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As I was
reading through the commentary that I wrote six years back, I found a point
that I was really glad to review among all of the other things that seemed
common sense from reading the chapter.
Among the people, clearly the Levites were special. That much is still obvious.
What’s not
obvious, and thus we need to remember, is from where these Levites come. The Levites are from Levi, a son of Jacob
born to Leah. We hear so much about
Jacob and Rachel that we often forget about Leah. But here are these Levites, lifted up from
among their brothers into a position of importance!
For the
record, if we bring this forward and talk about Christ we have even more unique
thought. Christ is both priest and
king. But from whom do the kings come? David is a member of the tribe of Judah, who
was also a son of Leah.
Here is why
I really like this point. Remember that
Jacob didn’t even want Leah. He wanted
Rachel. Leah was thrust upon him by
Laban because Laban didn’t want her, either.
In fact, one might add that it was God that brought Leah and Jacob
together. Yet it is out of this union
born from rejection that the seeds are sown for the savior of the world. That’s a really powerful witness to
redemption right there. God takes the
outcast and undesired and ultimately brings forth the savior of the world. It is amazing what God can do with the
outcasts and the rejected.
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