Humble thoughts, reflections, and/or summaries from readings of God's word. "For if any one is desirous simply to know those things which it has pleased God to reveal, that is the man who accurately knows what it is to be truly wise. " Calvin
Thursday, April 22, 2010
In Numbers 13, the Lord directed the Israelites to send out a survey team to "spy" out the promised land of Canaan. So, Moses sent out a group of men who were heads of the families of Israel. On their return, they reported that the land was very fertile, "flowing with milk and honey" , but the people who currently possess the land were very strong and their cities were heavily fortified. They were fearful of the inhabitants there and did not believe they could overtake them in order to gain Canaan for themselves. However, Caleb faithfully "quieted the people before Moses and said, ' we should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will surely overcome it. "
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Numbers 12
When a prophet of the LORD is among you,
I reveal myself to him in visions,
I speak to him in dreams.
7 But this is not true of my servant Moses;
he is faithful in all my house.
8 With him I speak face to face,
clearly and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the LORD.
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?"
When a prophet of the LORD is among you,
I reveal myself to him in visions,
I speak to him in dreams.
7 But this is not true of my servant Moses;
he is faithful in all my house.
8 With him I speak face to face,
clearly and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the LORD.
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?"
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Numbers 10
“When you arrive in your own land and go to war against your enemies who attack you, sound the alarm with the trumpets. Then the Lord your God will remember you and rescue you from your enemies. Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at your annual festivals and at the beginning of each month. And blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings. The trumpets will remind the Lord your God of his covenant with you. I am the Lord your God.”
"They marched for three days after leaving the mountain of the Lord, with the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant moving ahead of them to show them where to stop and rest. As they moved on each day, the cloud of the Lord hovered over them. And whenever the Ark set out, Moses would shout, 'Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered! Let them flee before you!'. And when the Ark was set down, he would say, 'Return, O Lord, to the countless thousands of Israel!'
“When you arrive in your own land and go to war against your enemies who attack you, sound the alarm with the trumpets. Then the Lord your God will remember you and rescue you from your enemies. Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at your annual festivals and at the beginning of each month. And blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings. The trumpets will remind the Lord your God of his covenant with you. I am the Lord your God.”
"They marched for three days after leaving the mountain of the Lord, with the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant moving ahead of them to show them where to stop and rest. As they moved on each day, the cloud of the Lord hovered over them. And whenever the Ark set out, Moses would shout, 'Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered! Let them flee before you!'. And when the Ark was set down, he would say, 'Return, O Lord, to the countless thousands of Israel!'
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Numbers 9
On the day the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire. That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire. Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped. At the LORD's command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.
On the day the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire. That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire. Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped. At the LORD's command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Numbers 8
The Lord instructed Moses regarding making the Levites "ceremonially clean" that they would be purified and may be "ready to do the work of the Lord". The Lord said the Levites were to be "set apart from the other Israelites" and they "will be mine" and "are to be given wholly to me.. in place of the firstborn sons of Israel..and I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron to do the work at the Tent of Meeting to make atonement for them."
The Lord instructed Moses regarding making the Levites "ceremonially clean" that they would be purified and may be "ready to do the work of the Lord". The Lord said the Levites were to be "set apart from the other Israelites" and they "will be mine" and "are to be given wholly to me.. in place of the firstborn sons of Israel..and I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron to do the work at the Tent of Meeting to make atonement for them."
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Numbers 7 When Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings. He also anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils. Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of families who were the tribal leaders in charge of those who were counted, made offerings.
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