Daily Thoughts From God's Word

The cities of refuge.  The people were about to enter the land, and the Lord said to them, “You shall set apart three cities for...

The Sabbatical Year.  How amazing and gracious is our God!  He not only, in miraculous ways, provided for Israel he also, in their...

The Lord continues to speak to the people through Moses and prepare them for entering the land.  Moses draws a sharp distinction between...

“The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the...

Moses spoke to the people:  “And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may...

We all, at one time or another, need a gentle nudge or even a forceful push to get going.  Certainly, it was the case with Israel.  The...

Israel is closing in on her target, the promised land of Canaan.  First, though, a look back:  “These are the stages of the people of...

How many times have I heard this text quoted!  “Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, saying, ‘This is what the...

At Peor, the people were sinning with the women of Peor and worshiping Baal, and God’s wrath was imminent.  However, Phineas interceded...

We are so much like Israel.  The Lord had done such great things for them.  He continued to walk with them and provide for them.  Yet,...

“[The Levites] shall keep guard over you and over the whole tent, but shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary or to the altar...

Moses sends out the spies into Canaan:  “And they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of...

“And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of...

Instruction regarding uncleanness, confession and restitution, adultery, the Nazirites and their vow, offerings at the tabernacle,...

“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...