Numbers 9:22 Obedience Training

Numbers 9:22 Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. Anyone who has raised small children remembers how important routines are to the welfare of the children and theContinue reading “Numbers 9:22 Obedience Training”

Numbers 6:13 Limited Term Dedication

Numbers 6:13 “ ‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the period of their dedication is over. They are to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting. Have you ever been to the dedication of a building when they cut the ribbon with a big pair of scissors? There were probablyContinue reading “Numbers 6:13 Limited Term Dedication”

Numbers 4:6 Inventory Control

Numbers 4:6 6 Then they are to cover the curtain with a durable leather, spread a cloth of solid blue over that and put the poles in place.  Today’s businesses know about inventory control. Everything gets marked with a barcode that gets scanned and tracked throughout its lifetime. That is how they can know if they haveContinue reading “Numbers 4:6 Inventory Control”

Numbers 3:4 Grief Delayed

Numbers 3:4 4 Nadab and Abihu, however, died before the Lord when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron. Bringing up the past can be a painful thing! Anyone who hasContinue reading “Numbers 3:4 Grief Delayed”

Leviticus 26:12 Restoration

Leviticus 26:12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. One of the news stories to come across my feeds repeatedly over my life has been the desire of humans to develop some type of utopian society. They want to extend their lives, have justice for all, liveContinue reading “Leviticus 26:12 Restoration”

Leviticus 25:20-22 Trust

Leviticus 25:20-22 You may ask, “What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or harvest our crops?” 21 I will send you such a blessing in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years. 22 While you plant during the eighth year, you will eat from the oldContinue reading “Leviticus 25:20-22 Trust”

Leviticus 23:3 Seven

Leviticus 2:3 ‘There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord. Many people today rebel against structure in their lives. They want freedom fromContinue reading “Leviticus 23:3 Seven”

Leviticus 20:7-8 Holy By Choice

Leviticus 20:7-8 “ ‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. 8 Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the LORD, who makes you holy. There is often debate about what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior. We read about it in the news every day. Even the courts of our land makeContinue reading “Leviticus 20:7-8 Holy By Choice”

Leviticus 16:29-30 Sin Remembered

Leviticus 16:29-30 “This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work—whether native-born or a foreigner residing among you—30 because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be cleanContinue reading “Leviticus 16:29-30 Sin Remembered”