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Numbers 28:16-25

Yearly Reminder of Redemption

At the beginning of every year, Israel observed Passover and then the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The feasts repeatedly reminded the people that the Lo...

Numbers 28:1-8

Numbers 28:1-8

Numbers 27:12-23

Numbers 27:12-23

Moses will see the promised land but die because he failed to hallow God's name. Concerned that Israel not be sheep without a shepherd, he asks for a ...

Numbers 28:1-8

Daily Sacrifices Explained

Israel was to continue offering two unblemished male lambs every day after entering the promised land, one in the morning and one in the evening, toge...

Numbers 27:12-23

Joshua is Ordained

Moses was to see the promised land and then die because of his rebellion, but he asked God not to leave Israel like sheep without a shepherd. God chos...

Numbers 27:1-11

Numbers 27:1-11

The daughters of Zelophehad rightly ask that their father's name and inheritance not disappear because he had no son. God gives Israel an order of inh...

Numbers 26:52-65

Numbers 26:52-65

Numbers 26:1-51

Men of War: Judah to Jesus

God commanded a census of Israel's men aged twenty and older who were able to go to war. The passage records the tribes and their families, totaling 6...

Numbers 26:51-65

God Keeps His Promises

God apportioned the promised land fairly among Israel's tribes, counted a new generation after the rebellious generation died in the wilderness, and r...

Numbers 25:1-18

Numbers 25

Israel joins itself to Baal of Peor in spiritual and sexual unfaithfulness, provoking God's wrath. Zimri acts brazenly, while Phinehas acts with the L...

Numbers 26:1-51

Numbers 26:1-51

Numbers 22

Numbers 22-24

Balak repeatedly hires Balaam to curse Israel, but neither money, ritual, nor sorcery can overturn God's Word. The Lord turns each intended curse into...

Numbers 21:33-35

Numbers 21:33-35

King Og of Bashan comes out with his army to fight Israel, but the Lord tells Moses not to fear because he has delivered Og, his people, and his land ...

Numbers 21:21-32

Numbers 21:21-32

Numbers 21:21-32

Divine Victory and Promise

Sihon refused Israel peaceful passage and attacked, but Israel defeated the Amorites and took their cities. This victory gave Israel its first possess...

Numbers 22

Baalam and Balak

Balak repeatedly tries to hire Balaam to curse Israel, but God restrains Balaam and turns every attempted curse into blessing. The episode shows that ...

Numbers 21:10-20

Numbers 21:10-20

Israel's itinerary names camps east of Moab, the Arnon boundary, an excerpt from the lost Book of the Wars of the Lord, a divinely provided well, and ...

Numbers 21:4-9

Numbers 21:4-9

Israel grows discouraged, speaks against God and Moses, and despises God's provision. The Lord sends fiery serpents; the people confess, Moses interce...

Numbers 21:1-3

Numbers 21:1-3

The Canaanite king of Arad attacks Israel and takes prisoners. Israel vows to devote the enemy's cities entirely to the Lord if he gives victory; the ...

Numbers 20:22-29

Numbers 20:22-29

Numbers 20:14-21

Numbers 20:14-21

Israel asks Edom for peaceful passage on the king's highway and promises not to take crops or water without payment. Edom refuses and comes out with a...

Numbers 20:1-13

Numbers 20:1-13

When Israel again complains for lack of water, Moses and Aaron rightly seek God, who graciously commands Moses to speak to the rock. Moses instead reb...

Numbers 19:11-22

Numbers 19:11-22

Numbers 20:14-21

Passage Through Edom Refused

Israel asks Edom for peaceful passage, promising to remain on the highway and pay for any water, but Edom refuses and comes out with a strong force. I...