Devotions from Numbers

Passage Read: Numbers 4-7 Meditation Verse: 6:11 Being in the presence of someone who dies suddenly is counted as a sin to the one who makes the vow of the Nazarite, even though it is completely out of his control who dies and when. If…

Passage Read: Numbers 8-11 Meditation Verses: 11:21-24 Even Moses didn't fully understand the Lord yet. He had doubts about God's ability to provide so much meat for so many people, and said so to God. So God replied, "You will see whether My Word will…

Passage Read: Numbers 12-15 Meditation Verse: 12:2 It is amazing to me how easily we dismiss the Lord and exalt ourselves. There are those who truly know the Lord, because He can be known, yet those who don't know Him well are still willing to…

Passage Read: Numbers 16-19 Meditation Verses: 16:3-5 This is such an easy trap to fall into, even and especially today. Today we value equality, we demand equality. We allow for no distinction between people, especially when it comes to the things of God. But we…

Passage Read: Numbers 20-23 Meditation Verses: 22:32-35 Balaam received permission from the Lord to go to Balak, and he knew he could only say or do what the Lord commanded him. But the Lord knew the temptation would be so great that Balaam could easily…

Passage Read: Numbers 24-27 Meditation Verses: 24:1-4 Balaam, the man whose eyes are opened, who sees the Lord and hears from him, upon whom the Spirit of God rested, this man advised the Moabites and Midianites how to turn the Lord against Israel so as…

Passage Read: Numbers 28-31 Meditation Verses: 28:9-11 There were daily sacrifices, weekly sacrifices, monthly sacrifices and periodic annual sacrifices, all needing to be offered at their proscribed times. It was not a simple thing for the Lord to dwell on earth among men. Indeed, the…

Passage Read: Numbers 32-35 Meditation Verse: 35:33 The blood of murder pollutes the land, and there is no other way to cleanse the land than by the death of the murderer. No ransom shall be offered or taken for the life of a murderer or…