WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.960 Malcom: Welcome to Immerse: the Daily Bible reading Experience. 00:00:03.083 --> 00:00:04.463 Day 100 and 39 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:10.249 then the Lord said to Aaron, you, your sons, and your relatives from the tribe 00:00:10.249 --> 00:00:15.109 of Levi will be held responsible for any offenses related to the sanctuary, 00:00:15.889 --> 00:00:20.029 but you and your sons alone will be held responsible for violations 00:00:20.029 --> 00:00:21.259 connected with the priesthood. 00:00:22.339 --> 00:00:26.599 Bring your relatives of the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, to 00:00:26.599 --> 00:00:30.529 assist you and your sons as you perform the sacred duties in front 00:00:30.529 --> 00:00:31.909 of the tabernacle of the covenant. 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:36.529 But as the levies go about all their assigned duties at the tabernacle, 00:00:36.919 --> 00:00:41.659 they must be careful not to go near any of the sacred objects or the altar 00:00:42.199 --> 00:00:45.919 if they do both you and they will die. 00:00:46.654 --> 00:00:51.034 The Levites must join you in fulfilling their responsibilities for the care 00:00:51.034 --> 00:00:52.654 and maintenance of the tabernacle. 00:00:53.044 --> 00:00:55.954 But no unauthorized person may assist you. 00:00:57.154 --> 00:01:00.424 You yourselves must perform the sacred duties inside the 00:01:00.429 --> 00:01:02.134 sanctuary and at the altar. 00:01:02.734 --> 00:01:06.784 If you follow these instructions, the Lord's anger will never again 00:01:06.784 --> 00:01:08.554 blaze against the people of Israel. 00:01:09.454 --> 00:01:13.324 I, myself have chosen your fellow Levites from among the Israelites 00:01:13.324 --> 00:01:14.884 to be your special assistance. 00:01:15.454 --> 00:01:20.494 They are a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord for service in the tabernacle, 00:01:21.274 --> 00:01:26.374 but you and your sons, the priests must personally handle all the priestly 00:01:26.374 --> 00:01:30.214 rituals associated with the altar and with everything behind the inner 00:01:30.214 --> 00:01:35.224 curtain, I am giving you the priesthood as your special privilege of service. 00:01:35.824 --> 00:01:40.684 Any unauthorized person who comes to near the sanctuary will be put to death. 00:01:42.289 --> 00:01:45.019 The Lord gave these further instructions to Aaron. 00:01:45.739 --> 00:01:49.579 I, myself have put you in charge of all the holy offerings that are 00:01:49.579 --> 00:01:51.349 brought to me by the people of Israel. 00:01:52.009 --> 00:01:55.819 I have given all these consecrated offerings to you and your sons. 00:01:56.119 --> 00:02:00.739 As your permanent share, you are allotted the portion of the most holy 00:02:00.739 --> 00:02:03.229 offerings that is not burned on the fire. 00:02:03.859 --> 00:02:07.819 This portion of all the most holy offerings, including the grain 00:02:07.819 --> 00:02:12.949 offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings will be most holy and 00:02:12.949 --> 00:02:15.049 it belongs to you and your sons. 00:02:15.559 --> 00:02:18.559 You must eat it as a most holy offering. 00:02:19.069 --> 00:02:23.329 All the males may eat of it, and you must treat it as most holy. 00:02:24.529 --> 00:02:27.889 All the sacred offerings and special offerings presented to me 00:02:27.889 --> 00:02:31.879 when the Israelites lift them up before the altar also belong to you. 00:02:32.524 --> 00:02:35.644 I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters. 00:02:35.644 --> 00:02:40.354 As your permanent share, any member of your family who is ceremonially 00:02:40.354 --> 00:02:42.754 Clean may eat of these offerings. 00:02:43.624 --> 00:02:47.194 I also give you the harvest gifts brought by the people as offerings to 00:02:47.194 --> 00:02:53.374 the Lord, the best of the olive oil, new wine and grain, all the first crops of 00:02:53.374 --> 00:02:54.844 their land that the people present to. 00:02:54.844 --> 00:02:56.194 The Lord belong to you. 00:02:56.854 --> 00:03:01.144 Any member of your family who is Ceremonially Clean may eat this food. 00:03:02.209 --> 00:03:06.709 Everything in Israel that is specially set apart for the Lord also belongs 00:03:06.709 --> 00:03:10.039 to you, the firstborn of every mother. 00:03:10.249 --> 00:03:15.679 Whether human or animal that is offered to the Lord will be yours, but you must 00:03:15.679 --> 00:03:20.779 always redeem your firstborn sons and the firstborn of ceremonially unclean animals 00:03:21.649 --> 00:03:23.689 redeem them when they are one month old. 00:03:24.289 --> 00:03:28.009 The redemption price is five pieces of silver as measured 00:03:28.009 --> 00:03:29.419 by the weight of the sanctuary. 00:03:29.419 --> 00:03:29.899 Sheckle. 00:03:30.304 --> 00:03:32.014 Which equals 20 gars. 00:03:32.884 --> 00:03:37.834 However, you may not redeem the firstborn of cattle, sheep, or goats. 00:03:38.254 --> 00:03:41.344 They are holy and have been set apart for the Lord. 00:03:42.214 --> 00:03:45.844 Sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a special 00:03:45.844 --> 00:03:48.154 gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 00:03:48.934 --> 00:03:53.314 The meat of these animals will be yours, just like the breast and right thigh 00:03:53.314 --> 00:03:57.004 that are presented by lifting them up as a special offering before the altar. 00:03:57.709 --> 00:04:01.579 Yes, I am giving you all these holy offerings that the people 00:04:01.579 --> 00:04:02.869 of Israel bring to the Lord. 00:04:03.529 --> 00:04:06.799 They are for you and your sons and daughters to be 00:04:06.804 --> 00:04:08.719 eaten as your permanent share. 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:14.089 This is an eternal and unbreakable covenant between the Lord and you, and 00:04:14.089 --> 00:04:16.159 it also applies to your descendants. 00:04:17.359 --> 00:04:22.639 And the Lord said to Aaron, you priests will receive no allotment of land or share 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:24.739 of property among the people of Israel. 00:04:25.249 --> 00:04:27.709 I am your share and your allotment. 00:04:28.369 --> 00:04:32.869 As for the tribe of Levi, your relatives, I will compensate them for their service 00:04:32.869 --> 00:04:37.939 in the tabernacle instead of an allotment of land, I will give them the tithes 00:04:37.939 --> 00:04:43.549 from the entire land of Israel From now on, no Israelites except priests 00:04:43.549 --> 00:04:45.829 or Levites may approach the tabernacle. 00:04:46.249 --> 00:04:50.209 If they come too near, they will be judged guilty and will die. 00:04:50.854 --> 00:04:54.454 Only the Levites may serve at the tabernacle and they will be held 00:04:54.454 --> 00:04:56.764 responsible for any offenses against it. 00:04:57.484 --> 00:05:02.044 This is a permanent law for you to be observed from generation to generation. 00:05:02.614 --> 00:05:06.814 The Levites will receive no allotment of land among the Israelites because 00:05:06.819 --> 00:05:10.324 I have given them the Israelites tithes, which have been presented 00:05:10.324 --> 00:05:12.124 as sacred offerings to the Lord. 00:05:12.724 --> 00:05:14.434 This will be the Levite share. 00:05:14.944 --> 00:05:19.774 That is why I said they would receive no allotment of land among the Israelites. 00:05:22.114 --> 00:05:27.244 The Lord also told Moses, give these instructions to the Levites when you 00:05:27.244 --> 00:05:31.204 receive from the people of Israel the tithes I have assigned as your allotment. 00:05:31.624 --> 00:05:35.794 Give a 10th of the tithes you receive a tithe of the tithe to 00:05:35.794 --> 00:05:37.564 the Lord as a sacred offering. 00:05:38.014 --> 00:05:42.364 The Lord will consider this offering to be your harvest offering as though it were 00:05:42.424 --> 00:05:46.894 the first grain from your own threshing floor or wine from your own wine press. 00:05:47.779 --> 00:05:51.709 You must present one 10th of the tithe received from the Israelites 00:05:52.009 --> 00:05:53.809 as a sacred offering to the Lord. 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:58.969 This is the Lord's sacred portion, and you must present it to Aaron the priest. 00:05:59.479 --> 00:06:03.199 Be sure to give to the Lord the best portions of the gifts given to you. 00:06:04.459 --> 00:06:07.159 Also give these instructions to the Levites. 00:06:07.459 --> 00:06:11.329 When you present the best part as your offering, it will be considered 00:06:11.329 --> 00:06:14.749 as though it came from your own threshing floor or wine press. 00:06:15.364 --> 00:06:19.834 You'll Levis and your families may eat this food anywhere you wish for. 00:06:19.834 --> 00:06:22.564 It is your compensation for serving in the tabernacle. 00:06:23.314 --> 00:06:27.034 You will not be considered guilty for accepting the Lord's tithes if 00:06:27.034 --> 00:06:30.844 you give the best portion to the priests, but be careful not to treat 00:06:30.849 --> 00:06:33.604 the holy gifts of the people of Israel as though they were common. 00:06:34.084 --> 00:06:36.004 If you do, you will die. 00:06:38.194 --> 00:06:41.944 The Lord said to Moses And Aaron, here is another legal 00:06:41.944 --> 00:06:43.834 requirement commanded by the Lord. 00:06:44.359 --> 00:06:47.899 Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer, a perfect 00:06:47.899 --> 00:06:51.799 animal that has no defects and has never been yoked to a plow. 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:56.449 Give it to Lea or the priest and it will be taken outside the camp 00:06:56.569 --> 00:06:58.369 and slaughtered in his presence. 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:03.889 Lea Azer will take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times 00:07:03.894 --> 00:07:05.539 toward the front of the tabernacle. 00:07:06.184 --> 00:07:09.514 As Eliezer watches, the heifer must be burned. 00:07:09.784 --> 00:07:12.844 It's hide meat, blood, and dung. 00:07:13.564 --> 00:07:14.104 Eliezer. 00:07:14.104 --> 00:07:18.874 The priest must then take a stick of cedar, a hiss up branch, and some 00:07:18.874 --> 00:07:23.254 scarlet yarn, and throw them into the fire where the heifer is burning. 00:07:24.514 --> 00:07:28.264 Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water. 00:07:28.834 --> 00:07:32.074 Afterward, he may return to the camp, though he will remain 00:07:32.074 --> 00:07:34.534 ceremonially unclean until evening. 00:07:35.344 --> 00:07:39.064 The man who burns the animal must also wash his clothes and bathe 00:07:39.064 --> 00:07:43.474 himself in water, and he too will remain unclean until evening. 00:07:44.404 --> 00:07:48.424 Then someone who is ceremonially clean will gather up the ashes of 00:07:48.429 --> 00:07:52.594 the heifer and deposit them in a purified place outside the camp. 00:07:53.224 --> 00:07:56.614 They will be kept there for the community of Israel to use in the 00:07:56.614 --> 00:07:58.774 water for the purification ceremony. 00:07:59.554 --> 00:08:02.524 This ceremony is performed for the removal of sin. 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:06.919 The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must also wash 00:08:06.919 --> 00:08:11.599 his clothes, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until evening. 00:08:12.499 --> 00:08:15.619 This is a permanent law for the people of Israel and any 00:08:15.619 --> 00:08:17.389 foreigners who live among them. 00:08:18.949 --> 00:08:24.529 All those who touch a dead human body will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. 00:08:25.159 --> 00:08:28.429 They must purify themselves on the third and seventh days 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:30.379 with the water of purification. 00:08:30.679 --> 00:08:32.179 Then they will be purified. 00:08:32.854 --> 00:08:37.264 But if they do not do this on the third and seventh days, they will continue to 00:08:37.264 --> 00:08:39.814 be unclean even after the seventh day. 00:08:40.624 --> 00:08:45.724 All those who touch a dead body and do not purify themselves in the proper way defile 00:08:45.724 --> 00:08:49.954 the Lord's tabernacle, and they will be cut off from the community of Israel. 00:08:50.644 --> 00:08:53.614 Since the water of purification was not sprinkled on them, 00:08:53.914 --> 00:08:55.594 their defilement continues. 00:08:56.809 --> 00:09:00.859 This is the ritual law that applies when someone dies inside a tent. 00:09:01.549 --> 00:09:04.789 All those who enter that tent and those who were inside when 00:09:04.794 --> 00:09:08.869 the death occurred will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. 00:09:09.709 --> 00:09:14.569 Any open container in the tent that was not covered with a lid is also defiled. 00:09:14.989 --> 00:09:18.649 And if someone in an open field touches the corpse of someone who 00:09:18.654 --> 00:09:23.359 was killed with a sword or who died a natural death, or if someone touches 00:09:23.359 --> 00:09:28.489 a human bone or a grave, that person will be defiled for seven days. 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:34.399 To remove the defilement, put some of the ashes from the burnt purification offering 00:09:34.404 --> 00:09:37.399 in a jar and pour fresh water over them. 00:09:38.119 --> 00:09:42.199 Then someone who is ceremonially clean must take a hiss up branch 00:09:42.289 --> 00:09:43.519 and dip it into the water. 00:09:44.329 --> 00:09:49.099 That person must sprinkle the water on the tent, on all the furnishings in the tent, 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:51.559 and on the people who were in the tent. 00:09:51.949 --> 00:09:56.479 Also on the person who touched a human bone or touched someone who was killed 00:09:56.479 --> 00:09:59.359 or who died naturally or touched a grave. 00:10:00.139 --> 00:10:05.329 On the third and seventh days, the person who is ceremonially clean must sprinkle 00:10:05.329 --> 00:10:07.129 the water on those who are defiled. 00:10:07.834 --> 00:10:12.604 Then on the seventh day, the people being cleansed must wash their clothes and 00:10:12.604 --> 00:10:16.534 bathe themselves, and that evening they will be cleansed of their defilement. 00:10:17.764 --> 00:10:21.814 But those who become defiled and do not purify themselves will be cut 00:10:21.819 --> 00:10:25.564 off from the community for they have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. 00:10:26.344 --> 00:10:29.134 Since the water of purification has not been sprinkled on 00:10:29.134 --> 00:10:30.964 them, they remain defiled. 00:10:31.549 --> 00:10:33.619 This is a permanent law for the people. 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:36.889 Those who sprinkle the water of purification must 00:10:36.889 --> 00:10:38.539 afterward wash their clothes. 00:10:38.989 --> 00:10:42.949 And anyone who then touches the water used for purification will 00:10:42.949 --> 00:10:44.899 remain defiled until evening. 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:49.249 Anything and anyone that a defiled person touches will be 00:10:49.249 --> 00:10:51.949 ceremonially unclean until evening. 00:10:53.269 --> 00:10:56.119 This concludes today's Immer Reading experience. 00:10:56.269 --> 00:10:57.469 Thank you for joining us.