Day 54: The Tribe of Levi (2026)

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🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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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.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast,
0:07.7	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in
0:12.0	a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read
0:16.8	all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and
0:21.6	how we fit into that story today. It is Day 54, and today we're going to be reading from
0:26.1	Numbers, Chapter 3 and Deuteronomy Chapter 3, keeping a pace with those two stories, those two books,
0:31.7	as well as praying Psalm 87. The Bible translation that I'm using is the revised standard version,
0:37.0	the second Catholic edition.
0:38.5	I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:40.6	If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, simply visit ascensionpress.com
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0:47.0	You can download that for free and make sure you subscribe in your podcast app to receive the daily episodes.
0:53.0	But let's get started. The Book of Numbers
0:57.5	Chapter 3 The Sons of Aaron. These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when
1:03.9	the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, Nadab the firstborn,
1:10.7	and Abihu, Eliezer and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eliezer and Ithamar.
1:13.4	These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to minister in the priest's office.
1:19.4	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.
1:27.8	So Elie Azar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father.
1:33.3	Duties of the Levites.
1:35.2	And the Lord said to Moses, bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest
1:40.3	that they may minister to him.
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