This psalm has two themes: if the Lord isn’t leading in something, it is done in vain; children are a gift and heritage from the Lord. “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in…
Month: October 2019
Numbers 12
This is an odd chapter in the sense that it doesn’t seem to fit with the rest of the book – however it has some very important takeaways. “Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. And they said, ‘Has the…
Psalm 126
“When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them.’ The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad. Restore our…
Numbers 11
There are far too many points of interest in this chapter to cover them all. Please feel free to read the whole chapter for more context. “Then a wind from the Lord sprang up, and it brought quail from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side…
Psalm 125
“Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore. For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their…
Numbers 10
The second part of the chapter describes Israel setting out after camping at Mount Sinai for nearly two years. The first part describes the silver trumpets and their signals. “The Lord said to Moses: ‘Make two trumpets of hammered silver… When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance…
Psalm 124
“if it had not been the Lord who was on our side when people rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth! We have escaped like a bird from the…
Numbers 9
This chapter has two topics – the keeping of the Passover celebration, and the cloud (presence of God) over the tabernacle, though we’ll only look at the latter. “On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And at evening it was over the tabernacle…
Psalm 123
“To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he has mercy upon us….
Numbers 8
” ‘Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering. For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of…