Month: January 2015

Lifted Up

Lifted Up Scripture selection: Numbers 21.6 The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at… Continue reading Lifted Up

Holy Mystery

Holy Mystery Scripture selection: Numbers 20:12 “But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, ‘Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.’” It is one of the great and bitter ironies recorded… Continue reading Holy Mystery

Quenching Our Thirst

Quenching Our Thirst Scripture selection: Numbers 20:2-11 Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron. They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the LORD! Why did you bring the LORD’s community into this wilderness, that… Continue reading Quenching Our Thirst

Remembering

Remembering Scripture selection: Numbers 15:17-21 The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land to which I am taking you and you eat the food of the land, present a portion as an offering to the LORD.  Present a loaf from the first of your ground… Continue reading Remembering

Fear and Grumbling

Fear and Grumbling Scripture selection: Numbers 14:1-4 “That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.  All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this wilderness! Why is the LORD bringing us to this… Continue reading Fear and Grumbling

In Our Own Eyes

In Our Own Eyes “Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, ‘We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.’ But the men who had gone up with him said, ‘We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.’ And they spread among the Israelites… Continue reading In Our Own Eyes

On Command

“At the LORD’s command they encamped, and at the LORD’s command they set out.” Think of the phrase “on command” and it might bring to your mind several things: an obedient dog following his master’s instruction; a finely tuned military unit in action. In the book of Numbers, the phrase “On command,” or more specifically,… Continue reading On Command

The Voice

The Voice Today’s Scripture Selection: Numbers 7:89 “When Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover on the Ark of the Covenant law. In this way the LORD spoke to him.” These days, it is a… Continue reading The Voice

The Blessing

The Blessing Today’s Scripture Selection: Numbers 6:22-27 The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: ‘“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you… Continue reading The Blessing

Devoted

Devoted Today’s Scripture Selection: Numbers 3:5-9 The LORD said to Moses, “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him. They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the tent of meeting by doing the work of the tabernacle. They are to take care… Continue reading Devoted