We’re making progress! Numbers 10:11 begins the second major section of the book. For two years, Israel has been living at the base of Mount Sinai. Then, to their amazement, “It came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the […]
“These trumpets…must have been made of silver atonement-money” (Henry W. Soltau). Let’s talk about trumpets, says the Lord to Moses in Numbers 10. My son plays one, and what you want are clear and distinct notes. As the Bible asks, “If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for battle?” (1 Cor […]
So you’re in the desert. No signs. No indication of the safe path ahead. How do you find your way? “On the day that the tabernacle was raised up,” we read in Numbers 9:15-16, “the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the Testimony; from evening until morning it was above the tabernacle like the […]
Read More… from August 8, 2022 — GPS: God’s Positioning Secret
David said, “I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure” (Ps 119:162). You’ll find it here, too! We wouldn’t want to skip Numbers 9 in our Bible reading! Why? Because it gives two beautiful illustrations of the grace of God to His people and the guidance of God for His people. They […]
When the Levites couldn’t carry the big loads anymore, they could still care for those who could. When is a person in their prime? Some people think when you’re 18 or so. Here’s what medical experts say. Visual development: birth to 12 months; emotional attachment and sensory development: birth to 18 months; language development: birth […]
Imagine that! After the offerings were made for the Levites, then they became an offering, too! Cleansing the Levites and their clothes with water was all well and good, but there was more to be done. “Then let them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you […]
Isaiah 52:11 gives the command of the Lord: “Be clean, you who bear the vessels of the Lord.” As we read Numbers 8:5-26 about the great lengths to which the Levites went to be clean, we hear these words about God’s servants today: “Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He […]
Read More… from August 2, 2022 — Cleanliness Next To Godliness
It has been famously said, “Who would stoop to be a king when you can be a servant of God?” Numbers 8:5-26 sweeps us back more than three thousand years to stand in the desert with the children of Israel. Today the Levites—the servants of God’s servants, the priests—are going to be prepared to work […]
Read More… from August 1, 2022 — The High Honor Of Humble Service
Why would a chapter about the Levites be introduced by a section on the priests’ role? One of the most effective ways to study the Bible is to ask questions. God has the answers. Have you heard this verse? “It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is […]
Read More… from July 29, 2022 — Shedding Light On The Subject