May the LORD bless you and protect you; may the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; may the LORD look with favor on you and give you  peace (Numbers 6:24-26 CSB). These words that God gives to the priests to bless His people are...

The Lord spoke to Moses: “Tell the Israelites: When a man or woman commits any sin against another, that person acts unfaithfully toward the Lord and is guilty. The person is to confess the sin he has committed. He is to pay full compensation, add a fifth of its value...

The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects (Numbers 4:4 CSB). Chapter 4 has a detailed count of the Levites according to group (Kohathites, Gershon, and Merari) and a listing of their duties: assembling, taking down, and caring for the tabernacle. While the...

Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to the priest Aaron to assist him (Numbers 3:6 CSB). The Levites were not counted in chapter 1 or given a campsite in chapter 2 because God selected the tribe of Levi to serve Him: Aaron and his sons serving, and...

The Israelites are to camp under their respective banners beside the flags of their ancestral families (Numbers 2:2 CSB). Chapter 1 of Numbers is a census, and chapter 2 is essentially a map, as God gives the layout of where the different tribes of Israel would camp and the order...

Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of every male one by one (Numbers 1:2 CSB). Every 10 years, the United States conducts a census. Here, in the opening chapter of Numbers, we see a census commanded by God...

“All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you.” (Matt. 28:18b-20a CSB) Faith...

But Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit. Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two, from top to bottom (Matt. 27:50, 51a CSB). An enormous, thick curtain separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Only the high priest was...

Going a little farther, he fell on his face and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink...

For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have more than enough.  But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him (Matt. 25:29 CSB). “That’s not fair!” we cry. We know God’s topsy-turvy tendencies, but this appears...