Bible Readings for April 30th Numbers 7 | Psalms 42–43 | Song of Songs 5 | Hebrews 5 Yesterday, we looked at the non-priestly class of holy people in Israel: the Nazirites. Today’s reading in Numbers 7 addresses two other issues regarding holiness within Israel’s...
Bible Readings for April 29th Numbers 6 | Psalms 40–41 | Song of Songs 4 | Hebrews 4 One major theological distinction that comes up repeatedly in the book of Numbers—and one that we are likely to miss unless we are looking for it—is the difference between clean and...
Bible Readings for April 28th Numbers 5 | Psalm 39 | Song of Songs 3 | Hebrews 3 In Numbers 5, Yahweh continues to establish physical boundaries, instituting three new policies to keep his own holiness free from any contamination that the people of Israel might cause....
Bible Readings for April 27th Numbers 4 | Psalm 38 | Song of Songs 2 | Hebrews 2 As we continue to read through the book of Numbers, we need to keep in mind that Israel is still encamped at Mount Sinai at this point, just as they have been since Exodus 19. The second...
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:...
