The Jesus Bible Reading Plan / PURIFICATION OF THE LEVIT

The Jesus Bible Reading Plan

Day 136 of 365 PURIFICATION OF THE LEVITES The purification and dedication of the Levites is a drama that acted out the love of the Father and the sacrifice of the Son. First, in order to bring the Levites into God's presence, a sacrifice was necessary (vv. 12 - 14). In the second act, the Levites were dedicated to God's service as living sacrifices in order to bring the whole nation into fellowship with God (vv. 15 - 19). They became a firstborn sacrifice - the best the nation had to offer to satisfy the demand of God's Law. As a Levite, their lives were to be marked by a distinctive holiness. In a similar drama, Jesus gave himself as the great sacrifice for sin (Col 1:14, 20). He is the one who restores, not just a tribe or nation, but the entire cosmos to a relationship with God. And he is God's firstborn - the best God has to satisfy the demand of his Law (v. 15). Jesus, I praise you for all the ways that Scripture points to you. Thank you for becoming the firstborn sacrifice that saved my life. Amen. Numbers 8:5-14 NASB 5 Again the L ord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 "Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them. 7 Thus you shall do to them, for their cleansing: sprinkle purifying water on them, and let them use a razor over their whole body and wash their clothes, and they will be clean. 8 Then let them take a bull with its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and a second bull you shall take for a sin offering. 9 So you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting. You shall also assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, 10 and present the Levites before the L ord ; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites. 11 Aaron then shall present the Levites before the L ord as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, that they may qualify to perform the service of the L ord . 12 Now the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; then offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the L ord , to make atonement for the Levites. 13 You shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and before his sons so as to present them as a wave offering to the L ord . 14 "Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.