Numbers Chapter 4

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Introduction: We continue our study on Numbers this week as we begin Chapter 4. Last week we discussed the various families of the Levites and how God positioned each of these in certain locations around the tabernacle inside the other 12 tribes. God had a specific job for each family, and a specific place to stay. In the work of the Lord, God has a definite plan, and we need to stick to God’s plan.

I. Israel Prepares at Mt. Sinai

Num 4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Num 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

Num 4:3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Num 4:4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

We find another example of the Lord speaking to Moses which again is in relation to the tribe of Levi. This time he speaks to both Moses and Aaron which happened earlier in Numbers Chapter 2. He commands them to take a census count of the number of men 30 years old and upward to 50 years of age of the sons of Kohath.

These were to be the ones to do the work of the tabernacle. God gave special work to these sons of Kohath. He was the son of Levi and a grandfather of Aaron. So this made them descendents of Levi, but not priests as they were not of the family of Aaron. These were the ones who bore the ark on their shoulders when the tabernacle was moved.