Chapter 31 1-6 (1 Timothy 5:13). Meddling Punished by Death—The Lord loves to see His work done as perfectly as possible. In the wilderness, the Israelites had to learn to accomplish with exactness and promptness the work connected with the order of the camp and especially the work of the tabernacle, its ornaments, and its service. All had to learn before they could accomplish this, to them new work. They had to be trained before they could do it as God desired. There were men there ready to give counsel and advice and to meddle with the work of mounting and dismounting the tabernacle; and those who neglected their special work to meddle with the work of others, thinking they had special wisdom and knew how it should be done, were put to death. Each one had to be taught the value of promptness and exactness in every position of trust. The memory had to be taxed, and they had to realize the responsibility of doing everything in due time.{1BC 1108.1}

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1-6 (1 Tim. 5,13). Indblanding straffes med døden. - Herren elsker at se Sit værk blive gjort så fuldkomment så muligt. I ørknen skulle israelitterne lære at udføre arbejdet præcist og omgående, i forbindelse med lejrens orden og især tabernaklets arbejde, dets udsmykning og dens tjeneste. Alle skulle lære før de kunne udrette det, der var nyt for dem. De var blevet oplært før de kunne gøre det som Gud ønskede. De var mennesker der var parat til at give råd og vejledning og være med til at rejse tabernaklet og slå det ned; og dem som ikke gjorde deres særlige arbejde, at være med i andres arbejde, troede de havde særlig visdom og vidste hvordan det skulle gøres, blev dræbt. Enhver skulle lære værdien af hurtighed og nøjagtighed, i enhver betroet stilling. Hukommelsen var blevet belastet, og de skulle erkende ansvaret for at gøre hvad som helst på rette tidspunkt.