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After yesterday's demonstration where God validated Aaron's position as High Priest,

God addresses Aaron directly today. This is rare. God usually addresses Moses and has him pass things along to Aaron,

but there are a few times where God speaks directly to Aaron and this is one of them.

He sets out some new rules and reiterates existing rules about how the priests and the Levites

are supposed to care for the tabernacle.

The priests, Aaron and his two sons, are to guard the tabernacle on the inside near

the holy vessels, and the Levites are to guard the tabernacle on the inside near the holy vessels and the Levites are to guard the

tabernacle on the outside to keep everyone out and God makes it clear if a Levite

passes into the part reserved for priests they'll both die. God tells them all this in an effort to spare

them the wrath he has to pour out when they rebel against him. God also

unpacked something he's hinted at before. The Levites will have no inheritance among the people of Israel.

No land and no cattle and nothing to bank their futures on apart from the promise of God that

he would provide for them through his people.

The other 12 tribes brought a tithe, which literally means one-tenth of their income to the Levites.

Of that tithe, the Levites gave 10% back to God, who said it should be given to the priest.

This was God's plan of provision for everyone.

The Levites are giving their lives to serve the people, taking care of them,

and the people are giving back their tithe to the sanctuary, taking care of the Levites.

In Chapter 19, we get a few more laws, particularly laws pertaining to death and being clean afterward. This is timely, not just because of all the death

that happened recently in the camp, but also because we're at the onset of roughly

two million people dying in the camp over the next 38 years. They need to know how to handle it. A lot of time

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