Moses speaks some of his last messages to the Israelites:
The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. The firstfuit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.-Deuteronomy 18:1-5***Gershon, Kohath and Merari were born to Levi. Levi was the 3rd son born to Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Leah. Jacob was the youngest fraternal twin son born to Isaac and Rebekah. Isaac was the only child born to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai). Abraham and Sarah were born to Terah. Terah was the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Arphaxad. Arphaxad was born to Shem. Shem was born to Noah the ark builder. Noah was the great-grandson of Enoch. Enoch was the great-great-great-grandson of Seth. Seth was born to Adam and Eve. The Lord God created Adam, the 1st man. The Lord God formed Adam from the dust of the ground, and the Lord God made Adam's wife Eve, the mother of all living, after taking a part out of Adam. After 205-year-old Terah died in Haran, Abraham, Sarah and Lot journeyed with their servants, animals and possessions to Canaan. The Lord God promised to give Canaan, a land inhabited by idolaters, to Abraham's descendants and to Abraham. When Abraham was 100 years old, Isaac was born to Abraham and 90-year-old Sarah. When Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah's grandniece. When Isaac was 60 years old, fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were born to Isaac and Rebekah. When Jacob was 130 years old, he moved with his family from Canaan to Egypt, the country wherein Joseph, the 1st son born to Jacob and his 2nd wife Rachel, was second-in-command. Sometime after 147-year-old Jacob died in Egypt and his body was buried in Canaan, and Levi, Joseph and their siblings were dead, their descendants the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt. Miriam, Aaron and Moses were born into the tribe of Levi and the clan of Kohath to Amram and Jochebed. When Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83, the Lord God sent them to speak to the Israelite elders and Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. After the Lord God brought the 10th and final give plague upon Pharaoh and Egypt, Moses and Aaron led the Israelites, and those with them, away from Egypt, across the divinely parted Red Sea and into the desert wilderness of Shur, according to the commands of the Lord God. In the desert wilderness of Sinai, in the region of Mount Sinai, the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them, and the Lord God began giving Moses judgments, statutes and laws for the Israelites. When Moses was upon Mount Sinai with the Lord God for 40 days and nights, the Lord God gave Moses the commands and described and showed to Moses the likeness for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the tabernacle, and sacred items that the Israelites were to make. The Lord God told Moses that only Aaron and Aaron's son and the sons born to their descendants were to serve the Lord God as priests. Meanwhile, on the ground near Mount Sinai, the Israelites were demanding that Aaron make gods to go before them. Aaron told the Israelites to bring him their golden earrings, and Aaron made a golden calf. Before the Lord God sent Moses back to the Israelites, the Lord God gave Moses 2 stone tablets whereupon were written, with the finger of God, the Ten Commandments. When Moses saw the golden calf and the dancing, Moses threw the stone tablets to the ground. After Moses questioned Aaron, and heard Aaron's answer, Moses proclaimed a question. The Levites responded by going to Moses, thereby identifying themselves as being for the Lord God. Moses spoke the words of the Lord God to the Levites, and the Levites killed approximately 3,000 men. Shortly thereafter, Moses prepared 2 stone tablets and made an ark, and took the tablets and ark upon Mount Sinai, according to the commands of the Lord God. Moses was with the Lord God upon Mount Sinai for 40 more days and nights. The Lord God wrote the Ten Commandments on the tablets, and gave the tablets to Moses, and Moses put the tablets in the wooden ark and returned to the Israelites. After the tabernacle, and the gold covered ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the sacred items were made, Moses put the 2 stone tablets in the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and put the ark of the covenant and every sacred item in its proper place in the tabernacle. The Lord God told Moses that only the Levites could attend to and carry the tabernacle and sacred items, and camp around the tabernacle, and assist the priests with their duties at the tabernacle, and gave Moses the tabernacle duties for each Levite clan, the Kohathites, Gershonites and Merarites. The Lord God told Moses that after the priests covered the ark of the covenant and other sacred items, the Kohathites were to carry the ark of the covenant by its gold covered poles. During the 40-year journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, Miriam died and was buried in Kadesh in the desert wilderness of Zin. Upon Mount Hor, 123-year-old Aaron died and was buried. Shortly thereafter, Moses began speaking his last messages to the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. Moreover, Moses wrote the law and gave the Book of the Law to the priests. The Lord God spoke to Moses and commanded Moses to write the words of a song and teach the song to the Israelites. Moses wrote the song, and taught the song, with Joshua, his successor, to the Israelites. Moses blessed the Israelites, and 120-year-old Moses went upon Mount Nebo. The Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and Moses died and was divinely buried. Over 1,400 years after Joshua led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Months before Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Levi to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan River. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. Sometime before John the Baptist proclaimed the identity of Jesus, the Israelites sent priests and Levites to ask John the Baptist to identify himself. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites. When Jesus was responding to a lawyer, an Israelite able to teach from the Book of the Law, Jesus told a parable and mentioned a priest and Levite.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 1:1-4:49, 18:1-32, Deuteronomy, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
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