Posts from June 2020 (Page 2)

Read: Numbers 16-17 Focus Verse: “‘Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work of the LORD’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them? He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood…

Read: Numbers 14-15 Focus Verse: “But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites.” (14:10)  Devotion: Oh man! So the LORD promised the Israelites they’d be given the land, and when scouts returned they let fear lead them to lie to the Israelites. They convince the people the promised…

Read: Numbers 11-13 Focus Verse: “Moses heard the people of every family wailing at the entrance to their tents. The LORD became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. He asked the LORD, ‘Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? Did I conceive all these people? Did I give…

Read: Numbers 8-10 Focus Verse: “Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out.” (9:22).  Devotion: Granted they had a cloud of smoke or a pillar of fire to follow, but wow, the Israelites moved their camp only at the command of God. It didn’t matter how long or short they were in…

Read: Numbers 7 Focus Verse: “When Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law. In this way the LORD spoke to him.” (7:89).  Devotion: The entirety of Ch. 7 is a repetitive ceremony telling the sacrifice of the 12 leaders to…

Read: Numbers 5-6 Focus Verse: “…and if feelings of jealousy come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure—or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure—then he is to take his wife to the priest.” (Numbers 5:14-15a). Devotion: There’s a point in this section that a man can bring his wife before the priest if his jealousy leads…

Read: Numbers 3-4 Focus Verse: “At the LORD’s command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry.” (4:49a). Devotion: Delegation, the ability to divide up tasks and duties. The tabernacle was a mobile church, so it took a TON of manpower. They had to carry all of it, and set it up and break it down every time the Israelites traveled. For 40 years…

Read: Numbers 1-2 Focus Verse: “So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.” (2:34) Devotion: In these 2 chapters a census is taken. Boring, right? Well within all of this it informs us that they are to set up camp, move, and do…