Day 55 of Heart Dive 365. I'm your Bible study friend Kenoy. Welcome to the Heart Dive podcast.

Well, today we are continuing in the book of numbers, learning about the responsibilities of the Levites.

And we are reading from the ESV by Crossway translation.

But before we get into that, a couple of announcements, we do have the March bundle for the heart checks now available on our website.

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word, you're excited to see what in the world we could possibly find in the

book of numbers that is going to enlighten our spirits. Well, I'm here to tell you there's lots of

good stuff today. So let's go ahead and pray and jump into it. Our Father who art in heaven,

hallow would be your name. Your kingdom come and your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

All of that said, Lord, we are just declaring your holiness. We are declaring your majesty. The fact that you are Almighty God, the great I am, Jehovah, Jira, Jehovah, Nisi, our provider, our banner under which we camp. Thank you, Lord, for being such a good father who loves us, little old us here on this earth, that you have chosen to beautifully write into the tapestry of your will. So just as we declared, Lord, as you've written it in heaven, let it be done so here on this earth. Give us this day our daily bread, Lord, in the book of numbers, as we open it up today faithfully to be able to hear your voice, I pray that our eyes, ears, and hearts will be open, ready to hear, to see, and to receive the word that you have for us.

Let there be individual revelations today, Holy Spirit, as you minister to your people, not the words that I'm speaking, but the ones that you are, Lord, and their spirits. Forgive us of our sins. I pray God that you will clear out anything that is holding us from being able to freely worship you today. And I pray that you will help us to make things right where we need to.

Also help us to forgive others who have hurt us, Lord, to set them free, but also to break off

the chains of that captivity. Please do not lead us into temptation, but delivers us from evil.

For yours is the kingdom and power and glory forever.

In Jesus' name, amen. All right, starting off here with the duties of the priest, the sons of Aaron

in chapter three. These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with

Moses on Mount Sinai. Now, this word generations here, the Hebrew word is Toledoth. What is the purpose of all the genealogy in the Bible?

Well, family records would do several things. They would provide the connection to their past.

It would preserve familial organization within their larger society. It would justify any positions or ranks, for example, any of the priests had to come from the

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