Two chapters of dreary details about who is in charge of what parts of the tabernacle, and how they will pack things up to move them. Both chapters have been obsolete for millennia, but they’re still in here.

There are still three interesting parts of this. First, The death penalty for anyone who pretends to be a priest.

Next, the Lord decides that He doesn’t need all the firstborn that have been promised him, so their parents must buy them back. So Moses collected the money, “And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.” Of course, this is what the priests want you to believe.

What is the craziest part is how the Kohathites get the heavy lifting duty, but if they accidentally catch a glimpse of anything they are carrying, they will die. As usual.

One note about my blogging software and grammar checking: it is constantly telling me that I am using the passive voice, but I blame the Lord! He’s constantly saying things like “they shall be put to death”, “Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord”, “shall be put to death”, or “lest they die”. It’s like it’s someone else’s fault that all this is happening, and not His.

Tomorrow: Number 5-6.