Read: Lev. 27-Numbers 1
Reading the value of a person is so foreign to our culture. The interesting thing is that Jesus should have been worth 50 shekels but he was sold for 30. They did not even consider him worth the price of a person.
In reading about redeeming gifts offered to the Lord, it was always the priest that assessed the value if it was unknown. Jesus alway assesses the value of our gifts to the Lord by looking at our heart. Every gift is considered holy to the Lord and can not be changed. All property was valued by it’s nearness to the next Jubilee. If you were selling your property during the year of Jubilee you were to value at its highest amount. The farther from Jubilee the less the value. This is the year of Jubilee where our gifts and property are at their highest value. This is the year we can expect to get the highest return for the things we do for the Lord. Our witnessing should reap the greatest return, our praying should be most intense and powerful.
In Numbers we have the first census of the people taken. The ones that were numbered were only the ones able to go to war. The only ones in our dispensation that are able to war are the born again people who know spiritual warfare. The Levites were the ones who maintained the presence of the Lord for the people. They were exempt from being counted because they would be the ones to exemplify grace.
Lord, may we be counted as Warriors but accepted as priests.
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