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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Numbers 3:11-20a Christ foreshadowed
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 3:11-20a The Census of the Levites 11 The LORD spoke to Moses, 12 “See, I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn that opens the womb among the Israelites. The Levites are mine, 13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 1:6 Strange clothes, strange food
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 1:6 6 John was clothed in camel’s hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey. Four items are brought before our eyes by Mark about the baptizing preacher: His clothes, his belt, the locusts, and the wild honey. First: The clothing made […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 3:5-10 The work of the Levites
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 3:5-10 5 The Lord spoke to Moses: 6 “Bring the tribe of Levi near and have them stand before Aaron the priest so that they may assist him. 7 They will perform the duties for him and for the entire congregation in front of the Tent of Meeting by doing […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 3:1-4 The priests
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 3:1-4 The census at Mount Sinai concluded with a double count of the Levites. The tribe of Levi was excluded from the list of available fighting men because the Levites were to perform a different service in God’s kingdom: They were to serve God directly in the worship life of […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 2:10-34 The camp
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 2:10-34 10 Those who camp on the south side will be organized under the standard of Reuben’s camp, according to their military units. The tribal chief of Reuben’s descendants is Elizur son of Shedeur. 11 His unit, as registered, totals 46,500. 12 The tribe of Simeon will camp next to […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 2:1-9 Law and Gospel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 2:1-9 The Arrangement of the Camp 2 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron as follows: 2 Each of the Israelites will camp under his own standard, with the banners for their fathers’ houses. They will camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it. Imagine how this […]
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 […]
