"Take a census of teh Kohathite braanch of the Levites by their clans and families. Count all the man from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.This is the work of theKohathites at the tent of meeting: the care of the most holy things. See that the Kohathite tribal clans are not destroyed from among the levites. So that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go into the sanctuary and assign to each mana his work and what he is to carry."
The Kohathites were one of the four main divisions among the levites in Biblical times. Kohatites Family of Levites; its members included Aaron, Moses and Miraiam, making them the most important family descended from Levi. The Bible ascribes a specific religious function to them, namely care of the vessels and objects within the sanctuary - the Ark of the Covenant, Menorah, Table of Shewbred, etc. This differentiation was a part of the priestly code.
Holiness is a profound characteristic of God. Holiness is not only ascribed to the person of God, but also to objects used in worship. God wanted certain holy men to perform this function so that worship of him was not treated as common.
Daily Prayer: Father, we in our day don't understand holiness as we ought to. We are so busy contextualizing ministry so that all people are treated as equal in worship that we forget that you never set up worship that way. You indeed did differentiate between the holy and the common and now we in our day and in the church need to imitate you and the patterns you left us so that we are not an affront to a holy god. In your holy name I pray Amen.
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