NOVEMBER 5, 2022 Numbers 30:1-2 Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of […]
NOVEMBER 4, 2022 Numbers 30:1-2 Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of […]
NOVEMBER 3, 2022 Numbers 28:1-2 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘My offering, My food for My offerings made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me, you shall be careful to offer to Me at their appointed time.’” For the next two chapters, the Bible describes different offerings […]
NOVEMBER 2, 2022 Numbers 27:20-21 And you shall give some of your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the Lord for him by the judgment of the Urim. In the sight of the people, Moses was to lay his hands upon Joshua’s head […]
NOVEMBER 1, 2022 Numbers 27:18-19 And the Lord said to Moses: “Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him; set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and inaugurate him in their sight.” In the previous devotion, we focused on Moses’ prayer at the end his tenure over […]
OCTOBER 31, 2022 Numbers 27:15-17 Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying: “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep which have no […]
OCTOBER 30, 2022 Numbers 27:15-17 Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying: “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep which have no […]
OCTOBER 29, 2022 Numbers 27:1-4 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad … and they stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by the doorway of the tabernacle of meeting, saying: “Our father died in the wilderness … and he had no sons. Why should the name of our father be removed from among […]
OCTOBER 28, 2022 Numbers 26:64-65 But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Sinai. For the Lord had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb […]
OCTOBER 27, 2022 Numbers 26:53-54 To these the land shall be divided as an inheritance, according to the number of names. To a large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given its inheritance according to those who were numbered of them. The lion’s share of this […]
OCTOBER 26, 2022 Numbers 26:1 And it came to pass, after the plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying: “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel from twenty years old and above, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go to war in […]
OCTOBER 25, 2022 Numbers 25:16-18 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Harass the Midianites, and attack them; for they harassed you with their schemes.” Because Midan “harassed” and “beguiled” Israel in the matter of Peor, Israel was to consider them enemies and cause them distress. In fact, the infinitive form of the Hebrew word translated as “attack” infers this […]
