Comparing Kohathite And Simeon

In the Old Testament, the Israelites were seen as people who failed to listen to God’s commandments. Despite knowing beforehand that they would be punished for their disobedience, they still continued to commit sin. God tried to deter their misbehavior by promising them many blessings, but it worked to no avail. Due to the insubordination of the Israelites, He made sure that the promises He made to them would be withheld and that they would face consequences.

So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of Hashem , who is enthroned between the cherubim. And Eliʼs two sons, Hophni and Phinehas,

6. And he shall read it all the days of his life, to fear the Lord and observe all the words of this law, that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, and not turn aside from the commandment, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:14-20)

Moses: The Holy Land is important to the my people because it was the land promised to us by God. The Holy Land is also where our great temple had once stood

As the death of Moses approached, Joshua was appointed Moses’ successor. He was commissioned by Eleazar the priest to divide the conquered territory among the several tribes.

This is important because, yet again, we see God continuing to keep his covenant with Abraham by providing his presence for Moses. In the verse before this we see Moses began to question God and fight the calling that God had placed on him. God is also telling Moses that he will not deliver the Israelites by himself, or on his own accord. He will do it by God’s encouragement and strength. This is God telling Moses to have faith in him.

The final task of the land division is assigning cities to the Levites. The heads of the Levitical households approached Eleazar, Joshua, and the ruling elders about appropriating these cities (v. 1-3). The cities were assigned based upon clan lineage. Aaron’s sons received thirteen cities by lot (v. 4). The children of Kohath were assigned ten cities by lot (v. 5). Gershon’s children were given thirteen cities by lot (v. 6). Finally, the children of Merari were given twelve cities by lot (v. 7). Most of the chapter

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.

In section one of Numbers which is the Lord’s Preparing the First Generation to Enter the Promised Land covered in chapters one through ten there seems to a very specific message that God desires to communicate to the original audience. Although various opinions may exist regarding what this message may be the clearest message that appears to be displayed is that God has various ordinances and rules regarding the worship, day to day life, and travel of the Israelite nation which set them apart from the nations around them and must be strictly followed and adhered to. Chapter two of Numbers gives an account of the organization of the camp of the Israelites after they had been numbered by tribe. Each tribe had a specific leader, a specific head of each group of three thirds, and a specific location in which they were supposed to camp relative to the tabernacle. The purpose for all of this was set out by God in order to protect the ark and the tabernacle along with encampment as a whole from the presence of God and invaders who sought to raid the encampment. Chapters three and four along with seven, eight, nine, and ten all have to do very specifically with the roles of the Levities and tabernacle worship and the very strict guidelines that applied to both of these. The Kohathite clan of the Levities which was to transport the sacred articles of the tabernacle was not permitted to ever see the articles that they were carrying lest God strict them dead. In addition, in the

The Lord commanded Moses to anoint Aaron and his sons as priests to carry out the levitical laws. Moses dressed Aaron in the priestly garments, and then he poured anointing oil on Aaron’s head and consecrated him. Moses then did with Aaron’s sons what the Lord required of him so that

And the Lord said to Joshua See, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its King and its fighting men."

He was a contemporary of the prophet Isaiah and prophesied to the northern and southern kingdoms (Hindson). Because social injustice became very common in Israel and Judah God became angry with them. Wealthy families felt the need to steal land from the needy because they had the power too whether it was legally or illegal. To steal family property was to steal the family's inheritance from the Lord, and that was considered a serious crime (Hindson). Because land was the Lords at this time, he gave some land to his people, the people of Israel. There are twelve tribes in Israel so God gave every tribe, clan, and family some land, in light of this land was not to be handed or traded over to anyone else. Land sold because of debt was to be redeemed by the individual or family, and all land reverted to its original owners in the Year of Jubilee, every fiftieth year (Hindson). This had become a custom to the people of Israel, and because of this Micah had said an army that was foreign would come and take the land as the Israelites were made outcasts. Looking at how the rich had taken the land from the poor families God would now do the same thing to them, and take all of the land. In the book of Amos, the prophet, Amos talks about the problem with religious ritualism. The religious practices of the people were not genuine. “I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no

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were chosen by God to set up a state of Israel where they could not be

When God led the Israelites into the “Promised Land” of Canaan, Joshua, divided the land among all the families of Israel. For the sake of ensuring order among the budding community of Israelites, God gifted them with the Law of Jubilee. Almost all “Laws” of the Lord are thoroughly recorded in the book of Leviticus; the content is directed to teach an uncivilized population, namely the Israelites, the basics of holy living. The ‘Law of the Jubilee’ is recorded in Leviticus 25:8-13: “You shall count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the period of seven weeks of years gives forty-nine years. Then you shall have the trumpet sounded loud; on the tenth day of the seventh month—on the Day of Atonement—you shall have the trumpet sounded throughout all your land. And you shall hallow the fiftieth year and you shall proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you: you shall return, every one of you, to your property and every one of you to your family. That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you: you shall not sow, or reap the after growth, or harvest the unpruned vines. For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you: you shall eat only what the field itself produces. In this year of jubilee you shall return, every one of you, to your property.” Because all the land belongs to God, no Israelite was allowed to sell his land permanently. All land sales were temporary; these sales are more familiar