Good Morning. As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers’ house....And this is what they must carry as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its' pillars, its'...

Good Morning. This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and carrying: They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of meeting with its covering, the covering of badger skins that is on it, the screen for the door of the...

Good Morning. When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Testimony with it. Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue;...

Good Morning. The families of the children of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.... Their duty included the ark, the table, the lamps tand, the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the screen, and all the work...

Good Morning. Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine because all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I struck all...

Good Morning. So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood. (Numbers 3:10) Just as the Levites were set apart from the rest of the tribes of Israel, so too were the priests set apart from the Levites. Let's put it this way: Israel...

Good Morning. Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. And they shall attend to his needs and the needs of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of meeting. (Numbers 3:6-7) Anyone who has worked in...

Good Morning. Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron. (Numbers 3:1-2) This chapter begins with a record of the “offspring of Aaron and Moses,” yet only Aaron’s sons are...

Good Morning. All who were numbered of the forces with Dan, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred—they shall break camp last, with their standards.(Numbers 2:31) Though the camp of Dan was positioned in the north, it was the camp assigned to bring up the...

Good Morning. And the tabernacle of meeting shall move out with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps. (Numbers 2:17) Just as the Sanctuary was situated in the midst of the camps of Israel when they were stationary, so it was as they moved through the...

Good Morning. On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies. (Numbers 2:3) There are probably multiple reasons that the camp led by Judah was situated to the east and thus lead the...

Good Morning. Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside the emblems of his father’s house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting. (Numbers 2:2) As most know, the twelve tribes were organized into four main camps,...