AUGUST 14, 2022 Numbers 14:10 Now the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel. In the midst of all the clamor surrounding the spies’ evil report, the two faithful spies — Joshua and Caleb — had tried to dissuade the people from making this tragic mistake. And is most […]
AUGUST 13, 2022 Numbers 14:2 And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!” The Bible says that, upon hearing the report of the spies, the people […]
AUGUST 12, 2022 Numbers 13:30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” When the spies came back with their report, the people were dismayed and gave into fear and doubt. This was the sense in spite of […]
AUGUST 11, 2022 Numbers 13:17-20 Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains, and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many; whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; […]
AUGUST 10, 2022 Numbers 13:16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. Looking at the Biblical text in Hebrew almost always provides insight into what is going on that might otherwise be overlooked just reading it in English. Case in point: the Hebrew […]
AUGUST 9, 2022 Numbers 13:1-2 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.” At this point in their journey, Israel was at the threshold […]
AUGUST 8, 2022 Numbers 12:11-12 So Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord! Please do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned. Please do not let her be as one dead.” The rabbinical belief is that Miriam was struck with leprosy because her statements about Moses amounted to slandering […]
AUGUST 7, 2022 Numbers 12:3 Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth. In the previous devotion, we spoke of the fact that God hears what we say, and especially when we speak against His purpose and people. Apparently, something was going on between Miriam and Moses’ Ethiopian […]
AUGUST 6, 2022 Numbers 12:1-2 Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman. So they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it. People are amazing. Almost immediately after being witness to so much destruction resulting from doubting God’s […]
AUGUST 5, 2022 Numbers 11:31 Now a wind went out from the Lord, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground. In response […]
AUGUST 4, 2022 Numbers 11:25-26 And it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again. But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who had not gone out to the […]
AUGUST 3, 2022 Numbers 11:16-17 So the Lord said to Moses: “Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will […]
