Yesterday we numbered all the men of Israel from 20 years and up that were able to go to war. Today we will plot where each tribe makes camp, always keeping the tabernacle at the center, and the order in which each breaks camp and sets out.
Numbers 2
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
Continue readingWe are starting the book of Numbers. It’s not all numbers but the book does begin with a headcount of the armies of Israel. If we do not skip a day, we will finish during the first week of September. I would like to say September 2nd but I know there will be at least one chapter we split in half.
Numbers 1
The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying:
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Cold open meme? ✔ Understood by nerds ✔ References coffee? ✔ Yep, it checks all the boxes.
This is Happy Monday #598.
Continue readingThis chapter is about symbolically dedicating a person, animal or piece of property to the LORD. There is some awkward, at least by our standards, discussion of what a person is worth but the real point is that anything dedicated to the LORD is holy.
Leviticus 27
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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We missed a deja vu post but these celebrity deaths are just in the past week. Chuck Mangione passed this week as well, someone will mention it if I don’t. So far in the first half of 2025 we have also lost Bob Uecker, Gene Hackman, Roberta Flack, George Foreman, Val Kilmer, Ruth Buzzi, George Wendt, Phil Robertson, Sly Stone, Brian Wilson, Connie Francis and Pope Francis (no relation on those last two). There have been others but those are the names I would expect most people to recognize. You may not recognize the name Martha Knighton but chances are you have seen her before in something.
Continue readingThis chapter lists the blessings for obedience and the punishments for disobedience. It really is just that simple. And you might think that after all the children of Israel had seen God do, in Egypt and at Mount Sinai, that disobedience would be practically unheard of.
Leviticus 26
“You shall not make idols or graven images, neither stand up pillars, nor set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.
Continue readingThis is a long chapter but it boils down to: Give the land a Sabbath rest every seventh year; and a hard reset every 50 years that God calls the year of Jubilee. The land and the people in it belong to the LORD.
Leviticus 25
The LORD spake to Moses on mount Sinai, saying:
Continue readingContribution of pure olive oil to keep the lamps burning; and then a crime followed by an arrest and a judgement. There are no lengthy trials with automatic appeals in the camp of Israel. God’s judgement is swift.
Leviticus 24
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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Plenty of well meaning individuals have tried to read through the Bible by starting at Genesis 1 and going straight through. These attempts often correspond to New Year’s Resolutions, you know “new year, new you” kind of turning over new leaves. Many times, I can’t say always, but more often than not that person gets through Genesis and Exodus because those books are narrative. That’s the kind of story we are used to reading; there are characters and a plot. Sometime in the middle of February, about halfway through the book of Leviticus, plans to read through the Bible this year and this time I mean it fall by the wayside. Hopefully your Bible doesn’t get pushed up against the wall and covered with laundry like that new treadmill you bought – I mean, somebody bought – after Christmas.
Continue readingThe holy days and fests outlined in Leviticus 23 are The Sabbath, the Passover (including the Feast of Unleavened Bread), the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Booths. In the discussion, we will talk about the meaning of convocation.
Leviticus 23
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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