Chapter six outlines the procedures for a special type of vow – the Nazirite vow. Nazirite means “consecrated one,” and most who took this vow did so temporarily. Only two men were clearly said to have been lifelong Nazirites — Samuel (1 Samuel 1:27-28) and Samson (Judges 13:4-5, 14) — although some teachers believe that […]
Chapter three is the Levite version of chapter two, explaining how the Levites camped and moved. Levi himself had three sons – Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. These became the three sub-tribes of Levi. The Gershonites were responsible for the curtains of the tabernacle and camped on the west side of the tabernacle, between the tabernacle
Chapter two describes the camping and traveling situation for the nation while they were in the wilderness. In addition to having the tribes camp together, God had three tribes join under one larger “tribe,” each on one side of the tabernacle, which stood in the middle of the camp. On the east side of the
