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Discover the Arts! Each day a different image from the Literary, Performing, or Visual Arts representing a portion of Scripture plus an explanation with links 2017 May 17
Officers and Standard-Bearers of the Old Civic Guard (1657)
Caesar van Everdingen (1616/17 - 1678)
Dutch Golden Age Baroque Style
Stedelijk Museum, Alkmaar, Alkmaar, Netherlands
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
SPECIAL NOTE:
[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no days will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]
Explanation: Numbers 8 opens with the lighting of the golden candlestick (Menorah) (1-4). Next, the LORD gives instructions about the service of the Levites. He begins by telling Moses to cleanse and purify them for service. They are then to gather prescribed offerings to have at the ready. Afterward, the LORD told Moses to have the congregation lay their hands on them and make them an offering to the LORD and to his service. Then the Levites were to offer a sin offering followed by a burnt offering to make an atonement for themselves. They would them become an offering for the LORD (5-13). Afterward the Levites were to begin serving in the Tabernacle in place of the firstborn among the Israelites, for all the firstborn belong to the LORD from the time he delivered them from Egypt; thus there would be no plague among them when the Israelites worshiped at the sanctuary (14-19). These instructions were carried out, and the Levites began to serve (20-22). The LORD also told Moses that the Levites were to serve from age 25 till the age of 50. Afterward, they were to keep guard in the temple, but not to do their other, former duties (23-26).
[ Sermons: Robert S Rayburn. Various. ]
[ Illustration: When the Levites retired they became guardians of the temple, as prescribed in the latter part of Numbers 8 -- represented, in kind, by the painting above. ]
RESOURCES
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[ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Numbers 8: [2] Exodus 25:37.
[4] Exodus 25:31.
[7] Numbers 6:17; Exodus 29:14; Leviticus 4:14; Numbers 19:9; Numbers 8:8; Leviticus 14:8-9; Exodus 19:10; Genesis 35:2.
[16] Exodus 13:2.
[24] Numbers 4:3; Numbers 4:23; Numbers 4:30. -- From the KJV Reference Bible ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]
HARMONY OF THE LAW
HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES
Pentateuch Detailed Outline:
Genesis Detailed Outline:
Exodus Detailed Outline:
Leviticus Detailed Outline
Old Testament Offerings Chart
Numbers Detailed Outline
Numbers 8
NUMBERS (COVENANT INSTRUCTION CONTINUES: LAWS OF COMMUNITY LIFE)
Note: "It is the only age in the Bible in which miracle is a daily fact of life."
(Richard Elliott Friedman, Commentary on the Torah, [San Francisco]: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001, 421)
True of Exodus through Deuteronomy and up to Joshua 5:12.
1. Preparations to Journey from Sinai (Nu 1:1 - Nu 10:10) 1445 B.C. Sinai
a. Instruction & Census to Authenticate Tribal Pedigrees (Nu 1:1 - Nu 2:34) 1445 B.C. Sinai
{Pentateuch Outline: 14. Generations of Aaron & Moses (Nu 3:1 - Dt 34:12) 1445 - 1406 B.C. Sinai}
b. Moses & Aaron Begin the Tabernacle Service (Nu 3:1 - Nu 10:10) 1446-1445 B.C. Sinai
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
3 And Aaron did he so; lighed the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
4 And this work of the candlestick was of of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave [pass a razor over] all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
8 Then let them take a young bullock [a son of a herd] with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock [a son of a herd] shalt thou take for a sin offering.
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute [be to work] the service of the LORD.
12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
16 For they are wholly given [being given, given] unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service [they shall return from the host serving] thereof, and shall serve no more:
26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
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