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The Levites are Appointed for Service This is the family line of Aaron and Moses, as it was recorded, when the Lord spoke to Moses, on Mount Sinai:  The names, of Aaron’s sons, were Nadab (the oldest), Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.  These sons, of Aaron, were anointed and ordained, to minister, as priests.  But Nadab and Abihu died, in the Lord’s presence, in the wilderness of Sinai, when they burned before the Lord, the wrong kind of fire, different than the Lord had commanded.  Since they had no sons, this left only Eleazar and Ithamar, to serve as priests, with their father, Aaron.  Then the Lord said to Moses,  “Call forward the tribe of Levi, and present them to Aaron, the priest, to serve as his assistants.  They will serve Aaron, and the whole community, performing their sacred duties, in and around the Tabernacle.  They will also maintain …all the furnishings, of the sacred tent, serving in the Tabernacle, on behalf of all the Israelites....

​ The Appointed Festivals The Lord said to Moses,  “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.  These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim, as official days for holy assembly.  “You have six days each week. for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day, of complete rest, an official day, for holy assembly.  It is the Lord’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed, wherever you live.  “In addition to the Sabbath, these are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the official days, for holy assembly … these are the days  that are to be celebrated, at their proper times each year.  Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread “The Lord’s Passover begins at sundown, on the fourteenth day, of the first month.  On the next day, the fifteenth day,    of the month, you must begin celebrating the Festival, of Unleavened Bread.  This festival, to the Lord, continues for seven days, and during that t...