When I read through Numbers 4, I simply couldn’t believe how many different responsibilities each tribe had. The tabernacle was way more than just some tent that you take camping that flips open when you throw it in the air. The tabernacle and the surrounding courtyard was set up the same way every time.
We know that it took A LOT of people because in chapter 4:47-49 it says, “All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting numbered 8,580.” At the LORD's command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry.”
Did you catch that last part? God commanded each to a specific job. It wasn’t like this person could just help out with whatever – they needed to be a part of what God wanted them to help with.
Maybe they would have to be responsible for making sure the utensils used for ministering at the altar were on top of the bronze altar, or carry the altar from place to place. Carrying all the pieces from place to place would take 8,580 people and God was prepared with a way to help them get organized.
It is incredible to me that our God – even though He is all powerful and all knowing – would care to explain to Moses what jobs needed to be done and which tribe would do it. God allowed all these people to participate in the preparation of the location He would reveal himself to Moses and His people.
Our God is amazing for so many reasons. Looking at the way He guided all of these people (over 8000!) is so interesting and helps understand a little more about our Creator. I would encourage you to re-read Chapter 4 and think about what job you would have been good at (which tribe you would have probably fit into) and maybe you can even think of how awesome it is that God made each of us so unique that when we work together (with other people and with God), we can do great things together.
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