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Leviticus, Part 2 and Numbers, Part 1: Holy Days, Holy People

  1. Lesson One
    Sacred Time: Sabbath and Jubilee (Lev 25)
    13 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    Sacred Time: Pilgrimage Festivals (Lev 23, Num 9, 28-29; Deut 16)
    12 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Sacred Community (Lev 11-20)
    14 Activities
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    3 Assessments
  4. Lesson Four
    People Ready (Num 1-10)
    15 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    People Not Ready (Num 11-20)
    20 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
    |
    1 Assessment

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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

In the opening chapters of Numbers there are two Levitical censuses, in chapters 3 and 4. The first census is found in 3:14-39 and the second in 4:1-49. They may seem redundant at a glance, but there are significant differences between them. 

  1. Read the first few verses of each: 3:14-16 and 4:1-4. What difference surfaces here at the outset of each census? 

There may be multiple reasons for the retirement age in chapter 4, but the likeliest reason is simply that being a Levite was a lot of work. Much of it was demanding physical labor, and although the Levites listed here didn’t have to dismantle the Tabernacle, they did have to carry it between encampments.