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Today's Reading
Numbers 9-11; Revelation 18
Numbers 9 deals with the Passover. Moses was told by God to celebrate the Passover at the appointed time. Some were not able to celebrate the Passover because they were ceremonially unclean because of a dead body. God allowed those who were ceremonially unclean because of a dead body, or away on a journey to still participate in the Passover. They could still celebrate but it was in the second month thus having a legitimate delay for a month. Those who were ceremonially clean and was not on a journey but neglected to observe the Passover must be cut off from the people. An alien living among the Israelites could celebrate the Passover provided he did in the prescribed manner set by God. This is encouraging to me. Because God was even concerned about the aliens, the outsider who could get close to Him. This reminds of Jesus reaching out to the Syrophoenician woman in Mark 7.24-30, where she acknowledged that when Jesus said to her: 27 Jesus told her, "First I should help my own family, the Jews. It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs." 28 She replied, "That's true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are given some crumbs from the children's plates." (NLT) The Jews had called the Gentiles dogs, in Jesus' day. She acknowledged that she had no right to asked Jesus to heal her daughter, but she was willing to accept whatever help she could get from Him.
v. 15-23 spoke about the cloud above the tabernacle. At night the cloud looked like fire. Whenever the cloud lifted up the Israelites set out, whenever, it settled, the
Israelites camped. The cloud above the tabernacle was symbolic of God's presence. The Lord directed the movement of the camp by the cloud.
Numbers 10.1-10 deals with two silver trumpets. God had instructed Moses to make two trumpets of hammered silver. When both trumpets were blown, the whole community was to assemble before Moses at the entrance of the tabernacle. If one only one is sounded, the leaders are to assemble before Moses at the entrance of the tabernacle. There were other signals that were to be used.
Numbers 10.11-35 deals with the people of Israel leaving Mount Sinai. In the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle. The Israelites followed the cloud from place to place until it came to resting the Desert of Paran. There was an order in the March starting with the Levite carrying the ark followed by tribe of Judah, Issachar and Zebulun. Next the Gershonites and Meraraites carrying the tabernacle followed by the tribes of Reuben, Simeon and Gad. The Kohathites were next carrying the tabernacle furnishings, They were followed by the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin. Picking up the rear guard was Dan, Asher and Naphthali. The ark was always in front of the march. Whenever the ark set out, Moses said these words in
Num 10.35-36 God is a God of order, planning and logic. The march of the Israelites was done in an orderly fashion. Notice tah the ark was always in front leading the march. God should always leading us in our battles and rest.
Numbers 11 discussed Fire from the Lord. The people again complained. God sent fire to punish them. When they cried out to the Lord to have mercy on them the fire stopped. God sent quail (v.4-35) Again, they complained. They thought about the food they had back in Egypt. They were tired of manna! They wanted something else. They got quail, but they had to pay a price for it. God struck them with a plague. The place is called Kibroth Hattavah, because there they buried the people who craved other food. Let us be careful to be thankful for what we have. Sometimes, we crave for something that we don't really need and we have to pay the price for it.
Numbers 9 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Numbers 10 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Numbers 11 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Guzik on Numbers
Levites
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Links to Commentaries and other References - Old Testament
Revelation 18, Commentaries, verse by verse
Revelation 18
AN angel from heaven shouted that Babylon was fallen. What is Babylon.
Revelation Commentary on Revelation 18
Guzik on Revelation 18
Series in Revelation by J, Hampton Keathley III
Stedman on Revelation
Precept Austin on Revelation
Links to Commentaries and other References - Revelation
Jesus Saves
How to Become a Christian
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