“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken and will He not make it good and fulfill it? Behold, I have received His command to bless [Israel]. He has blessed, and I cannot…

  “Now the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road….Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and…

“Behold, I Myself have taken your fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, given (dedicated) to the Lord, to do the service for the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).” ‭‭Numbers‬ ‭18:6‬ ‭AMP‬‬ Those who look to G-d for salvation are called to a life of service – it’s not for…

“and they rose up before Moses with some of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, representatives of the congregation, men of renown. They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and…

“Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.” And they gave the…

  “I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and do not let me see my wretchedness!” So the Lord said to Moses: “Gather to Me seventy men…

 “and the Israelites set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud [of the Lord’s guiding presence] settled down in the Wilderness of Paran. So they moved out for the first time in accordance with the command of the Lord through Moses. So they set out from the mountain of the Lord (Sinai)…

 “The leaders offered the dedication sacrifices for the altar on the day that it was anointed; and they offered their sacrifice before the altar.” ‭‭Numbers‬ ‭7:10‬ ‭AMP‬‬ The word “leader”, used first in the 14th century to describe a person in charge, comes from the Old English word “lædan” – and meant to go before a a…

““Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,” Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them: The Lord bless you, and keep you [protect you, sustain you, and guard you]; The Lord make His face shine upon you [with favor], And be gracious to you…

“According to the number of all the males, from a month old and above, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the sanctuary. The families of the children of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle…Their duty included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the utensils of the…