Num 3:41 | KingComments | STEP | For the third time, Moses is given the command to number. The purpose of this numbering is to see if every firstborn has a Levite as a counterpart. The question is whether anyone who is in position of a firstborn is in practice a Levite. Does every believer perform his task as a Levite? The number of both groups shows that there are unfortunately less Levites than firstborn. Applied to the church this means that in the practice of the church not every believer as a firstborn has a Levite as a counterpart. Yet God asserts His right to it. He wants such a person to serve as a Levite. Ransom is required to become a Levite as a firstborn. God determines the amount of the ransom. The ransom is ten times as much as the ransom to be paid by one who is numbered of the people ( ). The awareness that I was bought for a price by the blood of the Lord Jesus will lead me to perform my task as a Levite. It is my responsibility, of which the number five speaks. The mention of cattle in indicates that God asserts His authority and His rights not only upon ourselves, but upon everything we possess.

‏ Numbers 3:41

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For the third time, Moses is given the command to number. The purpose of this numbering is to see if every firstborn has a Levite as a counterpart. The question is whether anyone who is in position of a firstborn is in practice a Levite. Does every believer perform his task as a Levite?

The number of both groups shows that there are unfortunately less Levites than firstborn. Applied to the church this means that in the practice of the church not every believer as a firstborn has a Levite as a counterpart. Yet God asserts His right to it. He wants such a person to serve as a Levite. Ransom is required to become a Levite as a firstborn. God determines the amount of the ransom. The ransom is ten times as much as the ransom to be paid by one who is numbered of the people (Exo 30:13).

The awareness that I was bought for a price by the blood of the Lord Jesus will lead me to perform my task as a Levite. It is my responsibility, of which the number five speaks.

The mention of cattle in Num 3:41 indicates that God asserts His authority and His rights not only upon ourselves, but upon everything we possess.