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This chapter
is all about the priests and Levites. In
the beginning, we hear about their duty.
They are the ones who are to make sure that the sacrifices are
done. They are the ones who are to make
sure that God is remembered among the people.
Their job is to be the bridge between God and the people.
To this end,
God tells them that they are holy. Their
holiness comes with a price, though. God
is quite clear with them. Because they
are holy, they have absolutely no worldly inheritance among the people. They don’t get land. They are separate. They are dependent upon God to provide for
their livelihood.
That’s the
key, though. They don’t get land, which
means that they don’t get flocks and herds from which to provide for their families. They do, however, get the sacrifices that are
offered up. They get the grain offerings
and animal offerings. Their proximity to
God is their provision.
I think that
this priestly and Levitical system can speak to us in modern Christianity as
well. We are in the world, of
course. There is the old saying that we
are to be in the world but not of the world.
Clearly, we are in the world. But
if we are truly in Christ, like the priests and Levites we may dwell among the
world but we have no inheritance there.
Our inheritance lies with God.
Our inheritance comes due to our proximity to Him.
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