Numbers 18:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 18:5

3 They shall attend to your needs and ^aall the needs of the tabernacle; ^bbut they shall not come near the articles of the sanctuary and the altar, ^clest they die—they and you also.

4 They shall be joined with you and attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, for all the work of the tabernacle; ^abut an outsider shall not come near you.

5 And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and ^athe duties of the altar, ^bthat there may be no more wrath on the children of Israel.

6 Behold, I Myself have ^ataken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; ^bthey are a gift to you, given by the Lord, to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting.

7 Therefore ^ayou and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and ^bbehind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a ^cgift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

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8 And the Lord spoke to Aaron: “Here, ^aI Myself have also given you charge of My heave offerings, all the holy gifts of the children of Israel; I have given them ^bas a portion to you and your sons, as an ordinance forever.

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Later on, in Ephesians 4, Paul took this principle and applied it to the church. He said that Christ ascended to heaven, and He gave gifts unto His church, and among those gifts is the ministry. The ministry is a gift from Christ to the church to serve the people in their service of God. In the same manner, God chose the family of Aaron out from the tribe of Levi, and then gave the remainder of the tribe of Levi as a gift to Aaron so that he could carry out his responsibility by having others perform work that the priests are not going to be involved in that are necessary for the maintenance of, the transportation of, the care of, and so forth, of the tabernacle.

Excerpted from Sanctification and Holiness (Part 3)

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