Teach me that I may teach....

And there were others besides the Levites that were chosen to teach and lead. The Levites were just sent by God in order to 1) demonstrate the way into His throne room (the Holiest of Holies) and 2) to show power gone wrong in intellectual “right thinking” people. The sons of Gershon (Numbers 4:8) were assigned to the tabernacle. The tabernacle itself held the Holiest of Holies and the outer room with the lampstand, and so the sons of Gershon ensured the physicality of the tabernacle was maintained in its purity and sanctification to prepared for the presentation to God. Then each family was involved in participating with worship of God (Numbers 3:27).And each was given the appropriate way to behave in the sight of the Lord, including who to accept and listen to as leaders, what not to touch, and where not to go (Numbers 4:18-20), God also showed who He wanted as leaders and priests (Exodus 28:1) by consecrating Aaron and sons from the other families,.as well as to show how far the leaders had gotten away from what God wanted. As well God gave Israel the charge if setting themselves apart from other nations because they were God's chosen. (Numbers 3:38). In this way God demonstrated living the sanctification as Paul describes I in 1 Corinthians 12-14).

Who is God? All hail the power...

And God showed which tribe would be the leader of priests (Number 17:1-8). Also who would be the responsibility for the sin of the rest of the tribes (Numbers 18:1) and hence could go into the Holiest of Holies. This was entirely in God's control. Not only in bearing that responsibility, but God also let His people know who was in charge of maintaining the temple )Numbers 3:22, 1 Chronicles 9:20) as well as where His people would set up the temple (Numbers 1:50-53, Numbers 2:17, Numbers 3:20-25) and where He wanted the priests and High Priest to reside.(Joshua 21).

Who is God? All hail the power....

The gist of Levitical writing is that God is in control. Even down to how we value things on this earth and what we consider as important. Even to the separation of male, female, and child; even to the evaluation of what is truly holy and what is unclean among the created beasts. While the priests make the estimation of the holiness of a value of beasts, God ultimately controls those evaluations. God determines who has the authority and responsibility to make those evaluations. (Leviticus 27:1-34)

And as Jesus says the traditions, the words, the literal words, became more important than the Spirit of God and the legalities involved more critical and essential than the intent of God. (Mark 7:9-13) Jesus is trying to impress upon the Jews and us that it is God who is in control, not the interpretation of words by men.

Teach me that I may teach....

Great s God that from the very beginning gave His people teachers and life's examples of how He wants us not to just exist but to really live. He gave the Israelites the Levites to teach them about sanctifying and blessing. (Numbers 8:6-20) This was to show His people how to separate themselves from what displeases God. And yet He knew there is humanness to be self-righteous, surely, as well as out-and-out rivalry between those sects trying to overtake leadership as teachers and spiritual leaders. (Number 16) instead of humbly following the task that God gave them. Sound familiar? These priests were also to be put to death if they peeked in the Holiest of Holies which was only intended for the High Priest and God.(Numbers 4:19, 28) God specifies who He wants as a Levite (Numbers 3:17) much as all of His children have been given a specific task in the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12).