The LORD said to Moses, 8 “Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.” 9 So Moses took…
However – Numbers 12-14
And they told him, “We came to the land to which you sent us. It flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there. (Numbers 13:27-28 ESV)…
Names and Order – Numbers
His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with the finest flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; one young bull, one ram and…
Speak Up and Love – Leviticus 19:17-18
“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.” (Leviticus 19:17-18 ESV)…
Community Responsibility – Leviticus 5:1
“If you sin by not stepping up and offering yourself as a witness to something you’ve heard or seen in cases of wrongdoing, you’ll be held responsible.” (Leviticus 5:1 MSG) In the middle of verse after verse describing the details of the sacrificial system, I ran across this verse that I don’t remember seeing before….
Consecrate – Exodus 38-40
Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall wash them with water 13 and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest. (Exodus 40:12-13 ESV) The word consecrate stood out to me…
Repetition – Exodus 26-36
Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one another. (Exodus 26:5 ESV) He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the…
Easy Commitment – Exodus 22-24
And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant…
Equipped But Not Prepared – Exodus 12:1 – 14:20
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt.” 18 But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the…
Oral Culture – Exodus 1-11
How many generations would our faith last if we did not have the church or the Bible? I’ve been thinking about this as I’ve been reading through Genesis. We have more communication technology available to us then either Abraham or Moses could have imagined. Yet, we find it challenging to pass faith from one generation…