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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Numbers 1:47-54 Death near the Tabernacle
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 1:47-54 The Levites Exempted 47 But the Levites were not registered along with the others on the basis of their fathers’ tribe, 48 for the Lord had said to Moses, 49 “You are not to register the tribe of Levi, neither will you take a census of them along with […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 1:5 John’s baptism
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 1:5 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. (EHV) The details about the location of John’s baptism and the question about whether Mark means “all the people” […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 1:32-46 Northern and Western tribes
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 1:32-46 In this second half of the census, we look at the tribes who would camp to the north and west of the tabernacle. 32 The male descendants of Joseph who were the descendants of Ephraim were registered from their family records, according to their clans, according to their fathers’ […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 1:17-31 Eastern and Southern tribes
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 1:17-31 Today’s devotion covers a large section of text. This is because of the redundancy of the passages, and this will be a procedure that we will follow at other times in Numbers. It is my hope and prayer that reading and covering the text in this way will do […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 1:5b-16 Obedience to authority
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 1:5b-16 from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; 6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; 7 from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab; 8 from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar; 9 from Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; 10 from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 1:2-5a The command to count
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 1:2-5a 2 “Take a census of the entire community of the people of Israel, according to their clans and their fathers’ houses. Count the names of every male, one by one, 3 twenty years old and up, all who are of age to serve in Israel’s army. Aaron and you […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 1:1 In the Wilderness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 1:1 N U M B E R S Preparing for the Promised Land The First Census of Israel 1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 1:3 baptism for the forgiveness of sins
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 1:4 4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. (EHV) The location of John’s ministry is given in different ways: • Preaching in the desert of Judea (Matthew 3:1) • Baptizing in the wilderness (Mark 1:4) • In the Jordan […]
God’s Word for You – Malachi 4:6 the hearts of children
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MALACHI 4:6 6 He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with complete destruction. (EHV) The final verse of the Old Testament focuses on the importance of the family. The fall into sin […]
God’s Word for You – Malachi 4:5 the great and fearful day
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MALACHI 4:5 In the previous verse, Malachi drew our attention to the past, to the Law of Moses. Now he connects the past with the future, to the time when God would send a prophet to announce the coming of the Messiah. Just as in the Transfiguration of Jesus, Moses and […]
God’s Word for You – Malachi 4:4 Remember
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MALACHI 4:4 4 Remember the law of my servant Moses, which I commanded to him at Horeb to serve as statutes and judgments over all Israel. (EHV) “Remember” has three functions in this verse. First, to remember the Law of Moses is to keep it in the memory. To remember the […]
God’s Word for You – Malachi 4:3 under the soles of your feet
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MALACHI 4:3 3 You will trample the wicked. They will surely be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I take action, says the LORD of Armies. (EHV) Like almost all of the prophets, Malachi moves back and forth between Christ’s first coming (Christmas) and his second […]
