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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Jim & Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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14 - NUMBERS 5-9 - THE INSTRUCTION</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
5:1-2 (5) RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL LAWS. The LORD spoke to Moses,
saying, <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">2</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
“Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp
everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is
unclean through contact with the dead” (ESV). </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Obedience
in separation: this is a mark of Your people, Father. We are not to
touch the unclean thing, as we walk in Your Word by the power of Your
Spirit. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Hallowed
be your :name.</i></font></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">2.
6:21 (6:1-21) VOLUNTARY NAZIRITE LAWS. “This is the law of the
Nazirite. But if he vows an offering to the LORD above his Nazirite
vow, as he can afford, in exact accordance with the vow that he
takes, then he shall do in addition to the law of the Nazirite.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Holiness</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is first </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">separation</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
from, as seen in this example. Then it is separation </span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">to</span></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
God, where His Holy Spirit imparts unto us the life of the Holy
Christ living His life through us. Father, we cleave to Christ our
Holiness! </span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
6:24-26 (6:22-27) PRIESTLY BENEDICTION. “The LORD bless you and
keep you; </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">25</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">26</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.”
</span></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
puts Your Name Father, upon Israel with Your blessing. You do the
same for us in Jesus!</span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Your :will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
7:89 (7) DEDICATION OF THE ALTAR. “And when Moses went into the
tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking
to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the
testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him.”
</span></span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is a most impressive 12-fold offering for this dedication. O forgive
us Father, that we so often fail to see Calvary as our altar, and
fail to offer suitable praise to You for what Christ died there for
us in His Atonement. </span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
8:21 (8) PRIESTLY SERVICE. “And the Levites purified themselves
from sin and washed their clothes, and Aaron offered them as a wave
offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to
cleanse them.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">May
we always Father, be careful to accept the leadership You give, that
we transgress not. And keep us back from presumptuous sin. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
9:5 (9:1-14) SECOND PASSOVER. “And they kept the Passover in the
first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the
wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses,
so the people of Israel did.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">There
is a proper way to observe the Passover. There is a proper way to
observe the Lord's Supper, the Eucharist. We would walk carefully in
Your ways, Father. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
9:23 (9:15-23) GUIDANCE OF THE CLOUD. “At the command of the
LORD they camped, and at the command of the LORD they set out. They
kept the charge of the LORD, at the command of the LORD by Moses.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
marvel at the wonder of Your order Father, and submit to it. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one!</span></font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
6:27 (6:22-27) THE PLACING OF THE NAME. “So shall they put my
name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.” </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
5-fold ministry has a duty to bless Your Church Father, that is
parallel to what the priests did for Israel.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">All
liturgical Old Testament worship has a parallel for New Testament
saints. We do not offer the 5-fold sacrificial offerings of Leviticus
- but instead our part is to offer the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">praise</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">calves</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of our lips!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">All
OT instructions fit this pattern! Look on each instruction as a
parable as it were - that has a reality to be achieved by us. Don't
seek to go back to OT Types and Shadows - rather seek to discover
and walk in NT equivalents. Stay free from OT bondage and legalism.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">May
God bless us as we seek to understand these relations, and cease to
be caught up by those who would legalize us.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
- our Psalm for the Day! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">74:2
(74:1-23) ARISE, O GOD, DEFEND YOUR CAUSE! “Remember your
congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have
redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where
you have dwelt.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">What
a Psalm of intercession for Your people, Father! Out of the abundance
of the heart, the mouth here is speaking. This is a true watchman
speaking. This is one of Your remembrancers. He is praying a prayer
in season. J.A.Watt</span></span></font></p>
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