Devotion to God

Numbers 6:1-4 New International Version (NIV) The Nazirite 6 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man or woman wants to make a special vow, a vow of dedication to the Lord as a Nazirite, 3 they must abstain from wine and other...

Restitution

Numbers 5:5-8 New International Version (NIV) Restitution for Wrongs 5 The Lord said to Moses, 6 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the Lord is guilty 7 and must confess the sin they have committed. They...

Come Into God’s Presence

Numbers 3:10 New International Version (NIV) 10 Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.” Aaron and his descendants were appointed to the priesthood in the Old Testament. Now that Christ is our...

God’s Family

Numbers 2:2 New International Version (NIV) 2 “The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.” The nation of Israel was organized according to tribes for several...

God Prepares Us

Numbers 1:1-2 New International Version (NIV) The Census 1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: 2 “Take a census of the whole...