Category: Reading through the Bible
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Day 067: Does the Bible Sanction Genocide? (Numbers 31:15-18)
15 Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live? 16 Behold, these, on Balaam’s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones,…
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Day 065: God’s Provision, by the Numbers: A Devotional with a Spreadsheet (Numbers 26-27)
51 These registered Israelite men numbered 601,730. (Numbers 26:51) Numbers 26 is another mind-numbing list of names and numbers of Israelites, very similar to the one that began the book, and I suppose one of the reasons the book gets its name. The main purpose for the census is to show that God was faithful…
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Day 064: The Lord in Heaven Laughs (Numbers 23-25)
1 Why do the nations rageand the peoples plot in vain?2 The kings of the earth take their stand,and the rulers conspire togetheragainst the Lord and his Anointed One:3 “Let’s tear off their chainsand throw their ropes off of us.” 4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs;the Lord ridicules them.Psalm 2:1-4 If you found yourself…
