Levite

could not get up and walk. While he was lying there, a priest passes him by without offering any help, and so did a Levite. Jesus seemed to have been challenging the religiousness of the two religious groups, by implying that they put their righteousness rituals before the well-being of others who they are supposed to love. The specific implications were that the priest and the Levite were unwilling to become unclean by touching a dead body, or blood, therefore they would not want to touch the…

Moses was a picture of Christ. Moses was born to Amram and Jochebed. This was during the period when the people of Israel were enslaved to the Egyptians. Pharaoh had commanded all the Israelites to kill all the male children. But when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months. Then, it was too difficult to hide him, so his mother made him an ark of bulrushes and put him into the Nile River. Then he was found by Pharaoh’s daughter and she took him in. Moses was brought up as part of…

In this letter, John Rolfe is requesting Sir Thomas Dale's permision to marry Pocahontas. Pocahontas had been captured by the English Captain Samuel Argall, who had hoped to use her to negotiate a permanent peace between him and Powhatan, Pocahontas' father. She was treated very well by the English and ended up converting to Christianity and being baptized with the name Rebecca. By the time she was finally released, she had fallen in love with John Rolfe. Rolfe realizes that there might be…

A passage in Leviticus portrays God commanding the Levites on the topic of owning slaves and protecting his chosen people, the Israelites. God states, “‘You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You…

“In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.” 2 Timothy 2:20-21. Samaritans, tax-collectors, and children, are three groups of people groups that have one thing in common. Surprisingly, all these people were despised in Jesus’ time. However…

From the beginning of time, one tribe has been set apart from from the rest. This particular group of people were appointed by God to be holy, pure and represent His church with utmost respect. These people were known as the Levites and they were the only tribe qualified to be high priests in Bible times. Then a peculiar baby was born into the world. As this baby grew older, he began preaching and healing people. This Man was known as Jesus and according to the Bible, he was also qualified to be…

Terms are not innocent, objective tools, but often carry within them assumptions of older scholarship. Since the answer to any question already lies, to a certain degree, within the question itself, the conclusions we give birth to become the offspring of the language we use. Terminology is pregnant with meaning often unnoticed in the analytical process, which it nevertheless controls from within. Rethinking the way we speak may therefore result in the discovery of new landscapes. A cursory…

come back down the mountain- they took matters in their own hands. Even the leadership (Aaron) was lead astray. When Moses heard of this, he ended up commanding those that chose to follow God (The Levites) to go into their camp from start to finish and kill their family, friends, and neighbor. The Levites follow Moses’ command. However that wasn’t there only punishment God bestowed on His people. God ended up placing a plague on His people for being disobedient, as well as making them wonder for…

women as wives for their sons (Ezra 9.12a). By having the presence of intermarriage in their midst, the people or “the holy seed”, had tainted themselves; these acts were not only committed by random Israelites, but also by “the priests, and the Levites” (9.1-2). The author of this chapter acknowledges the depth of the peoples’ disobedience, saying that their “iniquities have risen higher than [their] heads” (Ezra 9.6a). Despite their ancestors being exiled from the land, the people showed their…

The book of Numbers was known to be written by Moses around the time of 1450-1410 B.C. During this time some of the key personalities were known as Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Miriam, Elazar, Korah, Caleb, and Balaam. Also, in this book, we are going to see how Israel traveled on their journey to enter the promise land. In this book also shows us how Israel prepared the entry of the promise land. It wasn’t long and they had sinned and were punished for their sin. Moses was going to do what it…