfruits of everything, and the first born, both man and animal. So if the people wanted to reclaim their things that first went to the Lord, they would have to redeem them. Redemption means to reclaim or repurchase.
Numbers
- Hey, let's take a census! The total number of Israelites was 603,550, not including the Levites. The Levites were not counted, but instead were appointed to be in charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.
- The Levites were the priest tribe of Israel. Aaron was the high priest, and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar were anointed to serve as priests. There were 22,o00.
- 3:40 Here we have an example of the Levites acting in a future propitiation capacity. Previously, the first born were declared the Lord's. But now, the Levites were to be taken in place of the first born. The Levites were declared to belong to the Lord.
- 6 - the introduction of the Nazarites. The Nazarites took special vows of separation for special purpose of the Lord. He had to abstain from wine, grape juice, raisins, could not cut his hair, and avoid dead bodies. Future Nazarites were Samson and Samuel.
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