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Numbers 9: 1 – 10: 10

The Nearness of God (Psalm 73: 28) Tabernacle 1 st Day, 1 st Month, 2 nd year Tent of Meeting

The Nearness of God Psalm 73: 28: “But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works. ” Nehemiah 8: 10 -11: “Then he said to them, ‘Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. ’ So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved. ”

A Displaced Chronology Text 9: 14 10: 11 Year 2 2 2 Month 1 2 2 Day 14 14 20 Occasion 2 nd Passover Late Passover Departure

A Displaced Chronology Text 9: 1 1: 1 9: 14 10: 11 Year 2 2 Month 1 2 2 2 Day 14 01 14 20 Occasion 2 nd Passover Census Late Passover Departure

A Displaced Chronology Text 9: 15 9: 1 1: 1 9: 14 10: 11 Year 2 2 2 Month 1 1 2 2 2 Day 01 14 20 Occasion The Cloud Fills 2 nd Passover Census Late Passover Departure

An Emphasis on Worship Numbers 9: 1 -5: “Thus the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, “Now, let the sons of Israel observe the Passover at its appointed time. “On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall observe it at its appointed time; you shall observe it according to all its statutes and according to all its ordinances. ” So Moses told the sons of Israel to observe the Passover. They observed the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did. ”

An Emphasis on Worship Joshua 6: 20: “So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city. ” Ezra 3: 3: “So they set up the altar on its foundation, for they were terrified because of the people of the lands; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, burnt offerings morning and evening. ”

Dependence on His grace Numbers 9: 9 -14: “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, observe the Passover to the Lord. In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight, they shall observe it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall observe it. But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and yet neglects to observe the Passover, that person shall then be cut off from his people, for he did not present the offering of the Lord at its appointed time. That man will bear his sin. ”

Dependence on His grace 2 Chronicles 30: 2 -4: “For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month, since they could not celebrate it at that time, because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient numbers, nor had the people been gathered to Jerusalem. Thus the thing was right in the sight of the king and all the assembly. ”

Inclusion of the faithful alien Exodus 12: 37 -38: “Now the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children. A mixed multitude also went up with them, along with flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock. ” Acts 10: 34 -35: “I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him. ”

Faith & more Faith Numbers 9: 18 -23: “At the command of the Lord the sons of Israel would set out, and at the command of the Lord they would camp; as long as the cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped. Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the sons of Israel would keep the Lord’s charge and not set out. If sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, according to the command of the Lord they remained camped. Then according to the command of the Lord they set out. If sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would move out; or if it remained in the daytime & at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out. Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out. At the command of the Lord they camped, and at the command of the Lord they set out; they kept the Lord’s charge, according to the command of the Lord through Moses. ”

Faith & more Faith Jacob Milgrom: “God leads Israel in its wilderness march not by His voiced commands but by His appointed sign, a cloud-encased fire (cf. Exod. 40: 38). During the day only the cloud is visible, the fire, presumably, dimmed by the sunlight. But night renders the cloud invisible, and the luminous fire can be clearly seen. ” Exodus 34: 10: Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you.

The Festival Cycle

חצצרה שופר Hatsatserah Shofar “Silver Trumpet” “Ram’s Horn”

Hard to tell from the English Judges 98: 4 -6: “So the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon; and he blew a trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called together to follow him. ” 1 Samuel 13: 3: “Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear. ”

Psalm 98: 4 -6: Both together “Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises. Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody. With trumpets and the sound of the horn; Shout joyfully before the King, the Lord. ”

Short and Sustained Blasts תקע תתרוע ‘taka’ ‘tarua’ Sustained blast Short blast

Don’t sound a trumpet in pride! Matthew 6: 2: “So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. ”

From the Passover Exodus 13: 14 -15: “And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this? ’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem. ”

The Levites Exemption: God smites some, not others. Substitution: Exemption not due to righteousness, but blood. Redemption: buyback for service, not pleasure. Election: a special tribe, not just the firstborn. Consecration: special service on Mount Sinai. Separation: no land, but special service. Edification: the Levitical Cities, public education. Ordination: Water not blood. - Shaving, not anointing (Leviticus 8: 12 -14). Cleaning clothes, not special clothes. Transformation:

Spiritual Transformation Genesis Exodus 34: 25: “Simeon and Levi, 32: 28: “So the sons of Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city unawares, and killed every male. ” 49: 7: “Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel. I will disperse them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. ” Deuteronomy 32: 28: “Who said of his father and his mother, ‘I did not consider them’; and he did not acknowledge his brothers, nor did he regard his own sons, for they observed Your 32: 29: “Dedicate word, and kept Your yourselves today to the covenant. They shall Lord—for every man has teach Your ordinances been against his son and to Jacob, and Your law against his brother—in to Israel. They shall put order that He may bestow incense before You, and a blessing upon you whole burnt offerings today. ” on Your altar. ” Levi did as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day. ”

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The Presence of God

Soli Deo Gloria!!!