September 14, 2013 – 1 Chronicles 23

We just talked about praising God and here we see David set out 4000 Levites that had the sole duty to praise God.

We now see the house of the Levites set up as the assistance of the sons of Aaron in taking care of the Temple and all that goes with that. I am a little confused as to the fact that David takes a count of all the Levites so that he can divide up the service. Isn’t that similar to taking the census which Israel was punished for? I still don’t understand the reason that taking the census was so wrong. Does imply a lack of faith? David would only act a certain way if he is confidence in his numbers and not in God. I would think you would want to know how many people you have so that you can be more organized, like he is here with the Levites. But, I guess that takes away a full-fledged faith in God.