When the Lord sent Moses into Egypt to confront Pharaoh and bring his people out of slavery, he called Israel "My Firstborn Son."
Hidden in an obscure passage in the book of Numbers lies a minor historical event that later proved to be of tremendous spiritual consequence for the life of Israel.
The direct correlation of the Levites with the firstborn sons of Israel in Numbers 3 meant that their God planned to bring the Heirs of Abraham into such close fellowship with him as only exists between a Father and his Son.