Category: Scripture

[Placeholder for an accompanying video to be added later] This week's readings came from Leviticus 27, Numbers 1-6, and Numbers 10-18. Essentially, the book of Numbers is split between this week and next week. The book of Numbers gets its name from the census that is taken of the Israelites at the beginning of the [...]

[Placeholder for an accompanying video to come later] This week the readings come from Leviticus 9-26, but I want to discuss the whole book of Leviticus in this post. The Israelites are still camped at the foot of Mt. Sinai, where the ten commandments were given and where the tabernacle pieces (discussed last week) were [...]

This week's readings were Exodus 35-40, Numbers 7-9, and Leviticus 1-8. All of these passages involve the construction, setup, and proper use of the tabernacle, which was the "tent of meeting" that God ordained to represent his presence among the Israelites. Exodus finishes out with God providing Moses the description of the tabernacle and then [...]

This weeks readings came from Exodus 13-34. The following provides a summary of the contents of these passages. Consecration of the Firstborn - Following last week's introduction to the Israelites of the Passover, further details are outlined here. All firstborn male children and livestock are to be set apart for God. The children are to [...]

This week's readings came from Job 35-42 and Exodus 1-12 (with a few genealogical verses from 1 Chronicles 6). The book of Job concluded with Elihu's speech and then God confronting Job, but I discussed those last week. This week I want to concentrate on the first part of Exodus, which tells the story of [...]