Numbers 3

And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his son. They are wholly given to him out of the sons of Israel. And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office.
(Num 3:9-10)

This chapter deals specifically with the Levites. As we see here they were unique among the tribes of Israel. They were called out to be wholly given to the duties of the priesthood, to serve Aaron the High Priest in the work of the ministry. This phrase “Wholly Given” that appears in English in verse one is written quite differently in the Hebrew. It literally reads, “They are given and given to Him out of the sons of Israel”. In Hebrew they use repetition to emphasize something. Kind of like bold print or italics, it demonstrated GREAT IMPORTANCE. The Lord wanted us to see that the Levites, more so than any other tribe, belonged completely to Him for His service.

In the New Testament we read that we are a “kingdom of priests” a passage basically telling us that we are all to play the role of the Levite. Each one of us is to be completely and totally given to the Lord for His service… My question for you this morning is short and sweet: Do you belong to the Lord completely? Are you living like you have been “GIVEN AND GIVEN” to His service? Every Christian is called to the same level of service… there is no class of Christian Levites more given to service than other Christians. We are a kingdom of priests, each one of us intended to serve our high priest Jesus Christ, and aid in the priestly duty of mediating between holy God and sinful man. The priests where brought before Aaron to minister unto Him. May we bring ourselves before Jesus every day and ask Him how we might serve Him best!