Scripture
Numbers 3
4 passages from 3 books in the Christian Reader library reference Numbers 3.
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Obadiah honored the Prophet Elijah (1 Kings 18:17). Why did God reckon the tribe of Levi for the firstborn (Numbers 3:12)? Why did he appoint that the prince should ask counsel of God by the priest (Numbers 27:21)?
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God had bestowed the priesthood on Aaron and his sons, (Exodus 28:1.) The other Levites were set apart to inferior offices, (Numbers 3:9.) David made no change in this respect; but his object was, partly to secure that nothing should be done in tumult and disorder, partly to opp…
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The Lord commanded, that all the males should be dedicated to him, in remembrance of their deliverance; because when the angel slew all the first-born of Egypt, (Exodus 12:29,) he had spared the first-born of Israel. "On the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egy…
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(Genesis 44:33): I shall remain pledge (says Reuben) for the lad — [in non-Latin alphabet] in pledge for the lad. (Numbers 3:12): I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn, in stead of the firstborn. So Septuagint, [in non-Latin alphabet].
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