Lamps were to be set up to ensure that they lit up the area in front of the lampstand.
Then we get a whole load of instructions regarding the Levites. The key thing is that they were dedicated to the Lord, and were presented before God as a wave offering. Now a wave offering was one that was not burnt, but could be eaten by the priests. So the Levites were offered to the Lord.
The Levites were purified, offered to the Lord, they worked at the tent of meeting, and under the supervision of the high priest, Aaron. There are parallels here between the Levites and us. We are now all priests. We have been purified by the blood of Jesus. We become disciples of Christ, giving our lives to Him. We must live in the presence of the Lord all the time, otherwise we are unable to do the work that God has given to us. Finally we work under the supervision of the great high priest, Jesus Christ.
The Levites had an early retirement age! Now people did not live as long in those days, but they were not expected to expire!
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