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Correction on Levi’s age

In the New Open Forum video dated 10-2-23 it was said that Levi's age was possibly 77 upon entering into Egypt. That was incorrect. His actual age was 60. He then lived in Egypt for 77 years before dying. Upon Levi's death Kohath became the calendar reference patriarch for Israel's stay in Egypt. Kohath lived 133 years and then died. Upon his death Amram was the next calendar reference patriarch for Israel's stay in Egypt. Amram lived 137 years and then died. Finally, Aaron was age 83 at the time of Israel's deliverance in the year 1447 BC.

(See Exodus 6:16-20 for Kohath & Amram's life spans).

So, if we take Levi's age (77) + Kohath's age (133) + Amram's age (137) + Aaron's age at time of exodus we find:

77 + 133 + 137 + 83 = 430 years exactly

Compare:

Exodus 12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

Since the Bible does not give us any other life spans of individuals while Israel was in Egypt (except for Moses and Joseph) we can clearly see how the Biblical calendar is to be understood as end to end (that is, upon the death of one calendar reference patriarch the next calendar reference patriarch was born) and that there is a precise dating system God used for the exodus that He has also used for the entire history of the world starting with Adam in the creation year of 11,013 BC.

Originally published on https://www.ebiblefellowship.org/biblenotes (note id 325)

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