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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Numbers 26:1-4a The second census begins
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 26:1-4a The book of Numbers gets its English name from the various counts that are made in the book: the first census (Numbers 1:20-46), the arrangement of the tribes in their camps (2:3-33), the count of the priests fit for service (3:1-37), the count of the firstborn to be redeemed […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 25:10-18 Imputed righteousness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 25:10-18 This brief chapter concludes with three important points, all resulting from the incident with Israel’s sin with the Baal of Peor: (1) Phinehas is blessed for his action, (2) the Israelite prince and Midianite princess who were executed for their brazen, public sin are identified, and (3) the Midianites […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 10:46-48 Jesus comes to Jericho
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 10:46-48 Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 46 They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho,… Jericho was the first great conquest of the Israelites when they entered the Promised Land after the exodus. Located deep in the Jordan Valley, the city walls were […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 25:6-9 The spear of Phinehas
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 25:6-9 The Result of the Baal Worship 6 Just then, an Israelite man came and brought a Midianite woman to his brothers in the sight of Moses and the entire Israelite community, while the people were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 7 When Phinehas, the son […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 25:1-5 The Baal of Peor
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 25:1-5 Israel Worships Baal Balaam is not mentioned in this chapter, or again in the book until Numbers 33:8,16. But eventually we learn that the sin Israel fell into here at Shittim was Balaam’s idea. If he could not curse them, he could get them to turn away from the […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 24:21-25 Balaam’s final oracles
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 24:21-25 21 He looked at the Kenites, took up his oracle, and said: Permanent is your dwelling place. Set in stone is your nest. 22 However, you Kenites will be destroyed, when Ashshur takes you captive. The Kenites were related to Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro (Judges 1:16; 4:11). One of the […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 24:20 An end for Amalek
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 24:20 Balaam’s Final Messages 20 He looked at Amalek, took up his oracle, and said: First among the nations was Amalek, but his end will come to destruction. Balaam’s fifth oracle is about Amalek. The Amalekites were enemies with Israel from ancient times. The original Amalek was the grandson of […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 24:17-19 Not now, not near
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 24:17-19 17 I see him, but not now. I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise up out of Israel. It will smash the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of all the people of Sheth. These words echo Jacob’s own […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 114:3-8 The sea looked and fled
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 114:3-8 We return to Psalm 114, and praise given to God for the way he cares for his people at all times, and especially during the great crisis of the exodus. 3 The sea looked and fled, Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 24:10-16 Translating “Behold”
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 24:10-16 10 Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he slapped his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but look, all you have done is bless them these three times. 11 Now get out of here. Go to your own place! I said I […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 24:6-9 Gardens, aloes, and salvation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 24:6-9 6 Like rows of palm trees they stretch out, like gardens by the riverside, like aloes which the LORD has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters. To identify what “they” are in this verse we remember Balaam praising the tents of Israel in verse 5. He compares the […]
God’s Word for You – Numbers 24:1-5 Will we know one another in heaven?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU NUMBERS 24:1-5 24 When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go to look for omens as he had done at the other times, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 When Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel dwelling according to […]
