You shall take the Levites for Me, I am the Lord, instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel"I always knew that the Levites had been selected as the priests of Israel, but I never remembered this as being the reason why. I always thought it was that God wanted a specific tribe to be the priests, just so it was a decided thing. I didn't know that they were in redemption for the firstborn of all the other tribes.
I also find the mention of the cattle interesting. I understand how this would be, but two questions pop into my head. First, why only the cattle, and not other animals that could be used? Second, would the Levites continue to tend their own herds, so that there were still cattle for God, or would their herds be used, and therefore in the future the people would have to bring their own firstborn cattle?
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