Title: Principles of Service/Numbers 4:1-33
Content Title: Principles of Service
Text: Numbers 4:1-33
Key Verse: (Numbers 4:3) From the age of thirty to fifty, to work in the tent of meeting
For the sake of it, count all those who may participate in its history.
This chapter provides a more efficient and orderly way to carry out the work of the tent of meeting service.
The three descendants of Levi: the Gershonites, the Kohathites, and Merah.
He specifically instructs the Lee descendants to share their duties. It was the wilderness
Because it was the era of travel, the tabernacle was built-in. So in one place
When moving to another place, be very careful to disassemble and move the tabernacle separately.
Fortune work followed. This text is the part that deals with various problems during the movement of the tabernacle.
God did it with a priest who was totally devoted to God as a minister of the tabernacle.
It was entrusted to the Laine, the priests were in charge of covering and wrapping the holy things, and the Levites
People were in charge of transporting it. Therefore, effective service through the work of the tabernacle
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1. He uses people who can work.
In verse 23, God said to Moses and Aaron, “Thirty years of age and older.
It is said to count those who can work in the tent of meeting "until the age of fifty."
Putting 30 as a lower limit is to prevent physical or mental immaturity.
For the sake of this, the fact that the age of 50 was set as the upper limit was so weak that it was difficult for them to work on the tabernacle.
Care is taken so as not to be a burden. In the end, God has the right to do the work of the tabernacle.
You leave it to yourself. Of course, God sometimes gives the young and the elderly.
You want to use a ruler. Jesus began his public ministry at the age of 30.
He also called the disciples who could work with passion and made them work. ha
God finds people who can work and makes them work.
2. Make sure the division of work is done.
According to the text, the three descendants of the tribe of Levi are the Kohathites, the Gershonites, and the Merari.
It can be seen that he made sure of the division of duties and duties unique to the descendants.
The Kohathites were to carry the main utensils in the tabernacle, and the descendants of Gershon
He gave all the curtains and coverings of the tabernacle and their cords to carry, and after Merari
His hands were to carry the pillars, supports, and stakes of the tabernacle.
In this way, God specifically determines the roles and duties of each
You are carrying out your holy work by harmoniously using them. this
Just as the Gentiles called Paul as an apostle and the Jews called Peter as an apostle
Even today, God wants us to faithfully carry out the tasks that are clearly entrusted to us.
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3. You must not overrun.
When things get chaotic and chaotic, they usually can't keep their fountain.
And because it is monthly. The text tells this. The tabernacle of the children of Kohath
The work is the transport of the intellect, which is the basis of the tabernacle. It is the six most sacred things
The ark of the covenant, the altar of incense, the lighthouse, the table of the showbread, the laver, the altar of burnt offering, and the
Carrying accessories. "(Numbers 4:4) Concerning the Most Holy in the Tent of Meeting of the Kohathites
(Numbers 4:5) As they marched, Aaron and his sons went in.
He took up the barrier of the liver and covered the ark of the testimony (Numbers 4:6) and covered it with sea otter skin.
After covering the top with pure blue cloth, put a stick through it (Numbers 4:7)
They spread a colored cloth, and laid bowls, spoons, bowls, and pouring cups on it.
And he laid the bread that was always presented on it (Numbers 4:8), and spread a scarlet cloth on it.
After covering it with a sea otter's skin covering, thread it through it (Numbers 4:9) and a blue cloth
and take the lighthouse, and its lamps, and their pincers, and their sparking vessels, and the materials they use.
(Numbers 4:10) The lighthouse and all its utensils were placed inside the sea otter skin covering.
Put it in a cage and put it on the frame (Numbers 4:11), and spread a blue cloth over the golden altar.
covered it with a covering of skin, and threaded it through its poles (Numbers 4:12), and used it to serve in the sanctuary.
A frame for taking all the flags, wrapping them in blue cloth, and covering them with sea otter skins
(Numbers 4:13) And they threw away the ashes of the altar, and spread purple cloth upon the altar.
(Numbers 4:14) All utensils used for the ministry, fire-breathing vessels and meat hooks
and the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar;
(Numbers 4:15) As they marched, Aaron and his sons entered the sanctuary and
When all the furnishings of the sanctuary are finished, the Kohathites shall come and carry them.
You must not touch the holy things, lest you die.
This will be mine."
However, there is something to note at this point. The Kohathites were not allowed to touch the holy things directly.
it won't It is the responsibility of the anointed priests to wrap and cover the Most Holy.
It was. Only Aaronic priests could touch the holy things, and the Levites
The Hath children should only carry the intellect, never overrun.
will become Saul also had a disastrous end by overriding Samuel's work.
remember what was right In the Lord's work, each one must be faithful in his own work, not
that you shouldn't do what you're supposed to do.
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1) Am I mature enough to do God's work? Ah
If so, are you in the process of further preparation?
2) I am sure that I am doing what I am assigned to do, and I
Is there a clear division of work?
3) Do not be misunderstood by exorcising others in the church service.
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4) Do effective service through the work of the tabernacle when marching in the wilderness of Israel
are there?