Something Interesting from a Boring Passage
The opening chapters of Numbers don’t seem particularly interesting, since they are mainly lists of the various tribes.
But, allow me to point out three interesting details:
The tribes are arranged in camp with the tabernacle at the center. It’s like the Garden of Eden itself—God’s life is in the center.
The Levites are chosen by God to be the maintenance men of the tabernacle. Their job is to guard it and to break it down and carry it when the Israelites are on the move.
Aaron and his sons are the priests who actually do the sacrificial work in the tabernacle complex, and the Levites work for the Aaronic priesthood.
P.S. Look how the rabble that came out of Egypt has become a fruitful, well-ordered nation.
