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Notes: April 6, 2008 - Numbers 1

Bob Feather April 6th, 2008

The Census of Year 0002

After the tabernacle had been dedicated and in use for a month, God ordered a national census of all males 20 years old and upward, all that were able to go to war.

Exodus 40:17; Numbers 1:1-3.

 

Tribe

Representative Elder

Males 20 years old and upwards

1.

 Reuben Elizur

46,500

2.

 Simeon Shelumiel 59,300

3.

 Judah Nahshon 74,600

4.

 Issachar Nethaneel 54,400

5.

 Zebulun Eliab 57,400

6.

 Joseph/Ephraim Elishama 40,500

7.

 Joseph/Manasseh Gamaliel 32,200

8.

 Benjamin Abidan 35,400

9.

 Dan Ahiezer 62,700

10.

 Asher Pagiel 41,500

11.

 Gad Eliasaph 45,650

12.

 Naphtali Ahira 53,400

 

  

Total:

 603,550

 

 Levi   not numbered

 Meditation Points:

  • Joseph, as promised by Jacob, receives a double representation.
  • The Levites, because of their tabernacle responsibilities, are excused from military obligations–a religious deferment.
  • The government is a theocracy, with representatives of the governed speaking and acting for their tribes; this is not a democracy.
  • If there were more than half a million men over the age of 20, how many younger men and women and children must there have been?

 

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Exodus 40:17
17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
Numbers 1:1-3
1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
3From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

Audio: April 6, 2008 - Evening Bible Study

Bob Feather April 6th, 2008

English language discussion of Leviticus 26-27 and Numbers 1.

  • Leviticus 26 - promised blessings, threatened judgments, and God’s mercy
  • Leviticus 27 - vows, dedications and redemption
  • Numbers 1 - the first census of Israel’s fighting men
Exodus 40:17
17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
Numbers 1:1-3
1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
3From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

Notes: April 5, 2008 - Leviticus 27

Bob Feather April 5th, 2008

Talk about dedication…

I. Redemption price for people of varying ages (1-13).

 

Age

Male value

Female value

Birth to 1 month

n/a

na/

1 month to 5 years

5 silver shekels

3 silver shekels

5 - 20 years

20 silver shekels

10 silver shekels

20 - 60 years

50 silver shekels

30 silver shekels

60+ years

15 silver shekels

10 silver shekels

 

II. Houses and fields redeemed at appraised value +20% (14-25).

III. Special rules and summary (26-34)

 

Meditation Points:

  • Whether you vowed to make an offering because of your gratitude for God’s mercy, or whether you are vowing in relationship to a petition for God’s mercy, you were to show your dedication and commitment by making a prescribed payment to the priest.
  • Corban anybody? (Matthew 7:9-13)

 

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Exodus 40:17
17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
Numbers 1:1-3
1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
3From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Matthew 7:9-13
9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Notes: April 4, 2008 - Leviticus 26

Bob Feather April 4th, 2008

Promises and threatening; blessings and curses

 

If Israel keeps God’s sabbaths and statutes, and forsakes their own idolatrous statue, then God will bless them (1-13).

  • agricultural plenty (4-5)
  • peace and safety (6)
  • perplexed enemies (7-9)
  • prosperity (10)
  • God’s presence (11-13)

If Israel forsakes God’s law, then God will withhold good and heap evil upon them (14-39).

  • fear (14-15)
  • defeat (17-18)
  • barrenness (19-20)
  • wild animal attacks (21-22)
  • rationing and famine (23-29)
  • enemy invasions (30-32)
  • terror and confusion 33-39)

If Israel repents of its rebellion, God will forgive them; nonetheless, God will not utterly forsake His people (40-46).

  • God will be merciful (40-43
  • God will visit them in the land of their enemies (44)
  • God will remember His covenant (45)

Meditation Points:

God has the right to be merciful to whom He will. Has He been merciful to you?

Disobedient children, no matter how much loved by their parents, should expect discipline from those loving parents.

When these evils come upon a modern nation, who ever suspects that God has brought them?

 

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Exodus 40:17
17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
Numbers 1:1-3
1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
3From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Matthew 7:9-13
9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

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