Saturday, 12/23/17
We should join in the party
at the home of Zechariah on the day of his son's circumcision. The tribes descended
from the twelve sons of Jacob avoided mixing with those of other tribes, there
was an exception here. Zechariah was of the tribe of Levi, and the members of
that tribe, while lacking their own tribal land,
served as priests throughout
all neighborhoods. That brought it about that people from all the "hill
country" gathered around for the miraculous boy's circumcision and name
bestowal.
The angel Gabriel had
declared that the boy should be named John, but the crowd intervened, saying
the boy should be named Zechariah after his father. Elizabeth intervened,
saying, "By no means. He shall be named John."
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