{"id":277,"date":"2011-02-13T22:51:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T02:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=277"},"modified":"2011-02-13T22:51:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T02:51:23","slug":"firstborn-sons-numbers-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"Firstborn sons (Numbers 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lord instructed Moses to count all of the firstborn sons in Israel, from one-month old and upward. There were 22,273. And then all of the males of tribe of Levi from one-month old and upward were counted. There were 22,000 of them. The Lord regarded the Levites as his own in place of the firstborn. But since there were 273 more firstborn sons in Israel than there were males in the tribe of Levi, the people of Israel had to give to the sanctuary five shekels of silver for each of the 273 firstborn sons.<\/p>\n

This was yet another way to impress upon his people that life and death are in the hands of the Lord; that they were driven out of Egypt after the death angel slew all of Egypt’s firstborn sons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lord instructed Moses to count all of the firstborn sons in Israel, from one-month old and upward. There were 22,273. And then all of the males of tribe of Levi from one-month old and upward were counted. There were 22,000 of them. The Lord regarded the Levites as his own in place of the … <\/p>\n

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