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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...

Numbers 19:1-10

Numbers 19:1-10

A perfect unyoked red heifer is burned completely outside the camp with cedar, hyssop, and scarlet. Its ashes are kept for purification water, while t...

Numbers 18:25-32

Numbers 18:25-32

The Levites must give a tenth of the tithe they receive, presenting its best portion to the Lord for Aaron and the priestly work. Faithful handling ma...

Numbers 18:21-24

Numbers 18:21-24

The Lord gives Israel's tithes to the Levites as their inheritance and compensation for tabernacle service. They bear responsibility for that work and...

Numbers 18:8-20

Numbers 18:8-20

Numbers 19:11-22

Overcoming Death through Faith

Contact with a dead body, grave, or death-contaminated place made an Israelite unclean for seven days. God provided cleansing with the water of purifi...

Numbers 18:21-24

Tithes to Support the Levites

God gives Israel's tithes to the Levites in return for their work at the tabernacle because they receive no territorial inheritance. Their provision a...

Numbers 18:8-20

Offerings Support the Priests

God gave Israel's holy offerings and firstfruits to Aaron and the priestly household as their provision. Unlike the other tribes, the priests would no...

Numbers 18:25-32

Stewardship and Service

The Levites were to give a tenth of the tithes they received, offering the best portion to the Lord for the priests. Their provision was God's reward ...

Numbers 19:1-10

Purification and Promise

God commanded Israel to sacrifice an unblemished red heifer completely outside the camp and preserve its ashes for purification. The rite taught that ...

Numbers 18:1-7

Numbers 18:1-7

Aaron and his sons bear responsibility for the sanctuary and priesthood. The Levites join them to guard and serve the tabernacle, while only Aaron's f...

Numbers 17

Numbers 17

God ends Israel's complaints over the priesthood by placing twelve tribal rods before the testimony. Aaron's dead staff buds, blossoms, and bears almo...

Numbers 16:41-50

Numbers 16:41-50 - Complaints of the People

The congregation accuses Moses and Aaron after Korah's judgment, provoking a plague. Aaron obeys Moses, carries incense into the assembly, makes atone...

Numbers 16:1-40

Numbers 16:1-40 - Korah's Rebellion

Korah, Dathan, Abiram, On, and 250 leaders rebel against Moses and Aaron's God-given offices. The Lord vindicates his chosen servants by opening the e...

Numbers 15:37-41

Daily Devotion: Finding God in Every Moment - Numbers 15 & the Power of Remembrance

God commands Israel to place tassels with a blue thread on their garments so that seeing them will remind the people to obey his commandments, resist ...

Numbers 17

The Budding of Aaron’s Rod

After Israel's rebellion against Moses and Aaron, God had each tribe submit a rod and miraculously made Aaron's dead rod sprout, blossom, and bear alm...

Numbers 16:41-50

Complaints of the People

After Korah's judgment, Israel blamed Moses and Aaron rather than recognizing God's action. God's wrath came in a plague, but Moses pleaded for the pe...

Numbers 18:1-7

Duties of Priests and Levites

God assigned Aaron and his sons responsibility for the sanctuary and priesthood, gave the Levites to assist with the tabernacle, and reserved priestly...

Numbers 15:32-36

Numbers 15:32-36 - Penalty for Violating the Sabbath

Israel finds a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath and keeps him under guard until the Lord reveals the sentence. The congregation executes him, demon...

Numbers 15:22-31

Numbers 15:22–31 - Unintentional and Intentional Sin

God provides atonement and forgiveness when the congregation or an individual sins unintentionally. In contrast, the person who sins presumptuously wi...

Numbers 15:32-36

Violating the Sabbath

An Israelite knowingly gathered sticks on the Sabbath in defiance of God's clear command. The congregation brought him to Moses, and the Lord ordered ...