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 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 March 15th Exodus 26 | John 5 | Proverbs 2 | Galatians 1 In Exodus 26, Yahweh describes the two different places in the tabernacle where his holiness would dwell most fully on earth: the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. Those two places would be...