Chapter 5 ⁽⁵⁴⁾

Passage Read: 1 Chronicles 3-6 Meditation Verses: 5:25-26 At one point in the record, the three tribes east of the Jordan were doing valiantly, trusting in God for victory over the Hagrites, but a few sentences later, a few generations later, and they were unfaithful…

Passage Read: 2 Kings 4-7 Meditation Verse: 5:26 Gehazi didn't like that Naaman, an enemy of Israel, had received blessing from God, and Elisha didn't take any payment from him. He wanted the foreigner at least to leave a blessing in return. And of course,…

Passage Read: Leviticus 3-6 Meditation Verse: 5:17 Someone who sins unintentionally shall still bear his punishment. How does one who sins unintentionally find out about his sin? Either someone else notices and tells him, or the Lord brings punishment and the man looks for the…

Passage Read: Exodus 3-6 Meditation Verses: 5:21-23 The Israelites have been groaning under their bondage, but it evidently wasn't so terrible. Moses speaks once with Pharaoh about letting God's people go and worship him, and Pharaoh makes their jobs harder. Now things get really hard…

Passage Read: Revelation 5-6 Meditation Verse: 5:5 Jesus triumphed and so is worthy to open the scroll. How did He triumph? According to the songs that follow, He triumphed by giving His life to purchase men for God from every tribe and language and people…