March 16, 2025
“So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel” (Numbers 25:3 ESV). Balaam was unable to curse Israel because they were under God’s blessing. So according to Numbers 31:16 he advised another way to harm them from within by tempting them to worship other gods. The
March 14, 2025
‘And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us”‘ (Numbers 21:7 ESV). There are different types of snake venom. Hemotoxic venom attacks the heart and blood, neurotoxic venom affects the nervous
March 12, 2025
“On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds” (Numbers 17:8 ESV). The Lord had the heads of house from each of the twelve tribes carve their
March 10, 2025
“Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now” (Numbers 14:19 ESV). Moses stood in the gap for the people of Israel, pleading with God to forgive them despite their rebellion. The Israelites had once again doubted God,
March 9, 2025
‘But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”‘ (Numbers 11:29 ESV). In Numbers 11, Moses was overwhelmed with the burden of leading Israel, so God took some of the Spirit that was upon Moses and
March 7, 2025
“At the command of the LORD they camped, and at the command of the Lord they set out. They kept the charge of the LORD, at the command of the LORD by Moses” (Numbers 9:23 ESV). The Israelites who lived in the wilderness learned to live and move at the Lord’s command. His presence was
March 19, 2024
“So Moses told the people of Israel everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses” (Numbers 29:40 ESV). Moses was a faithful servant to the Lord. He passed along “everything” that the Lord had commanded him to say to the children of Israel. He did not add to, nor subtract from, nor water down the
March 16, 2024
“I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near: a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel” (Numbers 24:17 ESV). Balak, king of Moab, hired Balaam to curse Israel. Yet, every time he opened his mouth he blessed them instead. In his final discourse, Balaam
March 14, 2024
“So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live” (Numbers 21:9 ESV). This is one of the more bizarre stories in the Bible. The Israelites were once again grumbling against God and Moses because of the lack
March 13, 2024
“Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle” (Numbers 20:8 ESV). There were two occasions when God empowered Moses to