Archive for July, 2005
54 The Israelites did all this just as the LORD commanded Moses. – Numbers 1:54
This simple sentence from the very last verse of Numbers chapter 1 may be short, but it is extremely powerful. This one sentence show of the strict obedience to God’s commands. Throughout these first three chapters of Numbers we see God [...]
1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. – Hebrews [...]
7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8 But God found fault with the people and said:
“The time is coming, declares the Lord,when I will make a new covenantwith the house of Israeland with the house of Judah.9 It will not be [...]
1 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2 For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those [...]
1 The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it,the world, and all who live in it;
2 for he founded it upon the seasand established it upon the waters.
3 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD ?Who may stand in his holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart,who does not [...]
1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from each man whose heart prompts him to give. 3 These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; 4 blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine [...]
17 The LORD said to Moses, 18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: ‘If any of you�either an Israelite or an alien living in Israel�presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, either to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, 19 you [...]
9 ” ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am [...]
20 “When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat. 21 He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites�?all their sins�?and put [...]
1 Keep me safe, O God,for in you I take refuge.
2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;apart from you I have no good thing.”
3 As for the saints who are in the land,they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.
4 The sorrows of those will increasewho run after other [...]
