Wednesday, April 25, 2012

1 Chr 6: 49-81

The role and duties of the priests were very specific and very regulated as well as scheduled. The annual sacrifice that was mentioned here is told again in Leviticus 16. The list continues up until David's day. Since the Levites were not allotted land of their own as the other 11 tribes, they were granted cities in each of the 11 tribe's lands so that they can perform duties for the nation. Along with that, was the concept of the "cities of refuge".  According to the commentary:

There were 6 cities of safety. These were Hebron, Shechem, Bezer, Ramoth, Golan and Kedesh. When a person killed someone, the nearest relative of the dead person had a duty to kill him. But if the person did not intend to kill (Joshua chapter 20), he could go to the city of safety. He would live there until a judge declared him guilty or innocent.

Overall, a decent day which ended up with a phone call with GG to catch up with him. Mets win - always good as well as the rebroadcast of the Doves last night. Looking forward to 5/8 with WW's StageIt concert.

Praise today: Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. Ps. 46: 10.

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