April 2, 2011 – Numbers 3-3:26

Something is wrong with the geni website.  I may try to find a different program to do the family tree with.  But we have here God saying that the Levites were to take the place of every first born of the other tribes.  That was to have been the cost of God taking the first born of the Egyptians when He freed them from Egypt.  But when they would not follow His commands, it is changed to just the Levites.  But there is an offering that parents must make when their first born male comes to signify that they understand God was suppose to have that child, but they can keep him.  This is what Mary and Joseph were taking Christ to the Temple for at His Presentation.  We cannot also tell about the Holy Families finances a bit because there were different options of what to sacrifice for your first born and they had to offer the lower amount because they could not afford the more expensive offering.  Just something that may not be known about the background of what is going on during the Christmas narrative. 

After looking at it, it doesn’t appear clear to me whether it was only first born males that God was suppose to have.  No translation says more than just first-born, but it relates accordingly to the first-borns struck down in Egypt, which was first born males.  So, that appears a little unclear, however Christ was first-born of either.