But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it; they shall also camp around the tabernacle.Here, the Levites are truly set apart from the rest of the nation. While everyone else goes to war, the Levites will care for the things of God, and protect the tabernacle from outsiders. Some would say that this is a worse lot than the fighting men. In war, you are not constantly fighting; much time is spent in routine activity. However, the Levites now are to spend their entire time caring for the items of the tabernacle, and servicing the Lord. This is a day-in, day-out job that never reduces.
It is, in my opinion, why few are called to full-time ministry; it takes a different kind of person, who is totally dedicated, to do that work. You can't have one foot in and one out; it's all or nothing.
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