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Opening Prayer
Father, thank you for this day and your Word. Help us understand, and teach us this morning by the power of your Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name, amen.
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Scripture Passage
Army Numbered
17 Then Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned by name, 18 and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they recited their ancestry by families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, each one individually. 19 As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.
20 Now the children of Reuben, Israel’s oldest son, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 21 those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.
22 From the children of Simeon, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, of those who were numbered, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 23 those who were numbered of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24 From the children of Gad, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 25 those who were numbered of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 From the children of Judah, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 27 those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28 From the children of Issachar, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 29 those who were numbered of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30 From the children of Zebulun, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 31 those who were numbered of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32 From the sons of Joseph, the children of Ephraim, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 33 those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.
34 From the children of Manasseh, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 35 those who were numbered of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36 From the children of Benjamin, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 37 those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38 From the children of Dan, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 39 those who were numbered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40 From the children of Asher, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 41 those who were numbered of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.
42 From the children of Naphtali, their genealogies by their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war: 43 those who were numbered of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44 These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each one representing his father’s house. 45 So all who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and above, all who were able to go to war in Israel—46 all who were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Nu 1:17–46.
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
Moses, Aaron, and the twelve tribal leaders register Israel's men age twenty and older who can go to war, totaling 603,550. The census displays a numerous people prepared to enter the promised land.
B — Best Verse
A Verse That Summarizes the Passage
Numbers 1:46
Distilled from the devotional exposition; the speaker did not explicitly name a best verse.
Bryan does not explicitly choose a best verse. Verse 46 gives the census total that anchors his emphasis on God's remarkable fulfillment of the promise to make Abraham's descendants numerous.
C — Called or Christ
C — Called to Do
Trust God's covenant promises as Abraham did. The Lord faithfully formed a great people, counts all who belong to him, and knows those whose names are in the book of life.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
good morning good morning good morning welcome to coffee and devotions is where every weekday morning you and I we get together we have a little bit of tea milk coffee milk tea whatever you Happ to have we get into God's word and we grow in our love for the Lord together and this year 2024 Lord willing we're going to make it through Numbers Deuteronomy and Hebrews Numbers Deuteronomy and Hebrews have judges let's have some coffee we'll pray and we'll get into God's word yeah let's go ahead and pray father we thank you so much yeah I see your milk mustache let's pray father we thank you so much for this day we thank you for your word please father help us to understand your word please by the power of your Holy Spirit teach us this morning in Jesus's name amen okay so we are at you know the interes inter thing is the Book of Numbers you said I could see why it's listed as called numbers uh there's actually a lot more stories than there are numbers in the Book of Numbers I'm serious there are I know and so but when we first start out there are a lot of genealogies and numbers so today is one of those days where there's lots of names and so I just here's a trick with names you ready just don't stop right if you have a hard time with a name that's okay just keep on going all right so we're just going to take turns and I'll start we're going to read from verse 17 all the way down to verse let's see what 46 so it's not it's not hard right there's really what we're looking for just as you know okay when we go through we're looking for what tribe is this so what is the tribe and what is the number okay well 40 so we going to the mostly end of we'll let Daniel start with reading verse 17 then Moses and Aon then Moses and Aaron took those these men these men who had been mentioned and by name and and they assembled all the congregation the together on the day of the second month second month and and they this is a hard one recited yep we haven't learned this word either ancestry five a m o families by the father's houses according to the numbers of names from n e e a so there's two vows together so it's years your old and what's the E do to the o o above each one individually as the Lord commanded Moses so he numbered them in the wilderness of Si good job Daniel great job reading so what are they doing they giving place people how many people what yeah they're counting the number of people by reciting their ancestry what does that mean when it says that uh that they recited their ancestry by families by their father's houses so his father was this his mother was this his house was this yeah so they would go down the line to prove that they were truly from the tribes of Jacob my great great great great great great father was Judah yep that's right so Deborah you can read verse 20 and one now the children of Reuben Israel's oldest son their genealogies by their families by their father's house according to the number of names every male individually from 20 years old and above all who were able to go to war those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500 okay so which tribe is this reuben reuben and how many people are 20 how many men are 20 years old and above able to go to war 46 46,500 46,500 good job Nathan can you read 22 through 23 for the children of Simeon they gen gen oh good try genealogies by their family by their father's house those who were numbered according to the number of names every male individual from 20 years old and above all who were able to go to war those who were numbered of the tribe Simeon with 59,00 okay so which tribe is this Simeon Simeon and what are they counting people all the people all the men every single one of them 20 years old and above 20 years old and above who were able to go to war able to go to war and how many people are in the tribe of man of that age 5,300 good from the children of GAD their genealogies by their families by their father's house according to the number of names from 20 years old and above all who were able to go to war those who were numbered of the tribe of GAD were [Music] men 20 and above men 20 and above who are able to go to walk and how many are in this tribe in Gad 4,6 good job Daniel can you read verse 26 up here from the children of J Judah genealogies is by the family by their families he's by the other's house according to the numbers for of Nam from 20 years old and above all who were able to go to walk [Music] 272 those who of the to of 17 mm 17 oh those th6 100 dude good job so which tribe is this Judah and what are they counting men who are over 20 years old able to go to and how many were there of Judah was about 7 74,0 74600 good job deorah they have the most yep they have the most Deborah can you read 28 and 29 from the children of isachar their genealogies by their families by their father's house according to the number of names from 20 years old and above all who were able to go to war those who were numbered of the tribe of issachar were 54,400 okay so which tribe is this and what are they counting men who are about 20 and able to go to war and how many are there from iser 54,400 good job Nathan 30 and 31 from the children of Z Zebula zeul the genealogies by their family by their father's house here Father's House according to the number of names from 20 years old and above all who were able to go to war those who were numbered of the tribe of Ze were 57,4 okay zebulun can you say that again zebulun zebulun okay so this is which tribe zeul and what are they counting men who are over 20 years old and able to go to B and how many are there 57,4 from the sons of Joseph the children of Ephraim their genealogies by their families by their father's house according to the number of names from 20 years old and above all who were able to go to war those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500 from the children of man NASA their genealogies by their families by their father's house according to the number of names from 20 years old and above all who were able to go to war those who were numbered of the tribe of manasse were 32,200 why do you think I read Ephraim and manasse together um because I can go they were both in the tri go to war they both in the tribe of Joseph yeah they're both in the tribe of Joseph right so Joseph is counted twice right because Jacob adopted Ephraim and manasse as his own and so there's actually not just 12 but there's depending on how you count there's either 12 or 13 tribes right and so and what are they counting from Ephraim and manasse a lot what are they counting who are they counting how much 20 men who 20 are over 20 and able to go to war yeah men who are over 20 years old and able to go to war yeah I see you can go to war you think I don't think AB was 40,000 oh we read that you want to read 36 and 37 30 302a or 32 from Benjamin Genies by them fathers by them by their families by father's house anding to the numbers of names of names from 20 years old and above mhm all who were go to go go were numbered of The Tribe of Benjamin were 35,000 400 all right so Benjamin has 35,400 men 20 years old and above able to go to war Deb do you want to read 38 and 39 um from the children of Dan their genealogies by their families by father's houses Father's House according to the number of names from 20 years old and above all who were a able to go to war um those who were numbered of the tribe of dam were 62,000 okay so which tribe is this Dan danam and how many are there 62 62,700 what over 20 good Nathan can you read verse 40 and 41 I have a question what's your question I thought you said Benjamin was the youngest yep so notice Joseph and Benjamin are coming now for D mhm so they come before Dan because guess what we had Leah and Rachel cuz benjam or uh Jacob had children with four women right Four Women four women that's right he married Leah and then he married Rachel but then both of them gave him uh their maid servants to have children with also is that a good thing n right we're not in favor of that but is that what happened y yeah so there's no need to whitewash history that's what happened right Jacob tried to take the Covenant by his own means the Lord uses that but it's not doesn't mean it's necessarily good but you very perceptive Benjamin is the youngest and yet here he's in the middle right because he's the children of the wives not of the concubines all right Nathan verse 40 and 41 from the children of Ash the general the genealogies by their families by their father's house according to the number of names from 20 years old and above old and above all who were able to go to war those who were numbered of the tribe of ashro were 41,500 okay so which tribe is This Ellie uhoh Daniel do you remember tribe of um Asher right the tribe of Asher and what are they counting Deborah men 20 years old okay men 20 years old who are able to do what Ellie go to war go to war that's right go to war from the children of naftali uh their genealogies by families by their father's house according to the number of families from 20 years old and above all who were able to go to war those who were numbered of the tribe of naftali were 53,486 got a a mustache I should be okay uh now these are the last three verses this is a long section you guys have done really well I thought we were only going to 42 to 46 so Nathan you want to read the last three verses sure so 40 44 45 and 46 these are the one the these are the ones who were numbered whom Moses and Aon numbered the leaders of Israel 12 men each one representing his father father's house so all who were numbered of the children of Israel by the father's houses from 20 years old and above all who were able to go to war all who were number of War 63 63 3,550 okay so 6 3,550 men who were above 20 and 20 years old and able to go to war to go to war War does that sound like a small little Force no no we got over half a million men ready to fight is it funny um like you can tell how careful that person was counting when it's like it was like down to the like 10 and then sometimes it's like down to the thousands yep so I'm I'm not sure right cuz all of them are completely even numbers right uh to end up with 63,5 and you notice all of them ended with zeros right I think they are doing some rounding numbers right are they going to war yeah they're going to go to war where are they going to go to war against they came out of Egypt now they're going to go to they're going to go to the promised land right and they're going to have to go to war there so this is very important so do you think God remembers his Covenant do you think God is preparing his people for entering into the promised land and that's why he gave them so the people yeah remember the promise he had made to Abraham right Abraham go out right go outside your tent look at the stars of the sky count them if you can and what's he make a promise you your will be more those and these then the stars of the sky um Abraham only had one kid and then you have Isaac and Isaac has two but then Isaac has Jacob and Jacob has 12 and now we're 400 years past that and now we're talking about 63,000 right God's remembered his Covenant he's made into a whole bunch of Nations oh that's not only and that's only counting the grown men not the kids yes including the kids it's not including the women it's not including the old men who can't go to war anymore yeah the people who can go to war right so it's very interesting that God keeps his Covenant do you think God keeps his Covenant with us oh yeah the same way that God remembered his promises to Abraham and he was making it good is he able to make it good for us absolutely okay let's go ahead and pray it's been a long one God we thank you so much that your promises are are true we thank you so much that we can have faith in you we pray that we would trust you and trust your promises like our Father Abraham in Jesus's name we pray amen may God bless you may you know that he counts all of his people he knows who's in The Book of Life and I pray that you might know that your name is written there if you have faith in him we'll see you next time you guys want to say goodbye bye thanks for listening to this week message from God's word for you a Ministry of Sharon RP Church in rural Southeast Iowa we pray that the message would be used by God to transform your faith and your life this week if you'd like to get more information about us feel free to go to the website Sharon rc.org we'd love to invite you to worship with us our worship time is 10:00 a.m. every Sunday at 25204 160th Avenue Morning Sun Iowa 52640 may God richly bless you this [Music] week