Tag: People on the Move: The Book of Numbers

Balancing Justice and Mercy (Numbers 35) TEXT: Numbers 35:10-15 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ”When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, 11 select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to...

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Basic Human Rights (Numbers 26-27) TEXT: Numbers 26:51-56 51 The total number of the men of Israel was 601,730. 52 The LORD said to Moses, 53 “The land is to be allotted to them as...

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A Prophet for Profit (Numbers 24-25) TEXT: Numbers 24:15-17,19 15 Then he uttered his oracle: “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of one whose eye sees clearly, 16 the oracle of one...

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The Story of Balaam (Numbers 22-23) TEXT: Numbers 22:26-31 26 Then the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the...

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The Darkest Chapter in Numbers (Numbers 20) TEXT: Numbers 20:6-11 6 Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD...

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The Best Type of Offering (Numbers 18-19) TEXT: Numbers 18:25-29 25 The LORD said to Moses, 26 “Speak to the Levites and say to them: ”When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give...

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A Power Struggle (Numbers 16-17) TEXT: Numbers 16:1-3 1 Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—became insolent...

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Plans for the Future (Num. 15) TEXT: Numbers 15:1-5 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ”After you enter the land I am giving you as a...

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The Worst Rebellion (Numbers 11-14) TEXT: Numbers 12:1-3 1 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. 2 “Has the LORD spoken only through...

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Concern for the Non-Hebrews (Numbers 9-10) TEXT: Numbers 9:4-5, 14 4 So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover, 5 and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth...

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Services in the Tent of Meeting (Num. 7-8) TEXT: Numbers 8:1-4 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ”When you set up the seven lamps, they are to...

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People Special to God (Numbers 5-6) TEXT: Numbers 6:1-6 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ”If a man or woman wants to make a special vow,...

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People on the Move (Numbers 1-3) TEXT: Hosea 2:14-15 Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. There I will give her back...

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