NOVEMBER 18, 2022 Numbers 33:55-56 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell. Moreover, it shall be that I will […]
NOVEMBER 17, 2022 Numbers 33:51-53 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: “When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their high places; you shall dispossess the […]
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 Numbers 33:15-16 They departed from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai. They moved from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah. For the next several verses, the Bible lists numerous places where the children of Israel camped for varying spaces of time. Actually, while certain events are highlighted in their journeys, […]
NOVEMBER 15, 2022 Numbers 33:9 They moved from Marah and came to Elim. At Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there. The second stop made by Israel after they had passed through the sea was a place known as Elim which means “palms.” Obviously, this refers to the seventy palm trees […]
NOVEMBER 14, 2022 Numbers 33:5-7 Then the children of Israel moved from Rameses and camped at Succoth. They departed from Succoth and camped at Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness. They moved from Etham and turned back to Pi Hahiroth, which is east of Baal Zephon; and they camped near Migdol. As Israel began their trek toward the […]
NOVEMBER 13, 2022 Numbers 33:3 They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians. As Moses begins to recount the chronology of their journey, it is very important for us […]
NOVEMBER 12, 2022 Numbers 33:1-2 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, who went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. Now Moses wrote down the starting points of their journeys at the command of the Lord. As we discussed in the previous devotion, the different stations that Israel […]
NOVEMBER 9, 2022 Numbers 31:48-49 Then the officers who were over thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses; and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a count of the men of war who are under our command, and not a man of us is missing.” Pursuant to the battle, […]
NOVEMBER 10, 2022 Numbers 32:1-2 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock, the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar […]
NOVEMBER 8, 2022 Numbers 31:9-11 And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captive, with their little ones, and took as spoil all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. They also burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their forts. And they took all the spoil and all the […]
NOVEMBER 7, 2022 Numbers 31:6 Then Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles and the signal trumpets in his hand. You may recall that Phinehas is the young man who, upon seeing the Simeonite man and […]
NOVEMBER 6, 2022 Numbers 31:1-3 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the Lord on Midian.” The Scripture tells […]
