OCTOBER 7, 2022 Numbers 22:23 Now the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road. This is perhaps one of the strangest […]
OCTOBER 6, 2022 November 22:18-19 Then Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. Now therefore, please, you also stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say […]
OCTOBER 5, 2022 Numbers 22:5 Then he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the river in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying: “Look, a people has come from Egypt. See, they cover the face of the earth, and are settling next to me!” Balak’s hatred for Israel compelled […]
OCTOBER 4, 2022 Numbers 22:2–3 Now Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was sick with dread because of the children of Israel. As Israel continued to journey, they engaged two kings that refused to allow them passage — […]
OCTOBER 3, 2022 Numbers 21:16-17 From there they went to Beer, which is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.” Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! All of you sing to it.” The Hebrew word Be’er is literally interpreted as “the well” as opposed to just any […]
OCTOBER 22, 2022 Numbers 25:10-11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My zeal.” The name Phineas […]
OCTOBER 2, 2022 Numbers 21:10-11 Now the children of Israel moved on and camped in Oboth. And they journeyed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, in the wilderness which is east of Moab, toward the sunrise. After the incident involving the fiery serpents, the children of Israel continued on their journey going from place to place. In other words, […]
OCTOBER 1, 2022 Numbers 21:9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. As believers, we understand that this picture presented to us in the Scripture is intended to point us to the […]
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 Numbers 21:8 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” One of the great mysteries in the Bible is why God instructed Moses to make an image of what had afflicted Israel to be […]
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 Numbers 21:6 So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. Jewish tradition teaches that the venom from these serpents, not only made the victims to feel as if they were burning, but also eliminated the sense of taste. If true, that is […]
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 Numbers 21:4 Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. There are some commentators who believe that the incident involving the king of Arad and the subsequent destruction of his […]
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 Numbers 21:6 So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. When the children of Israel complained about the manna, calling it “detestable bread,” it greatly contributed to their undoing. It was as if they said the bread God gave to them was […]