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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:55 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday February 18 > Numbers 31-33 (The Message) > > Numbers 31 > > The Midianite War > 1-2God spoke to Moses: "Avenge the People of Israel on the Midianites. > Afterward you will go to be > with your dead ancestors." > > 3-4 Moses addressed the people: "Recruit men for a campaign against > Midian, to exact God's > vengeance on Midian, a thousand from each tribe of Israel to > go to war." > > 5-6 A fighting force of a thousand from each tribe of Israel-twelve > thousand in all-was recruited. > Moses sent them off to war, a thousand from each tribe, > and also Phinehas son of Eleazar, who went as priest to the army, in > charge of holy vessels and the > signaling bugles. > > 7-12 They attacked Midian, just as God had commanded Moses, and killed > every last man. Among the > fallen were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba-the five kings > of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. The People > of Israel took the > Midianite women and children captive and took all their animals > and herds and goods as plunder. They burned to the ground all the towns in > which Midianites lived > and also their tent camps. They looted and plundered > everything and everyone-stuff and people and animals. They took it > all-captives and booty and > plunder-back to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the company > of Israel where they were camped on the Plains of Moab, at Jordan-Jericho. > > 13-18 Moses, Eleazar, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet > the returning army > outside the camp. Moses was furious with the army officers-the > commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds-as they came back from > the battlefield: "What's > this! You've let these women live! They're the ones > who, under Balaam's direction, seduced the People of Israel away from God > in that mess at Peor, > causing the plague that hit God's people. Finish your job: > kill all the boys. Kill every woman who has slept with a man. The younger > women who are virgins you > can keep alive for yourselves. > > 19-20 "Now here's what you are to do: Pitch tents outside the camp. All > who have killed anyone or > touched a corpse must stay outside the camp for seven > days. Purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days. > Purify every piece of > clothing and every utensil-everything made of leather, goat > hair, or wood." > > 21-24 Eleazar the priest then spoke to the soldiers who had fought in the > battle: "This is the > ruling from the Revelation that God gave Moses: Gold, silver, > bronze, iron, tin, and lead-and anything else that can survive fire-must > be passed through the fire; > then it will be ritually purified. It must also be > ritually washed in the Water-of-Cleansing. Further, whatever cannot > survive fire must be put through > that water. On the seventh day scrub your clothes; > you will be ritually clean. Then you can return to camp." > > 25-27 God said to Moses, "I want you and Eleazar the priest and the family > leaders in the community > to count the captives, people and animals. Split the > plunder between the soldiers who fought the battle and the rest of the > congregation. > > 28-30 "Then tax the booty that goes to the soldiers at the rate of one > life out of five hundred, > whether humans, cattle, donkeys, or sheep. It's a God-tax > taken from their half-share to be turned over to Eleazar the priest on > behalf of God. Tax the > congregation's half-share at the rate of one life out of > fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, or other animals. > Give this to the Levites > who are in charge of the care of God's Dwelling." > > 31 Moses and Eleazar followed through with what God had commanded Moses. > > 32-35 The rest of the plunder taken by the army: > 675,000 sheep > 72,000 cattle > 61,000 donkeys > 32,000 women who were virgins > > 36-40 The half-share for those who had fought in the war: > 337,500 sheep, with a tax of 675 for God > 36,000 cattle, with a tax of 72 for God > 30,500 donkeys, with a tax of 61 for God > 16,000 people, with a tax of 32 for God > > 41 Moses turned the tax over to Eleazar the priest as God's part, > following God's instructions to > Moses. > > 42-46 The other half-share for the Israelite community that Moses set > apart from what was given to > the men who fought the war was: > 337,500 sheep > 36,000 cattle > 30,500 donkeys > 16,000 people > > 47 From the half-share going to the People of Israel, Moses, just as God > had instructed him, picked > one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave > them to the Levites, who were in charge of maintaining God's Dwelling. > > 48-50 The military officers-commanders of thousands and commanders of > hundreds-came to Moses and > said, "We have counted the soldiers under our command > and not a man is missing. We've brought offerings to God from the gold > jewelry we got-armlets, > bracelets, rings, earrings, ornaments-to make atonement > for our lives before God." > > 51-54 Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all that > fine-crafted jewelry. In > total, the gold from the commanders of thousands and > hundreds that Moses and Eleazar offered as a gift to God weighed about six > hundred pounds, all > donated by the soldiers who had taken the booty. Moses and > Eleazar took the gold from the commanders of thousands and hundreds and > brought it to the Tent of > Meeting, to serve as a reminder for the People of Israel > before God. > > Numbers 32 > > Tribes East of the Jordan > 1-4 The families of Reuben and Gad had huge herds of livestock. They saw > that the country of Jazer > and Gilead was just the place for grazing livestock. > And so they came, the families of Gad and of Reuben, and spoke to Moses > and Eleazar the priest and > the leaders of the congregation, saying, "Ataroth, Dibon, > Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon-the country that > God laid low before the > community of Israel-is a country just right for livestock, > and we have livestock." > > 5 They continued, "If you think we've done a good job so far, give us this > country for our > inheritance. Don't make us go across the Jordan." > > 6-12 Moses answered the families of Gad and Reuben: "Do you mean that you > are going to leave the > fighting that's ahead to your brothers while you settle > down here? Why would you even think of letting the People of Israel down, > demoralizing them just as > they're about to move into the land God gave them? > That's exactly what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea > to survey the country. > They went as far as the Valley of Eshcol, took one look > and quit. They completely demoralized the People of Israel from entering > the land God had given > them. And God got angry-oh, did he get angry! He swore: > 'They'll never get to see it; none of those who came up out of Egypt who > are twenty years and older > will ever get to see the land that I promised to Abraham, > Isaac, and Jacob. They weren't interested in following me-their hearts > weren't in it. None, except > for Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua > son of Nun; they followed me-their hearts were in it.' > > 13 "God's anger smoked against Israel. He made them wander in the > wilderness for forty years, until > that entire generation that acted out evil in his sight > had died out. > > 14-15 "And now here you are, just one more mob of sinners stepping up to > replace your ancestors, > throwing fuel on the already blazing anger of God against > Israel. If you won't follow him, he'll do it again. He'll dump them in the > desert and the disaster > will be all your fault." > > 16-19 They came close to him and said, "All we want to do is build corrals > for our livestock and > towns for our families. Then we'll take up arms and take > the front lines, leading the People of Israel to their place. We'll be > able to leave our families > behind, secure in fortified towns, safe from those who > live in the land. But we won't go back home until every Israelite is in > full possession of his > inheritance. We won't expect any inheritance west of the > Jordan; we are claiming all our inheritance east of the Jordan." > > 20-22 Moses said, "If you do what you say, take up arms before God for > battle and together go > across the Jordan ready, before God, to fight until God has > cleaned his enemies out of the land, then when the land is secure you will > have fulfilled your duty > to God and Israel. Then this land will be yours to > keep before God. > > 23-24 "But if you don't do what you say, you will be sinning against God; > you can be sure that your > sin will track you down. So, go ahead. Build towns > for your families and corrals for your livestock. Do what you said you'd > do." > > 25-27 The families of Gad and Reuben told Moses: "We will do as our master > commands. Our children > and wives, our flocks and herds will stay behind here > in the towns of Gilead. But we, every one of us fully armed, will cross > the river to fight for God, > just as our master has said." > > 28-30 So Moses issued orders for them to Eleazar the priest, Joshua the > son of Nun, and the heads > of the ancestral tribes of the People of Israel. Moses > said, "If the families of Gad and Reuben cross the Jordan River with you > and before God, all armed > and ready to fight, then after the land is secure, you > may give them the land of Gilead as their inheritance. But if they don't > cross over with you, > they'll have to settle up with you in Canaan." > > 31-32 The families of Gad and Reuben responded: "We will do what God has > said. We will cross the > Jordan before God, ready and willing to fight. But the > land we inherit will be here, to the east of the Jordan." > > 33 Moses gave the families of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh > son of Joseph the kingdom > of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of > Og, king of Bashan-the land, its towns, and all the territories connected > with them-the works. > > 34-36 The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth Shophan, Jazer, > Jogbehah, Beth Nimrah, and > Beth Haran as fortified cities; they also built corrals > for their animals. > > 37-38 The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kiriathaim, also Nebo > and Baal Meon and Sibmah. > They renamed the cities that they rebuilt. > > 39-40 The family of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and > drove out the Amorites > who lived there. Moses then gave Gilead to the Makirites, > the descendants of Manasseh. They moved in and settled there. > > 41 Jair, another son of Manasseh, captured some villages and named them > Havvoth Jair (Jair's > Tent-Camps). > > 42 Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding camps. He renamed it after > himself, Nobah. > > Numbers 33 > > Campsites from Rameses to Jordan-Jericho > 1-2 These are the camping sites in the journey of the People of Israel > after they left Egypt, > deployed militarily under the command of Moses and Aaron. > Under God's instruction Moses kept a log of every time they moved, camp by > camp: > > 3-4 They marched out of Rameses the day after the Passover. It was the > fifteenth day of the first > month. They marched out heads high and confident. The > Egyptians, busy burying their firstborn whom God had killed, watched them > go. God had exposed the > nonsense of their gods. > 5-36 The People of Israel: > > left Rameses and camped at Succoth; > > left Succoth and camped at Etham at the edge of the wilderness; > > left Etham, circled back to Pi Hahiroth east of Baal Zephon, and camped > near Migdol; > > left Pi Hahiroth and crossed through the Sea into the wilderness; three > days into the Wilderness > of Etham they camped at Marah; > > left Marah and came to Elim where there were twelve springs and seventy > palm trees; they camped > there; > > left Elim and camped by the Red Sea; > > left the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin; > > left the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah; > > left Dophkah and camped at Alush; > > left Alush and camped at Rephidim where there was no water for the > people to drink; > > left Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai; > > left the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah; > > left Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth; > > left Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah; > > left Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez; > > left Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah; > > left Libnah and camped at Rissah; > > left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah; > > left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher; > > left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah; > > left Haradah and camped at Makheloth; > > left Makheloth and camped at Tahath; > > left Tahath and camped at Terah; > > left Terah and camped at Mithcah; > > left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah; > > left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth; > > left Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan; > > left Bene Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad; > > left Hor Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah; > > left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah; > > left Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber; > > left Ezion Geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin. > > 37-39 After they left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor at the border of > Edom, Aaron the priest > climbed Mount Hor at God's command and died there. It was > the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year after the People of > Israel had left Egypt. > Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor. > > 40 The Canaanite king of Arad-he ruled in the Negev of Canaan-heard that > the People of Israel had > arrived. > > 41-47 They left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah; > > left Zalmonah and camped at Punon; > > left Punon and camped at Oboth; > > left Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim on the border of Moab; > > left Iyim and camped at Dibon Gad; > > left Dibon Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim; > > left Almon Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim > (Across-the-River), within sight of > Nebo. > > 48-49 After they left the mountains of Abarim they camped on the Plains of > Moab at Jordan-Jericho. > On the Plains of Moab their camp stretched along the > banks of the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel Shittim (Acacia Meadow). > > 50-53 God spoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho: "Tell > the People of Israel, When > you cross the Jordan into the country of Canaan, drive > out the native population before you, destroy their carved idols, destroy > their cast images, level > their worship-mounds so that you take over the land > and make yourself at home in it; I've given it to you. It's yours. > > 54 "Divide up the land by lot according to the size of your clans: Large > clans will get large > tracts of land, small clans will get smaller tracts of land. > However the lot falls, that's it. Divide it up according to your ancestral > tribes. > > 55-56 "But if you don't drive out the native population, everyone you let > stay there will become a > cinder in your eye and a splinter in your foot. They'll > give you endless trouble right in your own backyards. And I'll start > treating you the way I planned > to treat them." > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
