Thursday, October 28, 2021

Numbers 34, 35, 36 God Assigns, Levite Cities, Eternal Possession

 

Numbers 34 – God Assigns

 

God assigned the tribes their inheritance and set their boundaries, but He used human leaders to do it.

We must accept what God assigns to us and not complain or covet what others possess. Like Canaan, the Christian life is a “land of hills and valleys”  Deut. 11:11. Our God is a God of both the hills and the valley.  He knows what is best for us, and He is always with us.

 

Numbers 35 – Levite Cities

 

The Levites were taken from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn.  The Levites belonged to the Lord.  They were not given a section of the land of Israel, but they were given cities to live in. Of the forty-eight cities which were assigned to the Levites, six of them were designated as cities of refuge.  A man who had unwittingly killed a person could flee to the city of refuge.  This would save him from mob action or from the action of some zealous person or relative who might be emotionally torn up at the time.  This gave time for a fair trial later.  The city of refuge did not apply for the willful murderer.

 

Numbers 36 – Eternal Possession

 

The land was to stay in the tribe, no man could lose his property permanently.  At the year of Jubilee, all property which had been mortgaged reverted back to the original family again.  This was a marvelous arrangement which God made for His people.  It was the way He protected them.

 

 

Please read the chapter listed so that you can understand God’s Word better.

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference

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