From Numbers 21-22 Balak king of Moab is deeply afraid of Israel. He needs all the help he can get in defeating them. So he sends for Balaam in the hope he will curse Israel. [ Read More … ]
From Numbers 16-17 Moses and Aaron’s leadership is continually questioned and disputed. In today’s passage the LORD steps in and gets each of the tribes to hand in a staff. He will cause the staff [ Read More … ]
From Numbers 11-13 Moses sends out twelve spies to check out the land of Canaan. When they return they give a mixed report. Their trust in the LORD or lack there of is revealed in [ Read More … ]
From Numbers 7 The tabernacle is dedicated to the LORD. During the ceremony we see large amounts of offerings given to support the ministry of worship that will happen there. After the dedication the LORD [ Read More … ]
From Numbers 3-4 Moses conducts a census to claim a number of firstborn from the people of Israel for himself. The whole levite tribe is traded in instead. But there is a small number unaccounted [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 26-27 Vows are gifts given to God in return for something significant. These are usually in the context of worship or religious practice. There was no requirement on any Israelite to make vows, [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 22-23 To offer substandard sacrifices to God is not acceptable. In today’s passage we look at the requirements for acceptable sacrifices. They have to be without blemish – perfect. We are all called [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 16-18 In today’s chapter we have a look at how the bible defines sexual immorality. In the scriptures adultery is the most common sexual sin. In this chapter we learn about incest, sex [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 11-13 People of different countries and cultures have rules about food they can and can’t eat. Today we read about Israel’s food laws and learn what foods made people unclean. In the gospel [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 5-7 Sometimes something comes to our attention and we realise we have done wrong. An unintentional sin that needs to be made right. Today we look at a passage from the law of [ Read More … ]