Wednesday Bible Study: Nice work if you can get it

In Numbers 3 we finally get around to counting the Levites. It ' s tedious and seems largely pointless, but serves to reaffirm the status of the Levites in society. What is most noteworthy about this is that they have a very cushy gig. I interpolate a few comments.3 This is the account of the family of Aaron and Moses at the time theLord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai.2 The names of the sons of Aaron were Nadab the firstborn and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.3 Those were the names of Aaron ’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.4 Nadab and Abihu, however, died before theLord when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.You may remember this incident from Leviticus 10. Exactly what they did wrong is never explained, but it was so offensive to God that he not only killed the guys but forbade Aaron from mourning them. Apparently they burned the wrong kind of incense of something like that. God is particularly sensitive to smells.5 TheLord said to Moses,6 “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.7 They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the tent of meeting by doing the work of the tabernacle.8 They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, fulfilling the obligations of the Israelites by doin...
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