“Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise; I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that…
Month: October 2019
Numbers 2
This chapter describes how the tribes are to be arranged in the Israelite camp, and in what order they will make/break camp. It also reminds us of the census numbers. For brevity I will exclude most of the verses, but feel free to read the whole chapter if you’re interested. “The Lord said to Moses…
Psalm 119:1-40
Due to its length, I’ll be breaking this psalm out over four days (it’s the longest chapter in the Bible at 176 verses). First, an overview. It contains an acrostic style different from some of the other psalms we’ve looked at. Those acrostic psalms had 22 lines, each starting with a letter of the Hebrew…
Numbers 1
“The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, ‘Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers’ houses,…
Psalm 118
This celebratory Psalm speaks of shelter from trials, triumph over enemies, and ultimately deliverance into God’s presence. Many songs draw inspiration from this Psalm. Scholars believe it speaks preeminently of the Christ’s triumph as the ideal Servant and Chief Priest. “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. It…
Leviticus 27
This chapter is about the guidelines around dedicating people and possessions to God for His service. “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the Lord involving the valuation of persons… If the vow is an animal that may be…