Tag: Numbers
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Day 055: The Price of Proximity (Number 4:15)
What looks like nepotism at first turns out to be one of the most dangerous roles in the Israelite camp.
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Day 064: The Lord in Heaven Laughs (Numbers 23-25)
The story of Balak and Balaam reads almost like comedy: a talking donkey, a king dragging a prophet from mountain to mountain, and twenty-one altars built in a desperate attempt to curse God’s people. But every attempt backfires. The curses become blessings, and even a pagan prophet winds up announcing the coming Messiah. Psalm 2…
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Day 065: The Daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 27:1-5)
A Spurgeon Snapshot
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Day 054: Fit to Fight (Numbers 1-2)
In Numbers 1, every man “able to go to war” was counted. Reading it, I wondered if I would have made the list. I’ve never fired a gun. But then verse 47 changes everything. The Levites weren’t numbered with the warriors — they were placed at the center, closest to God’s presence. Not all warriors…