When the sons of Israel entered the Promised Land, certain cities were designated “Cities of refuge”. Priests were assigned to live in those cities. Their responsibility was also to act as judges. A city of refuge was for the person who was an unintentional killer. A person could run to a city of refuge […]
Joshua and Eleazar’s (the high priest) allocated land to the twelve tribes after they entered the Promised Land by God’s decree. The LORD set the boundaries for the new nation which was never fully taken. The people who were living there resisted and some pockets of resistance were never overcome. Numbers 34:1-15 Do you live […]
Moses was to go to the top of mount Abarim where the LORD showed him the Promised Land from a distance. Because Moses rebelled against the LORD by hitting a rock instead of speaking to it to bring needed water to the people, Moses was not allowed to enter the Promised Land. Moses was an […]
Consider the multitude of people whom the LORD was leading to the Promised Land by Moses, His servant. What about those two million people? They were complaining and grumbling against Moses and Aaron, AGAIN. What were their complaints this time? Water, we need water. Moses & Aaron fell on their faces in prayer. The […]
The LORD proved His chosen leader – Aaron, the high priest. Did Aaron live a life without sin? No he did not, but he was still God’s leader. And the LORD proved His choice. Get a rod, one for every tribe. Write a name on each rod. Write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi. […]
Korah, and others who agreed with him, rebelled against the LORD’S authority and His words. They claimed that all the congregation was holy and Moses and Aaron were exalting themselves above the people. When Moses heard this, he fell on his face. Then Moses said, tomorrow morning the LORD will show who is His and […]
The people of Israel were ready to go into the Promised Land. They wandered in the wilderness 40 years and now a new generation was poised to take their landed inheritance which the LORD promised to their fathers. Numbers 13:17 A twelve man contingent went to scout out the land, to see what the people […]
Moses had an older brother, Aaron, and a sister, Miriam. At some point, Moses married a Cushite woman. Miriam did not like this one bit! Both Aaron and Miriam said to Moses, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us as well?” Numbers 12:2 The LORD could have said, […]
The children of Israel were out in the wilderness, led there by the living God. They complained about the adversity. How do you put up with others complaining? What does this show about a person who complains all the time? I don’t know about you but I tend to shut them out, till I cannot […]
1 Chronicles 15:1-2 David built houses for himself in the city of David. The city of David is a small portion of land near the inside walls of Jerusalem. On the other side of the wall is a steep ravine called Kidron (a brook and valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. David […]