47The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers. 48For the LORD had said to Moses: 49“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites. 50Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
52The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard. 53But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
54Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Psalm 147: 4He determines the number of the stars;
He calls them each by name.
“He who counts the stars and calls them all by their names, leaves nothing unarranged in his own service.” (Spurgeon)
“They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.”
A great responsibility for the Levites!
When I was twelve I painted my grandparents house, it required cleaning, scraping, priming and applying the final coat of paint. It was a great responsibility for a teenager.
What was your first, great responsibility?
Blessings, David
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