Deuteronomy 12:4-5 You must not worship the LORD your God in their way. 5 But you are to seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name there for his dwelling. To that place you must go; The old real estate adage “Location, location, location” is stillContinue reading “Deuteronomy 12:4-5 The Place”
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Deuteronomy 6:23 Out and In
Deuteronomy 6:23 But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. All of life is about movement. The blood coursing through our veins and arteries is moving, always pulsing forward. When it stops, we stop. Economies move forward or backward. WholeContinue reading “Deuteronomy 6:23 Out and In”
Deuteronomy 4:6-8 The Nations
Deuteronomy 4:6-8 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” 7 What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God isContinue reading “Deuteronomy 4:6-8 The Nations”
Deuteronomy 2:5 Protection of Others
Deuteronomy 2:5 Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on. I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his own. We all like to push the boundaries when we are young. We questions everything, the hallmark ofContinue reading “Deuteronomy 2:5 Protection of Others”
Numbers 22:22 Talking Donkey
Numbers 22:22 But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. As we travel through life we often run into things that just don’t seem to fit, events that seemContinue reading “Numbers 22:22 Talking Donkey”
Numbers 19:11-12 Ash Water
Numbers 19:11-12 “Whoever touches a human corpse will be unclean for seven days. 12 They must purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on the third and seventh days, they will not be clean. “No one isContinue reading “Numbers 19:11-12 Ash Water”
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”
Leviticus 10:9 Little Facts
Leviticus 10:9 “You and your sons are not to drink wine or other fermented drink whenever you go into the tent of meeting, or you will die. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, I enjoy watching and reading mysteries. But I am terrible at guessing the culprit. I always seem toContinue reading “Leviticus 10:9 Little Facts”
Leviticus 4:14 Place and Time
Leviticus 4:14 and the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the tent of meeting. The place where we do things is important. We eat in a restaurant. We shop in a department store or online. We stream a movie or enterContinue reading “Leviticus 4:14 Place and Time”
Exodus 36:6-7 Abundant Giving
Exodus 36:6-7 Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: “No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” And so the people were restrained from bringing more, 7 because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work. Have youContinue reading “Exodus 36:6-7 Abundant Giving”
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