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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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