Prepare
Opening Prayer
God, thank you for this day. We need your Holy Spirit, so help us read and understand. In Jesus' name, amen.
Read
Scripture Passage
The Tribes and Leaders by Armies
2 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 2 “Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside the emblems of his father’s house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Nu 2:1–2.
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
The Lord orders every Israelite to camp under the standard and emblem of his father's house at an appointed distance around the tabernacle, forming one ordered covenant community with God at its center.
B — Best Verse
A Verse That Summarizes the Passage
Numbers 2:2
Distilled from the devotional exposition; the speaker did not explicitly name a best verse.
Bryan does not explicitly name a best verse. Verse 2 contains the passage's central command: each Israelite camps by his tribal standard around the tabernacle.
C — Called or Christ
C — Called to Do
Remember that Christians do not follow God in isolation. Receive the surrounding covenant community as his gift, trust that he is in the midst of his people, and follow him throughout life.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
all right well good morning good morning good morning welcome to coffee and devotions this is where every day you and I we get together we have a little bit of milk coffee we get into God's word and we grow in our love for the Lord together and this year 2024 we're going to make it through Numbers Deuteronomy and Hebrews Numbers Deuteronomy Deuteronomy and Hebrews let's have some coffee we'll pray and get into God's word okay let's pray God we thank you so much for this day we need your holy spirit so please help us to read and understand in Jesus's name amen okay so we're at Numbers Chapter 2 you got your glasses okay my okay Numbers Chapter 2 you ready yeah it's a big verse this time okay Daddy can I my B well we're just going to use my Bible for now okay why because I have it in front of me okay here we go and the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron saying every one of the children of Israel shall Camp by his own standard beside the emblems of his father's house they shall Camp some distance from the Tabernacle of meeeting that's it that's all I'm going to read yeah here I'm going to I'm going to leave you here for a second and I'm going to show you something fun okay somebody gave me a gift when I first became a pastor ready I'm going whoop sit you right here okay I'm going to get this picture off my wall and I'll show you this picture Okay so let's go ahead and come on up okay so what that said is that there are going to be 12 tribes of Israel right so we numbered the tribes before there's count with me one 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 good job so there's Reuben Simon Levi Judah issachar zebulun Dan Gad nathali Asher Joseph and Benjamin and each one of them someone gave this to me and each one of them has a little picture of of something in it that kind of represents something about those people regarding the blessings that God had give Abraham had given them in Book of Genesis and so you have like flowers and a and a fortified City and Levi with a breastplate with a different things and a lion a lion for Judah and what is this that's a donkey for isachar ships for zebulun a snake for Dan camp for Dad Dan yeah well Daniel Dan means judge Daniel means God as my judge naali which is a deer Asher which is a tree Joseph an ox and Benjamin a a fox or or a wolf or something like that yeah oh you want to show our friends yeah so each one of them they they would Camp according to their different tribes okay so each tribe has their own different camp and so Reuben would camp with Reuben all the people of Simon would camp with Simon all the people Levi with Levi and it would go all the way around the the Tabernacle and we'll find out over the next few days how they camped in those different camps oh we so somebody gave it to you and you put it on your w how do you put it on your W you don't have even a stick well I have a nail in the wall and so but I like it because of the tribes and the different colors and things but up here at the top it has Hebrew and at the bottom it has Hebrew it says um eloh and so this is uh may the Lord bless you and may the Lord keep you may the Lord's face shine upon you and may the Lord be gracious to you and may the Lord give to you peace hey peace um Peace uh i leared l wordss yeah so have you heard daddy say that phrase before no yeah I said the benediction I'm bunch of times right so it has the it has the deuteron or the ironic blessing the benediction in the Book of Numbers did get your haircut I did get my haircut oh hey you ready to pray yeah okay God we thank you so much that we are not Christians by ourselves but that you have given us a camp of people to be surrounded by and we know that you are in the midst of us Lord we thank you so much for this historical truth that you made a nation of Israel father we pray that we would trust you and that we would follow you all the days of our lives in Jesus's name amen you want to say bye-bye bye thanks for listening to this week's message from God's word for you a Ministry of Sharon RP Church in rule 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 5264 may God richly bless you this [Music] week