Yahweh commands Moses to arrange the clans of the Levites around the tent of meeting and assigns them responsibilities.
Numbers 2: The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps
Yahweh gives instructions for the Israelite encampments around the Tent of Meeting according to tribes and families.
Numbers 1: The Census
Yahweh commands Moses and Aaron to divide the Israelites according to tribe and count the fighting aged men. The total is 603,550. The Levites are counted separately as keepers of the tabernacle.
Leviticus 16: The Day of Atonement
Yahweh commands Aaron to make a sacrificial offering for his family to atone for their sins and instructions how Aaron can approach the Holy of Holies.
Leviticus 15: Discharges Causing Uncleanness
Discharges Causing Uncleanness 15 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When any man has an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean. 3 Whether it continues flowing from his body or is blocked, it will make him…
Leviticus 11: Clean and Unclean Food
Yahweh gives Israelites instructions on clean and unclean animals for eating and handling meat and carcasses.
Leviticus 10: The Death of Nadab and Abihu
Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu break the rituals commanded by Yahweh and are struck down. Moses scolds Aaron and his sons on following their duties as priests.
Leviticus 9: The Priests Begin Their Ministry
After 7 days of consecration, Moses commands Aaron and his sons to make offerings at the alter. Fire appears and consumes the offerings.
Leviticus 8: The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons
Yahweh commands Moses to assemble Aaron and his son’s for their ordination as priests. Moses completes the ordination as Yahweh commands.
Leviticus 7: The Guilt Offering
Yahweh instructs the Israelites to prepare the fellowship offering. A portion of the fellowship offering is for the priests.