Bible Readings for April 26th Numbers 3 | Psalm 37 | Song of Songs 1 | Hebrews 1 Not all Levites were priests. A priest had to be a male descendent of Aaron, who was a Kohathite. The lineage of the priests looks like this (Ex. 6:16–25): Levi —> Kohath —> Amram...
Bible Readings for April 25th Numbers 2 | Psalm 36 | Ecclesiastes 12 | Philemon 1 Yesterday, we began to discuss the way God was at work arranging the physical space inside Israel’s camp in the book of Numbers. In Numbers 1:47–54, God laid out the basic seating chart:...
Bible Readings for April 24th Numbers 1 | Psalm 35 | Ecclesiastes 11 | Titus 3 Students in most any kind of classroom, if they pay careful attention, can learn a lot about the teacher within the first few minutes of the very first day of class. For example, some...
Bible Readings for April 23rd Leviticus 27 | Psalm 34 | Ecclesiastes 10 | Titus 2 In context, the final chapter of Leviticus is a bit of a puzzle. Leviticus 26, yesterday’s reading, seems like a perfectly fitting close to a single book, with an overarching summary of...
Bible Readings for April 22nd Leviticus 26 | Psalm 33 | Ecclesiastes 9 | Titus 1 The promises of the old covenant were a two-edged sword. On the one hand, Yahweh promised to establish paradise on earth for Israel if they obeyed all his statutes and commandments, but...