Hebrews 11:13-16 “These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire
Numbers 23:19 “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind.Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?” In the world that we live in today, there are many lies that people fall victim to. No one likes to be lied to or misled. People are searching for truth that stays the same throughout
Numbers 6:24-26 “The Lord bless you and keep you;the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.” It was my 24th wedding anniversary earlier this week so I made sure to drop by the store to get a card for April.* Greeting card companies stay in business because sometimes you just need the right words for a special occasion.
Numbers 14:30-34 “not one shall come into the land where I swore that I would make you dwell, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. But your little ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land that you have rejected. But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. And your children shall be shepherds in the
Numbers 1:1, 33:2, 36:13 1:1 “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 had come out of the land of Egypt,” 33:2 “Moses wrote down their starting places, stage by stage, by command of the Lord, and these are their stages according to their starting places.” 36:13 “These are the commandments and the rules that the Lord
The Priestly system was very important in Israel’s culture. The Levites, one of the twelve tribes, was the designated drawing pool for Israel’s priests and it was a high honor. Priests had specific rules to follow – they had to keep themselves pure and follow specific guidelines unique to their position. They were God’s standard. Priests had specific roles to perform- to offer sacrifices, to cleanse, to teach, to perform the ceremonies and rituals of
