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Deuteronomy 12 starts with familiar reminders for certain. In so many ways, it is predictable what we will find. We of course find encouragement to live in the land, remove the evil and idols of the Canaanites, and remain faithful to Yahweh. Nevertheless, it’s important to rehash — but there are some new instructions. One…
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Read it first –> Deuteronomy 6 NASB Let me just start with saying this, for at least 20 years, this has been one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. I read it in the midst of a Bible read-through, and it captured me. It’s held on to my heart and imagination for a long…
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Side-note before we begin — I don’t know if this would ever be of interest to you, dear reader — but we record all these Sunday School Lessons, and this link below takes you to the recording of this morning’s lesson. I haven’t listened, I have no idea of the quality — but here it…
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Last week’s Sunday School lesson covered Numbers 22, when Balaam is confronted by the Angel of the Lord for his selfish motives, and his sweet donkey is used to awaken him to his blindness. Naturally, the lesson plan hops all the way over to Numbers 33 for this week… so we have much content to…
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I’ve known for a while I needed to write — mostly for myself, to look back at the last 10 months since everything changed — but also because people are curious, and don’t always want to pester or ask. And truthfully, there are some days, I appreciate not having to share the “lack of news”…
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Last week, we were in Chapter 20, confronted with the distrust of the Hebrews, and the exasperation of Moses. We can certainly, and sadly relate to both of those sinful paths. Nevertheless, as we pick up this week in Numbers 22, it’s helpful as always to consider what context happened between. Context We left Chapter…
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First thing, be sure to read it if you have not — HERE. Next thing, I love context… so here is some context from LAST Week, in Numbers 14, over to 20 this week: Context Context is helpful when we pop from Ch. 14 all the way over to Ch. 20. So in brief, here…
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Since we are picking up from last week, I’ll give some context from Num. 13 to 14:11: The first 10 verses of Numbers 14 recount the reactions of the Israelites to the news of 10 of 12 spies sent into the Holy Land. Spoiler, it’s NOT good. Rundown of Numbers 14:1-10: We pick up our…
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So a few things happen from last week in Chapter 11 to Chapter 13 where we pickup. It’s worth making sure to connect the dots. Numbers 11:16-30: Numbers 11:31–35 Numbers 12:1–16 Our lesson picks up in Numbers 13:17, but prior to verse 17, we see more information than narrative. This passage sets the stage for…
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Context from Numbers 9 to 11 Last week we studied Chapter 9 of Numbers, and we wrestled with several ideas. We looked at the assurance of God’s presence (which the Hebrews had in physical cloud and fire form dwelling over their Tabernacle). We also delved into the idea of “unwanted waiting”, which no one particularly…
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