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What Made the Tribe of Levi Special? – Numbers E1

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Hebrew Bible Theme - The First Born Son

The first born son in a pat culture is seen to be the representative image of the father and has pride of place among all the other siblings. And what you see in the hebrew bible is a god constantly subverting that practice, choosing the second by choosing a late comer,. A late coming sibling, and elevating them to the position of honor. When we get to exodus, pharaoh, as he begins to enslave and want to kill off god's chosen ones, he targets the first born sons. Gis ordered that they are killed or thrown into waters. Now, when the first born son dies, practically the second born son is now the firstborn son. So this

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