Category: Daily Devotion

  There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God. Ecclesiastes 2:24 – Solomon who is experiencing the pointlessness of a life not centered on God steps into the pursuit of trying anything and everything this…

  I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanityand a striving after wind. Ecclesiastes 1:14 – If you are looking for a depressing and confusing read, then you are in the perfect book! Ecclesiastes is a complex book and some background info will help. Solomon is the author and…

But if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the people of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.…

  All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasturelands. 8 And as for the cities that you shall give from the possession of the people of Israel, from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it inherits,…

  The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. Numbers 34:16-17 – The Lord is speaking to Moses in this chapter about the outer boundaries of the new nation of Israel. They were about to…

  And they set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho; 49 they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. Numbers 33:48-49 – Chapters like the one we read today are certainly ones most would dread having to be called…

  But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out. Numbers 32:23 – The nation of Israel had now traveled almost their entire forty year journey through the wilderness and was at the borders of the Promised Land. At this spot forty years…

  Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live?Behold, these, on Balaam’s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the Lord. Numbers 31:15-16 – Let’s state this upfront, this is a difficult chapter to process through. Clearly the Lord’s blessing was…

  If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. Numbers 30:2 – In scriptural times we see individuals making different vows, or promises, to the Lord for different things.…

  These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts, in addition to your vow offerings and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your grain offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. Numbers 29:39 – In yesterday’s devotion we highlighted the grand amount of offerings the Lord was calling His…