JUNE 24, 2022 Numbers 1:2-3 Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above—all who are able to go to war in Israel. Earlier in the Biblical text, a different census had counted the nation […]
JUNE 23, 2022 Numbers 1:1-2 Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying: “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel…” The oldest name for the fourth book […]
JUNE 22, 2022 Leviticus 27:14 When a man dedicates his house to be holy to the Lord, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. Apparently, it was common for people to dedicate property, whether homes, animals or otherwise, to the Sanctuary. These […]
JUNE 21, 2022 Leviticus 27:2-3 When a man consecrates by a vow certain persons to the Lord, according to your valuation, … then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. The book of Leviticus ends as it began –- with a list of regulations concerning the Sanctuary. Specifically, this last section of […]
JUNE 20, 2022 Leviticus 26:45 But for their sake I will remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the Lord. When mentioning the covenant made with the patriarchs, not only did God emphasize His faithfulness to keep the promise […]
JUNE 19, 2022 Leviticus 26:44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, nor shall I abhor them, to utterly destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God. Never has God desired to impose death and destruction upon His people. In fact, […]
JUNE 18, 2022 Leviticus 26:33-34 I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste. Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land; then the land shall rest and enjoy its sabbaths. […]
JUNE 17, 2022 Leviticus 26:23-24 And if by these things you are not reformed by Me, but walk contrary to Me, then I also will walk contrary to you. Every parent understands what is being expressed here. When a child — particularly one who is old enough to know better — becomes so obstinate and rebellious […]
JUNE 16, 2022 Leviticus 26:19-20 I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. and your strength shall be spent in vain. I realize that most devotionals are intended to be uplifting, encouraging and, generally speaking, deal with topics that are positive in nature. However, it is […]
JUNE 15, 2022 Leviticus 26:14-16 But if you do not obey Me, and do not observe all these commandments, and if you despise My statutes … so that you do not perform all My commandments, but break My covenant, I also will do this to you… There is a long list of consequences of disobedience recorded in […]