Well, I have now uploaded 47 readings, praise God! It is a very demanding regimen as you may have read from my previous post, and 365 seems insurmountable. But you know what, I know that God wants me to complete this taskbecause he is providing a bounty of learning with every reading.
When I first started my wife and several others said, "Sure, it's all fun and games until you get to Numbers." While I was originally apprehensive, I can now say with great confidence and joy that the fear of Numbers is proof positive that you have never completed the marathon of rituals, offerings, celebrations and laws that are Exodus and Leviticus. In fact, once you get past the census and the anointing of the altar, Numbers starts getting pretty intriguing about Chapter 8:
The setting apart of the Levites-in place of-the Israelite first born
The Israelites heading out of Sinai
The Quail fall (3' of dead edible quail as far as the eye could see)
Miriam and Aaron's rebellion
The exploration of Canaan and the rise of Joshua (did you know he was on the original expedition?)
The rebellion of the Israelites and their defeat at the hands of the Amalekites and the Canaanites
The first recorded Sabbath breaker stoning
God's wrath against those that would usurp Moses and Aaron
And that is just through chapter 16. This is a really, really exciting book, I highly recommend it, of the first four this has been the most exciting to me personally (and yes that includes Exodus).
On to the next chapter!
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