Suggested Bible Reading: Numbers 23-25 Devotional Thought: Chapters 23-24 record the four great parables of Balaam. These parables are very interesting and prophetic in nature. The glowing terms in which Balaam speaks of Israel, in relation to their God and their future as a nation, truly amazes me. The question that begs to be asked…
Suggested Bible Reading: Numbers 21-22 Devotional Thought: Chapter 21 records Israel’s eighth and last murmuring. Their murmuring is all too familiar. How frustrating it must have been to Moses to yet again experience the complaints of the people. They are almost at the end of their journey, but instead of learning from past history and…
Suggested Bible Reading: Numbers 18-20 Devotional Thought: Chapter nineteen details the offering of the red heifer and is consistent with the character of the book of Numbers. It teaches God’s provision for sins in the wilderness and gives an answer of how to deal with sins after conversion. The teaching of chapter 19 is rich…
Suggested Bible Reading: Numbers 16-17 Devotional Thought: Chapter 16 records a very serious rebellion against Moses and Aaron. It is easily the worst event so far in Israel’s journey and one in which 15,000 Israelites perished, besides the followers of Korah. This took place because of four men who wanted to be promoted, and in…
Suggested Bible Reading: Numbers 8-10 Devotional Thought: Chapter 9 contains two important subjects, which was an intimate concern of the nation of Israel. The Passover was the first of the seven feasts of Jehovah, which the Jews were to keep throughout their religious year. It was to be passed down and taught to all their…
Suggested Bible Reading: Numbers 7 Devotional Thought: This is the longest chapter in Numbers and one of the longest in the Bible. It gives a list of the gifts devoted to the Tabernacle by the twelve leaders of their respective tribes. Much of the chapter seems nothing more than mere repetition. The details may seem…
Suggested Bible Reading: Numbers 3-4 Devotional Thought: Chapters 3 and 4 of Numbers form a little section by themselves and have much to say about the Levites and their appointment by God to the special work they were to perform. In chapter 3 we find the call of the Levites, the separation of their work,…
Suggested Bible Reading: Numbers 1-2 Devotional Thought: In the book of Leviticus the worship of the people is discussed, but in Numbers it is the preparation for war. In this book it is the wandering of the people of God through the wilderness that the Spirit of God particularly points out. One author has said…
Suggested Bible Reading: Leviticus 25-27 Devotional Thought: This chapter, dealing with the Sabbatical Year and the Year of Jubilee, seems to be linked with chapter 23, making chapter 24 somewhat of a parenthesis. The first 7 verses of chapter 25 deal with the Sabbatical Year emphasizing rest, while the remaining 48 verses give details regarding…
Suggested Bible Reading: Leviticus 22-24 Devotional Thought: The first 16 verses of this chapter continue instructions to the priests. This section deals in particular with how the sanctity of the “holy things” was to be preserved. It is interesting that the term is used nine times in the book of Leviticus but only once outside…