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Numbers
6:1-27 “And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, 2 Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves
unto the LORD: 3
he
shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no
vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor
of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 4
All
the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree,
from the kernels even to the husk. 5
All
the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head:
until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the
LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let
the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that he
separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no
dead body. 7 He shall not make
himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his
sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his
head. 8 All the days of his
separation he is holy unto the LORD. 9 And if any man die
very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he
shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he
shave it. 10 And on the eighth day
he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation: 11 and the priest shall
offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make
an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head
that same day. 12 And he shall
consecrate unto the LORD the days of his
separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering:
but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was
defiled. 13 And this is the
law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be
brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 14 and he shall offer his
offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the
first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first
year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace
offerings, 15 and a basket of
unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of
unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink
offerings. 16 And the priest shall
bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his
sin offering, and his burnt offering: 17 and he shall offer the
ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of
unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink
offering. 18 And the Nazarite shall
shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it
in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. 19 And the priest shall
take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket,
and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite,
after the hair of his separation is shaven: 20 and the priest shall
wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy
for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the
Nazarite may drink wine. 21 This is the law
of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation,
beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he
vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. 22 And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron and
unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel,
saying unto them, 24 the LORD bless thee, and keep
thee: 25 the LORD make his face shine
upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 26 the LORD lift up his
countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 And they shall put my
name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.” Introduction [Audio
version: https://resources.ccphilly.org/detail.asp?TopicID=&Teaching=WED580] “Numbers chapter 6 is a
contrast to Numbers chapter 5, there the LORD dealing with
uncleanness in the camp, purification.
This chapter about consecration, those who would commit their lives to
the LORD.
As we look into this chapter, remember, the priesthood was relegated to
Aaron and his sons, it was inherited, it wasn’t passed to people outside the
family. The Levites had become the
servants of the priests in leu of the firstborn in Israel, and they were set
aside to work in the Tabernacle and in its precincts. People couldn’t take those things to
themselves. As Prophets begin to come on
the scene, those men are ordained of God, and women, they’re not, they don’t
choose that position themselves, and as kings finally are chosen. But anybody could set themselves aside to
seek the LORD.
As we come to this 6th chapter we have a picture of what it
meant to take a Nazarite vow. And you
don’t want to confuse a Nazarite and a Nazarene, Jesus was from Nazareth, they
called him the Nazarene. And Nazarite is
just from the Hebrew word which means “to set apart,” or “separate.” We’ll find “separate” or “separation” 16
times in this 6th chapter, and we have an interesting picture of
what it means. In contrast to someone
whose caught in sexual sin and so forth and some of the things we looked at,
now this is someone whose heart is to come before the LORD, they’re not
separated or put outside the camp. When
they want to be separated to the LORD, they’re right in the
life of the nation, because God wants their consecrated life to be a
testimony. It’s not that they have to go
to a mountain somewhere, or sit alone somewhere, they are not isolated from the
rest of the nation, but are in the middle of the camp, in their commitment to
the LORD.
The
Taking Of A Nazarite Vow, Being Separated “Unto The LORD” He says “And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man
or woman shall separate themselves
to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: he shall separate himself from…”
(verses 1-3a) So we’re introduced to
this, there’s no length of time designated in this picture. Some, no doubt, would separate themselves for
a month or 40 days no doubt, some separated themselves for life, ah some for a
shorter period of time. Occasionally we
have a picture, and we have it of Samuel, being dedicated from the time he was
a baby, Hannah saying ‘LORD, if you let me
conceive, I’ll dedicate this son to the LORD.’ And then evidently down in the
territory of Dan, that story of Hannah and Samuel had some reputation to it,
and a woman down there, the wife of Minoah made the same plea, ‘LORD, I’ll dedicate my son
to you if you’ll let me conceive,’ and then of course Samson then
was born, who should have been a Nazarite, who transgressed many of the things
we’re gonna read. So occasionally it was
a child from the youth up that was set aside.
But most of the time it was the will of the individual that the LORD’s talking about. And he’s talking about them separating unto
him, and look, this is a willing separation. God doesn’t want anything phony, he doesn’t
want anybody forced into it, you know, the individual saying to himself, ‘You
know I could never be a priest, I can never be a Levite, LORD, but I can consecrate
my life, I can set it aside to you…what is it you have of me?’ And the LORD knowing there would
be those in the nation who would ask those questions, gives us this chapter in
regards to setting themselves aside in regards to a vow, vowing a Nazarite vow
of separation. And it says they’re
separating themselves, verse 2, “unto the LORD,” this idea of “unto”
in verse 2, in verse 5, in verse 6, in verse 8, in verse 14, verse 17, verse
21, “separation unto,” because that’s half of the vow. The person wants to separate themselves unto,
so the LORD says if you want to do that,
then you “separate from.” Those are two
sides of the same coin. The secret of
separation, the secret of devotion is not separation from, but it’s “separation
unto.” When you fall in love with someone,
and we see it around here, and some of you have been through that, it’s no
challenge at that point. ‘We don’t
see them anymore, they don’t hang around with their old friends anymore, all
they do is hang around with each other, they come in with the same shirt, the
same boots, oh, yuk.’ It’s not
labour, you’re in love with someone, they become the object of your affection,
and separating unto that person, you’re not thinking about ‘Well I have to
separate from, what do I have to give up?’ when your heart is somewhere,
you’re not thinking about that. So, here
the basis of this is being “separated unto the LORD.” And then the LORD says ‘Well
these are the things I want you to separate from, then, as a sign.’ So, for those who would separate themselves
unto the LORD, it says, “he shall separate himself
from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine,” that
wouldn’t be a temptation for me, “or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall
he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.” (verse 3) or raisins, dried grapes. Now no doubt there isn’t anything evil about
raisins, the idea is nothing of the that kind.
Why that? I’m not sure, I think
the LORD’s saying, ‘If you really want
to be separated to me, I don’t want any other intoxicants in your life.’ Again, in Ephesians it tells us not
to be drunk with wine wherein is excess, but be filled with the Holy Spirit. And again, that’s “be ye being filled,” present
passive imperative there, the structure, it means it’s continuous, “be ye being
filled,” every day be filled, and it’s a command, it’s not a suggestion. And because it’s passive, it means you don’t
do it, the Lord does the filling. But
“be ye being,” the idea every day you’re willing, every day you come, every day
you open to him for him to fill you with his Spirit, so that the influence in
your life might be from heaven and not be from alcohol, not from drugs, not to
be intoxicated with the intoxicants of this world. So probably the same idea here. And of course, for you to get grapes or
raisins in that day they’re in you’d have to go somewhere near the vineyard
where the wine was, maybe the LORD’s just saying ‘No
wine, no vinegar, no grapes, no raisins, stay away from the vineyard
completely, that way you’ll be better, just separate yourself from any
influence other than my Spirit, you’re setting yourself aside to me.’ Verse 4. “All the days of his
separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels
even to the husk.” Don’t even get near the vineyard. “All the days of the vow of his separation
there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the
which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall
let the locks of the hair of his head grow.” (verse 5) So, even in Israel, the men, there hair
would not be long. Now it may have been
shoulder length, it wasn’t long the way we would perceive long. Women would let their hair grow and it would
be down her back. It says though, when
you take this vow of the Nazarite, you know, Samson had let his hair grow his
entire life. Ah, to let your hair grow. It was a shameful thing, it was not intended
to shame them, but the idea is, worldly pride, worrying about what other people
think, you’re never going to be able to set yourself aside to the Lord if
you’re worried about what man thinks and you’re not worried about what the Lord
thinks. Your head’s a very obvious
thing, you can’t hide it, it sticks out of your collar like a sore thumb,
everybody sees it. We spend a lot of
time on our heads. Some of us spend more
time than others on our heads. But
you’re very conscious, ‘What do I look like?’ Sometimes I hear my wife, ‘What do I
look like? I didn’t put any makeup on.
People are going to think I’m crazy, I didn’t put any makeup on, I got
to drop that off.’ We’re very
conscious about our heads. I often get
up in the morning, walk in the bathroom and look at it and think ‘What a
strange looking thing, first thing in the morning, everything’s sticking up,’ and
you have to push your face back where it belongs. You know, when you were younger it did that
by itself, not anymore. And I think
there’s that part of it, no influences of the world, intoxicants, you know,
your hair, you let it grow, you’re just going to let this happen. And people will notice, ‘Boy, what’s going
on here?’ ‘Well, I’ve set myself aside,
to seek the LORD.’ and there will be a certain
respect, I’m sure, that then would come with that. All of the days to let the locks of his hair
grow. “All the days that he
separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body. He shall not make himself unclean for his
father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die:
because the consecration of his God is upon his head. All the days of his separation he is holy
unto the Lord.” (verses 6-8) Because
the priest was holy, there were certain things you couldn’t do as a priest. The Levites were set aside, they came at
certain times of service, there would be a schedule for them to come and
serve. So he’s saying ‘If you’re
really desiring to set yourself aside like that, these are some of the things
that you need to understand, I don’t want you influenced by the influences of
this world, you’re coming to me saying your life is going to be mine, and if
that’s true, I want to be the main influence.
Pride and the fear of man will have no place in our relationship. I want you responding to me.’ The root of all contention, all
contention cometh by pride, the root of Satan’s fall was pride. And I think the LORD says ‘there’s
not going to be any room for that, the fear of man, it brings a snare, I don’t
want you worried about what people think, your hair’s going to grow the entire
time that you’re set aside.’ ‘And
death has nothing to do with it, if you’re set aside to me, there’s no death in
that, when your life is mine, there’s no death.
There’s no natural relationship that’s to take precedent over it.’ And of course anybody then that
wanted to take a Nazarite vow had to think about these things. Because you’re making a serious
commitment. You know, the priests, we
read before, was not allowed to leave serving the presence of the LORD if anyone in his
family had passed away. So it’s
interesting to see what the LORD is saying to them
here. Now look, here’s an exception, God
understands, verse 9, “And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath
defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day
of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.” Now what it’s saying here is, if you’re
sitting somewhere and someone dies next to you, you know, you get in this
circumstance and it’s unintentional, here’s what you need to do to cleanse
yourself so you can begin your vow over again.
So you’re sitting in church, you know, the end of the service Rob comes
up and says ‘Everybody stand up,’ and the guy next to you just doesn’t
respond, and you think, ‘Boy, he’s tired or lazy or something,’ and you
say ‘Hey, buddy, stand up,’ you hit him and he falls over in the pew,
and you realize ‘I thought the sermon was boring, but it was deadly, here’s
this guy gone.’ And you didn’t
intend to, but now you’re a Nazarite and you’re defiled, and what do you do in
that circumstance? And he answers the
question, because that can happen inadvertently, unintentionally. And he says here “he shall shave his head
in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. And on the eighth day he shall bring two
turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation: and the priest shall
offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make
an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head”
most of us have no problem with that, my head’s hallow most of the time
anyhow, “that same day. And he shall
consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of
the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be
lost, because his separation was defiled.” In other words, you started this
vow, that’s not going to count now, you’re going to have to start over, because
his separation was defiled. “And this is the law of the Nazarite,
when the days of his separation are fulfilled:” (verses 9b-13a) So, he told us certain things. Someone wants to set themselves aside, here’s
the requirements, here’s a case that might cause defilement, if that happens
here’s how you start the vow over again, go back to Go, don’t collect $200,
just start over again right here. The
Ending Of A Nazarite Vow And if you fulfill the vow,
here’s how the vow should end, that’s where he’s taking us in verse 13, “And this is the law of the
Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled:” he had satisfied
20 days, 40 days, 60 days, have come to it, or a year or five years. “he
shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and he shall offer his offering unto the
Lord, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and
one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram
without blemish for peace offerings, and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of
fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil,
and their meat offering, and their drink offerings. And the priest shall bring them before
the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: and he shall offer the ram for a
sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened
bread: the priest shall offer also his
meat offering, and his drink offering. And
the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation” imagine if it was
months and years, “at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire
which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.” He throws it on the
altar, “And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one
unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them
upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is
shaven: and the priest shall wave them for
a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the
wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. This is the law of the Nazarite who
hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his separation, beside
that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he
must do after the law of his separation.” (verses 13-21) So, a very complicated set of offerings
in the day that he breaks the vow, he completes it. No doubt these would have been things that he
would have thought of a great deal as he was separated unto the LORD. You know, if your heart is to go through all
of this to separate yourself unto the LORD, you’re thinking
about the sin offering, you’re in a position where you have set yourself aside
by your behavior, you’re not getting drunk, you’re not around any dead body,
you’re not shaving your head, but you must still be very much aware of what
goes on inside, ‘I’m a sinner, LORD, I want to set my
life aside to you.’ You must have thought
about the burnt offering, which was an offering of consecration. The meal [grain] offering, was a fellowship
offering, and when that was offered the priest ate part of it, the LORD took part of it, and
the worshipper took part of it, and it meant that things were open with you and
the LORD, that you fellowshipped with
him. And the drink offerings and the
meal offerings, you know, all of this must have been things that he thought
about, and must have been a reminder at the end, ‘Hey, you’re no holier than
anybody else, you’ve taken this time, you’ve set your life aside,’ and you
know, as we draw into the Lord’s presence and we get closer to the Lord, what
we really become more cognizant of, is how far we have to go to be like him, if
we’re being conformed into his image and likeness. You know, the closer we draw, to me at least,
to him, the more aware we are of our own depravity. I’ve heard people say the longer they go on
with the Lord, the less they sin, but the more they repent. A friend of mine was friends with John
Fuller, and said he would find him every morning in the chapel by 6 O’clock
weeping before the Lord, laying on his face.
He said he was the godliest man he knew.
And I think at the end of this time, this person who has set his life
aside, he must be very aware of the fact, ‘LORD, your grace, I’m no
better than anybody else walking around the camp, my head was shaved, I wasn’t
drinking, Lord I didn’t come near anybody dead, but I’m no better than anybody
else.’ And it’s a very remarkable set of
things, and I’m sure it meant incredible things between the Nazarite and his
God at the end of the vow. So Nazarite
vows today, you don’t have to take that, we’re holy because of the completed
work of Jesus Christ. But sometimes
there are Christians that say ‘Lord, I’m going to do this, Lord, I’m going
to set this aside for you,’ or ‘I’m going to consecrate so much of my
resources to you,’ or ‘I’m going to set aside my life, you know, one day
a week I’m going to fast.’ You know,
we do those kinds of things, sometimes we do them in an emotional moment. But I think we need to remember this, if I
tell my wife something, ‘Honey, I’ll meet you here at a certain time,’ or
‘We’re going to go out to dinner this week,’ I’d better keep my
promises. She’s not happy if she shows
up and I’m not there. My friends,
there’s people I work with here, if I say that I’m going to do something, it’s
important to me, I think it’s important to them. Our kids, how often we can easily promise
them something, and then we get busy, that shouldn’t happen. We should really try to do the things that we
say to them. You know, if we represent
the Lord, we need to know that he’s going to deliver everything he’s
promised. And if we do those things on
human levels, then how important is it for you and I, if we do, the Lord just
says ‘Let your yea be yea, and your nay be nay, don’t make vows, don’t do
this stuff,’ because if we do promise the Lord something, how important is
it? You know, I think he takes our vows
seriously. I don’t think it provides any
righteousness for us, but I think we come to him and say ‘Lord, I’m gonna do
this,’ I think he wants us to do the things that we say that we’re going to
do. And if it’s important on the human
level, how much more important it is to him?
But we aren’t under the Law in regards to these things, we can make a
vow to the Lord and eat raisins, raisin bran, raisin crisp, don’t worry about
those things. And you can get a haircut
too. Don’t drink wine. The
Aaronic Blessing, Where It Comes From, What It Means I love this, because it’s the LORD
speaking
to Moses, Verse 22, “And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and
unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel,
saying unto them,” (verses 22-23) so he says, ‘Look, when you guys, you’re the
priests, when you bless the children of Israel, I don’t want you making up your
own stuff, you know, God bless you today, God give you a new Rolls Royce, when
you bless them, I want to tell you exactly what I want you to say, because
you’re blessing them in my name, and this is the blessing,’ “the Lord bless
thee, and keep thee: the Lord make his
face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee,
and give thee peace. And they shall put
my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.” (verses
24-27) This is so interesting. And know too, that most of the children of
Israel, they’re at the Tabernacle where the priests are, to offer sacrifices
for sin and so forth, and yet he’s saying, when you bless them, this is what I
want you to do. Here’s the important
thing about it, there are several things, look, we hear “the LORD,” three times, “the LORD, the LORD, the LORD,” three times. The important thing to me when I look at
this, it says “the LORD, bless thee,” that’s a
singular word in the grammar, “keep thee,” singular, “make his face to
shine upon thee,” singular, “be gracious unto thee,” singular,
“the LORD lift up his countenance upon thee,”
singular, and “give thee peace,” singular. And then he says “they shall put my name upon
the children of Israel, and I will bless them” plural. That’s how I’m going to bless the nation, but
the nation is only blessed as individuals in the nation are blessed. Now the church is blessed when we have
blessed people in the church. It’s
healthy for the church, because there are people that do come with broken
hearts, they got a report from the doctor this week that there may be a
malignancy, or people that just lost their job after 30 years, that come with a
heavy heart. There are people that just
found out their son or daughter is a prodigal.
But it’s so important for the majority of us, and I think, most of our
lives, we are, we’re so blessed, to come as individuals, blessed of God. The church, corporately, is blessed as “we”
are blessed individually, and only that way, in one sense. And I love this, because it’s
individual. He says, when you bless the
children of Israel, don’t do this big corporate thing, I want you to pronounce
my blessing on every single one of them.
And when you do it, I want you to look right into their eyes and right
into their face, I want you to say ‘the LORD bless you
today, and keep you, the LORD let his face shine
upon you, and be gracious to you, the LORD lift up his
countenance upon you and give you peace.’ That’s how I want you to bless them, the LORD says. Remarkable.
Ah, interesting words, lets look at them, because it promises
protection, pardon, and peace. What else
is there? Protection, pardon and
peace. “The LORD bless thee” very
interesting word, look, just for a kid in Sunday school knows that that’s just
something you want to hear, God bless you, why do we say that when somebody
sneezes? I thought somebody was going to
give me an answer, I don’t know…you know, the LORD bless thee, we want
to hear that, we want to hear that. And
the priest, is the person whose representing the LORD, you know. The LORD bless you, the Hebrew
word, interesting, it means “to kneel down and to serve.” The LORD kneel down and serve
you, you. Wait a minute, this is the LORD, Jehovah [Yahweh]
speaking to Moses, saying Aaron and his sons ‘this is what I, these are
the marching orders, what I want to be said, the LORD kneel down and serve
you.’ Is it blasphemous? John 13, ‘Jesus knowing that all things
were given into his hand by the Father, girded himself, and got down on his
knees and washed the disciple’s feet, knowing that all authority and power had
been given into his hands, get’s down on his knees and washes their feet.’ “The LORD bless thee, the LORD keep thee,” that’s protection,
guard you. He’s going to get down, if he
thinks enough of us to get down, to stoop down from heaven and minister to us,
he’s going to take care of us, the LORD bless thee, the LORD guard you, keep you,
guard over you. “The LORD make his face to
shine upon you,” means “to give light,” his face is turned in
your direction, he’s giving favour, giving light. Light is a powerful thing, truth and light
are powerful things in this world of darkness and deceit. “The LORD make his face to
shine upon thee, and be gracious to thee,” gracious to thee, God’s
grace. How many Christians are not
assured of God’s grace? Isn’t it
interesting, this is how the Old Testament God, and sometimes we think he’s
different than the New Testament God, but he’s not, this is how he’s saying he
wants to be known. I remember going to
church for years, and I never, I was a kid, I made my communion, my confirmation,
but it was heavy, nobody ever told me this God in heaven wants to stoop down
you, to guard you and protect you. [I
had a different experience in the Episcopal church, they had an excellent
pastor when my mother started bringing me, cementing my relationship with God
at an early age, with his children’s service, where he spoke to us for about 15
minutes, and I still remember several of those sermons to this day.] He wants to give light to your life, your,
not this whole congregation, you, he wants to give light to your life, he wants
to be gracious to you. ‘I know you’re
here offering a sacrifice because you’re a sinner, but God wants to be gracious
to you.’ “The LORD lift up his
countenance,”
a lifted up countenance. You know, you
raise kids, I remember coming home from work, when I saw my wife, what went on
in the house during the day, because if she was there waiting ‘They are your
kids,’ now if they were mine when I got home, she had given them away
already during the day a million times in her heart, and her countenance was
not lifted up, it was cast down. I’ve
been working with Frank and Jerry and these guys for over 25 years, and I can’t
fool them, they can’t fool me, I walk in, they’ll say ‘What’s wrong,’ I’ll
say ‘Nothing,’ they’ll say ‘Ya, right,’ just because they know my
face, my countenance. What he’s saying
is, you don’t want to run into God when his countenance is down. This is a blessing, and the LORD says ‘You say
this, just tell the priests to say this, The LORD lift up his
countenance upon you, and give you peace.’ I think of things in my life when my dad was
still alive, and if I’d see him, and he had the look of approval on his face,
you’re always a son, no matter how old you are.
I think of how important it was at 14, 15, even at 20 or 30, to see that
look of approval, ‘The LORD lift his countenance
upon you, and give thee peace, shalom.’
It’s
internal. People all over the world are
doing all kinds of things to get it.
Look, again, it’s individual, this is spoken to every individual
Israelite. He doesn’t love the priest
more than the Levite, or the Levite more than the priest, or the priest more
than the Nazarite, or the Nazarite more than the Levite. He doesn’t love somebody from the tribe of
Judah more than the Nazarite more than the Levite. He doesn’t love somebody more from the tribe
of Judah than from the tribe of Naphtali.
He doesn’t love a Prophet more than a king, this was the priestly
[Aaronic] benediction upon every individual, upon every individual. You know when I did this on Sunday morning,
what I did was I talked about my kids, I have four kids, they’re not kids
anymore, but to me they’ll always be kids, I’ll always be dad, they’ll never
beat me. And I said I have four, Joanna,
Mike, Josh, Hannah, and I said ‘let me tell out of the four of them why I
love Joanna the most,’ everybody
went ‘Oh?’ ‘I got three
spares, I’ll tell you why I like Joanna the most,’ and then I talked about
her, the things that were different about her than the other ones, the things I
appreciated about her, even today the things I appreciate about her. Then I said ‘Let me tell you why I love
Mike the most,’ then I said “Let me tell you why I love Joshua the
most,’ ‘but let me tell you why I love Hannah the most, whose 18 now.’ And that’s what God is saying here. You know, I think what if my kids heard
someone say ‘This is your father, this is what he really thinks about you,
and if you don’t please him, he’s gonna strike you with lightning, if you don’t
measure up, you don’t keep the Law.’ You
know, how mad do you get if someone misrepresents you to one person, somebody
says ‘You know how they are, you know what they say, you know what they
did,’ you know, you get incensed when one person misrepresents you to one
other person. And God is saying to the
priests, ‘I don’t want you to misrepresent me to two to three million
people, thank you. They’re my children,
and when you open your mouth on my behalf, these are the words that I want to
come out of it, the LORD bless you,’ I’m looking at an old
lady, worn with years, or an old man, or looking at a young man in the strength
of his years, or a young mother or wife, or looking in the face of a teenager,
or a junior high kid, whose looking at you, you’re the standard of God to them,
you’re the priest, and you look at them and say ‘I want the Lord to bless
you, to kneel down, to take care of you, the Lord guard you, the Lord let the
light of his face to shine on your path, be gracious to you, to you alone, the
Lord lift his countenance up when you come into his presence, so pleased, the
Lord give you, you, peace,’ ‘so shall they bless the children of Israel when
they open their mouths in my name,’ what a God, what a God we
serve. I pray the next time you’re
somewhere and you hear that sung, that hits an individual heart, and individual
mind, “And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will
bless them.” (verse 27) that’s who I am, God says.
Numbers
7:1-89 “And it came to pass on the day
that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified
it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels
thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; 2 that the princes of
Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the
tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: 3 and they brought their
offering before the LORD, six covered wagons,
and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and
they brought them before the tabernacle. 4 And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, 5 take it of them, that
they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou
shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. 6 And Moses took the
wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 7 Two wagons and four
oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: 8 and four wagons and
eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 9 But unto the sons of
Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was
that they should bear upon their shoulders. 10 And the princes
offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the
princes offered their offering before the altar. 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They
shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the
altar. 12 And he that offered
his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of
Judah: 13 and his offering was
one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 14 one spoon of ten shekels
of gold, full of incense: 15 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 16 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 17 and for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 18 On the second day
Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: 19 he offered for
his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering: 20 one spoon of gold of
ten shekels, full of incense: 21 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 22 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 23 and for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 24 On the third day Eliab
the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer: 25 his offering was one
silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 26 one golden spoon of
ten shekels, full of incense: 27 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 28 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 29 and for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. 30 On the fourth day
Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: 31 his offering was one
silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 32 one golden spoon of
ten shekels, full of incense: 33 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 34 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 35 and for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. 36 On the fifth day
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did
offer: 37 his offering was
one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 38 one golden spoon of
ten shekels, full of incense: 39 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 40 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 41 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 42 On the sixth day
Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered: 43 his offering was one
silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver
bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full
of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 44 one golden spoon of
ten shekels, full of incense: 45 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 46 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 47 and for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 48 On the seventh day
Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:
49 his offering was one
silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 50 one golden spoon of
ten shekels, full of incense: 51 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 52 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 53 and for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 54 On the eighth day
offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: 55 his offering was
one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 56 one golden spoon of
ten shekels, full of incense: 57 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 58 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 59 and for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 60 On the ninth day
Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered: 61 his offering was
one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 62 one golden spoon of
ten shekels, full of incense: 63 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 64 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 65 and for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. 66 On the tenth day
Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: 67 his offering was one
silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 68 one golden spoon of
ten shekels, full of incense: 69 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 70 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 71 and for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 72 On the eleventh day
Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered: 73 his offering was one
silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 74 one golden spoon of
ten shekels, full of incense: 75 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 76 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 77 and for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. 78 On the twelfth day
Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered: 79 his offering was
one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 80 one golden spoon of
ten shekels, full of incense: 81 one young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 82 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 83 and for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first
year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. 84 This was the
dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of
Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: 85 each charger of silver
weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all
the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary: 86 the golden spoons were
twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the
shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty
shekels. 87 All the oxen for the
burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the
first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin
offering twelve. 88 And all the oxen for
the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the
rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was
the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. 89 And when Moses was
gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard
the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon
the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.” The
Twelve Princes Of Israel Bring A Special Offering To The LORD “Chapter 7, this is a fun one,
anyone read through that? It’s the
longest chapter in the first five books of Moses. Longest chapter in Numbers, full of numbers,
that’s exciting, isn’t it? You guys
excited about that? It says here “And
it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle,” we
are 2 years and one month and one day it seems outside of Egypt, “and had
anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar
and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; that
the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the
princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:” (verses
1-2) they came and they offered an offering, “and they brought their
offering before the LORD, six covered wagons,
and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and
they brought them before the tabernacle.” (verse 3) So two tribes paired up, each one of the pairs
brought a wagon, and each tribe brought an ox.
So they must have sat and talked about these things, “And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to
every man according to his service. And
Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.” (verses
4-6) Now he tells how they were divided, “Two
wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their
service:” (verse 7) Now if you
remember, the sons of Gershon had to carry all of the fabric and all of the
skins, the tent itself, that was their responsibility. Very big, very bulky, so there is given to
them two wagons, they must be decent sized wagons, and four oxen to pull those
two wagons. And it says “and four
wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their
service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.” (verse 8) So they were given twice as many carts,
twice as many oxen because they had the framework, the pillars and all of the
boards and all of those things covered with gold, very heavy, very
weighty. So they were given twice as
many wagons, twice as many oxen. And
there’s no vying here, there’s no jealousy, none of that, all of this is
assigned, it’s accepted by all of them. Verse
9 says “But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of
the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their
shoulders.” (verse 9) So the sons of
Kohath, they moved the Ark of the Covenant, the Table of Showbread, the Table
of Incense, the Menorah, they moved the brazen Altar, they had the very
artifacts, the holiest things, the center [of worship], and those were to be
carried. It’s a very interesting
picture. When we get to 2nd
Samuel chapter 6, we’re going to see there, David, you know, he’s living in his
palace, he looks out, and he says ‘You know, it’s not right, I’m living in a
palace, the LORD needs to be served,’ and he sends some men,
he hears the Ark of the Covenant is at Kiriath-Jearim, and he sends some folks
there to get it, and the Philistines had brought it up there and dropped it off
in a cart. So, David sends his servants
[he went with them] to go get it, and they load it on a cart, and as they’re
bringing it up to the city of Jerusalem, and the oxen stumbled, the cart moves,
and Uzzah puts his hands forward to steady it, and he’s struck dead, he touched
the Ark. And they take the Ark of the
Covenant and put it in the house of Obed Edom, and David is angry, the whole
city was waiting, everybody was there, waiting to celebrate, festive, and they
all kind of come back with their heads down.
It’s very interesting, Uzzah means “strength,” Obed Edom means “a ruddy”
or “a red servant,” and David has to go think, and he realizes ‘No, that’s
to be carried, it’s to be borne.’
You know, there’s lots of portions to our relationship with the Lord,
the way we serve, there’s lots of things, lots of responsibilities, and God
makes all of that work, it’s so wonderful, we do missions trips, we do
outreaches in the city, we add on to the building, then of the things we
undertake he’s there, he helps us. But
it’s almost like he says ‘But there’s one thing you bear, I’ll do everything
else, but my presence, you bear that, or everything else is phony.’ I can give all kinds of things to my
wife, but if it’s just to get rid of her and to brush her off, it doesn’t mean
anything, or vice versa, a wife can do that to a husband. She wants it to come from my heart, she wants
it to be real. And it’s almost like the
Lord says ‘There’s all kinds of stuff, all kinds of Christian stuff, all
kinds of great stuff, we end up in a Christian culture, and he blesses, people
get saved and all kinds of stuff,’ but it’s almost as if for us individuals
there’s one thing, ‘the heart of it, the Ark, where my presence is, don’t
load that on a cart, you don’t drag that, you don’t push that, you bear it, you
bear it. I’ll see you tomorrow morning,
you get up and spend time alone with me, I’ll see you this afternoon or this
evening.’ And that’s a wonderful
picture, and it develops as we go through the Old Testament. God
Takes Special Note Of Everything You Do, Everything You Give “And the princes offered for
dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes
offered their offering before the altar.
And the LORD said unto Moses, They
shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the
altar.” (verses 10-11) Now look, it’s going to go through 12 princes,
it’s going to give us their names, and each offering is identical for 12
days. So let’s just look at the first
one, and then we can go through these kind of at light speed here. Verse 12 says here, “And he that
offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the
tribe of Judah:” and here was his offering, “and his offering was
one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: one spoon of ten shekels of gold, full
of incense: one young bullock, one ram,
one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: one kid of the goats for a sin offering: and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two
oxen,” those are the ones shared with the priests and so forth, “five
rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering
of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.” (verses 12-17) Now there were 22,000 Levites that had to
eat, so the peace offering here, the last one is a huge offering, because it’s
off that that the priests and the Levites would eat of the sacrifice. So here’s the LORD giving us the guy’s
name, the guy’s offering, and he lists every single thing. And in verse 18, on the second day,
Nethaneel, and it says he’s of the tribe of Issachar, he offers the same
thing. Verse 24, on the 3rd
day, you feel better now, don’t you, Eliab of the tribe of Zebulun, he offers
the exact same thing. One the 4th
day, verse 30, Elizur, and he is of the tribe of Reuben, and he gives exactly
the same readout of his offering. Verse
36, on the 5th day, Shelumiel, I’ll make ‘em up, you listen to
‘em. And he was of the tribe of
Simeon. And verse 42, on the 6th
day, Eliasaph, and he was of the tribe of Gad.
On verse 48 it says on the 7th day, Elishama, and his
offering was of the children of Ephraim.
On the 8th day, verse 54, Gamaliel of the tribe of Manasseh
lists his offering. On the 9th
day, verse 60, Abidan, he was of the tribe of Benjamin, it gives his
offering. Verse 66, on the 10th
day, Ahiezer, and he was of the children of Dan, it gives his offering. Verse 72, on the 11th day, Pagiel
of the tribe of Asher, it gives his offering.
Verse 78, on the 12th day, Ahira of the tribe of Naphtali,
and he gives his offering that he offers to the LORD. Verse 84 says, it reiterates what was
given, but it gives the sum of the 12 tribes, it gives 12 times each single
offering that we read through. “This was the dedication of the altar,
in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of
silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: each charger of silver weighing an
hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed
two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary: the golden spoons were
twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the
shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and
twenty shekels. All the oxen for
the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of
the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for
sin offering twelve. And all the oxen
for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks,
the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was
the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.” (verses 84-88) Now look, you go through this and say this is
kind of a mundane deal. But the LORD takes note of each of
their names, each of their father’s names, each of them he can tell you what
day they offered on. Each of them, even
though their offering was like somebody else’s, the LORD didn’t say ‘Ah, it
was the same stuff every day,’ the LORD
takes the
time each day to write a detailed description, appreciating everything that’s
offered from the heart. And we have this
picture of these offerings being made, and God giving great detail, because he
takes note. The same as we offer
ourselves as a Nazarite, the same that we might offer of our resources, the
same that we might offer anything, it’s important to him, if it comes from the
heart he takes note. And every detail is
recorded. It may be mundane to you, but
I guarantee you, the children of Israel, as the tribe of Asher or the tribe of
Judah, would one day sit and read the Book of Numbers, they’d say ‘That’s
our grandfather, he offered that, look, God took note of every single thing
that he offered,’ that he does for us also.
[Read the Book of Acts, it is a recording of the Acts of the
saints. And note, there is no “amen” at
the end of the Book of Acts, meaning it is still being written. Malachi 3:16-17 says, “Then they
that feared the LORD spake often one to
another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it,
and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought
upon his name. And they shall be mine,
saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I
will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.” The Lord takes note of everything we do for
him, and he’s writing a book recording those things, more than likely, in a
continuation of the Book of Acts.] Very
important. Verse 89 says this, you ever
go through 80 verses faster than that? Verse
89 says, “And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the
congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto
him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between
the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.”
Isn’t it interesting, Moses goes in expecting to dialogue. Prayer should be a dialogue, not a
monologue. Prayer too often in our lives
is ‘Oh God I need this, Oh God I need that,’ but if we sit and listen,
he answers, he answers. And we hear in
part, we know in part. But Moses goes in
expecting to hear, to speak with him, “then he heard the voice of one
speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony,
from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.” (verse 89b) Now Moses wrote this, Moses wrote the first
five books. So Moses says ‘I went
in expecting to speak with the LORD, and I actually, this
day, heard his voice coming from the lid of the Ark, from the Mercy Seat
between the cherubim, where the Shekinah presence is, I actually heard his
voice speaking unto me.’ And the LORD said “Do chapter 8
next week” [laughter]. We’re just not
gonna get through this, I really wanted to.
Ah, no, because I don’t want to rush it, I want to take my time and
cruise through this, this is such great stuff here. So, anyhow. Here we are, Nazarites, all, all
of us with a heart. You know, we love
him because he first loved us, every one of us.
I assume, at times as we sit before the Lord, ‘I make so many
mistakes, but I want to give my best, Lord I just foolishly so often back
things from you, but I want you to have, I don’t want to play church, God, I
don’t to play phony religious games, I want to know you when I’m alone, when
nobody else is around. I want to know
your presence, I don’t want to be intoxicated with the things of this world, I
don’t want to worry about what people think about me, I want life, I want you
to bless me, and keep me, and let your face shine upon me, and be gracious, to
me Lord, to me, and lift up your countenance upon me, and give me peace, and I
want it to be real,’ and it is, he said, ‘And I will bless them,’ amen? Amen.
Now let’s have the musicians come, and we’ll lift our voices, let’s bow
our hearts…[transcript of a connective expository sermon on Numbers 6:1-27 and
Numbers 7:1-89, given by Pastor Joe Focht, Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia,
13500 Philmont Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
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