Fr. Mike clarifies some questions surrounding the Tribe of Levi and talks about what it means to be held to a higher standard as a leader in your community. Numbers 3, Deuteronomy 3, and Psalm 87. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation.
discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today it is day 54 and today we're going to be reading from numbers chapter 3 and deuteronomy chapter 3 keeping a pace with those two stories those two books as well as praying psalm 87. the bible translation that i'm using is the revised standard version the second catholic edition i'm using the great adventure bible from ascension if you want to download your own bible into your reading plan
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron, Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom he ordained to minister in the priest's office But Nabab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered unholy fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children.
So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father. duties of the Levites. And the Lord said to Moses, bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest that they may minister to him. They shall perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the tent of meeting as they minister at the tabernacle.
They shall have charge of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and attend to the duties of the sons of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle. And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel. And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons and they shall attend to their priesthood.
But if anyone else comes near, he shall be put to death. And the Lord said to Moses, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn that opens the womb among the sons of Israel. The Levites shall be mine, for all the firstborn are mine.
On the day that I slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine. I am the Lord. Census of the Levites. And the Lord said to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, Number the sons of Levi by father's houses and by families. Every male from a month old and upward you shall number.
So Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord as he was commanded. And these were the sons of Levi by their names, Gershon and Kohath and Merari. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families, Libni and Shemii. And the sons of Kohath by their families, Amram, Ishhar, Hebron and Uziel. And the sons of Merari by their families, Mali and Mushi.
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