God had singled out the Levites as His servants. They would have no inheritance in the land but they would be provided for by Him. We have seen previously that the Levites were to have no physical property of their own. God instructed that 48 cities be set aside for them though and fields around […]
God KNEW Israel would one day want a king like the rest of the nations around them. He set down requirements for their kings beforehand. When I first came to this passage I was reminded of the stories I learned of Israel asking for a king. They were told that God was to be their […]
Moses shares God’s plans for rendering final decisions. There is no appeal after it reaches this point and no compromise after the verdict has been rendered. Moses had served the people in this capacity since his father in law Jethro had instructed him, through God’s wisdom, to make levels of authority. Moses had set leaders […]
God had set forth how He was to be worshiped. It was distinctly different than how other gods were worshiped and He would not accept a substitute or imitation. He would also not be supplanted. The people were going into a territory that had been entrenched in pagan worship. They had encountered it on their […]
God, through Moses, sets up local leadership in the form of judges. This is to be their leadership once they inhabit the Promised Land. The Levites are the intermediaries between God and man but the judges are to be the mediators between man and man. The judges are to be righteous judges. Impartial, honest, above […]
