Category Archives: Numbers

Complaining in the Cloud

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Pete

It must have been quite some sight to see the 600,000 plus men, along with their wives and children, break camp and set out from Sinai (Num.10). To see the horde of the redeemed marching away from the world of … Continue reading →

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A Privilege or a Pain?

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Pete

Ask me to think about moving the ark of the covenant and I immediately think about the poor guy who instinctively put out his hand and grabbed the ark to keep it from falling when the oxen pulling the cart … Continue reading →

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Restoration, Reconciliation, and The Return of An Inheritance

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Pete

There were to be six cities. Of the forty-eight cities to be given to the Levites, six of them were to be designated as cities of refuge. Six cities scattered throughout the land of promise where anyone who killed another … Continue reading →

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Even in Failure There is Glory

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Pete

The promised land was the goal, but it wasn’t the end game. It was worth dedicating a life for but, ultimately, it wasn’t what life was all about. I need to remind myself of that this morning as I consider … Continue reading →

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The Return of Singing

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Pete

It’s been a long haul. Forty years long. Lot of miles covered, but not much distance . . . round and round she goes. And graves? They’ve left a lot of graves in their wake. An entire generation has fallen, … Continue reading →

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Nothing But Manna?

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Pete

It’s pretty incredible but way too relatable. It caught my attention, caused me to give my head a shake, but then realize that I’m looking into a mirror. They are the people of God, delivered from Egypt. And there’s no … Continue reading →

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Just A Name

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Pete

I read a lot of good stuff this morning. In Numbers, the wilderness walkers are counted before they enter the land and Joshua is commissioned to succeed Moses (ch. 26 & 27). The reading in Matthew was a call to … Continue reading →

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Dwelling Alone

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Pete

Continuing my reading in Numbers and, this morning, spent some time reconsidering the goofy drama played out between Balak, king of Moab, and Balaam, prophet for hire (Numbers 22 -25). Balak sees the Israeli horde nearing his land. Fearing he’d … Continue reading →

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Honor Me

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Pete

I’ve read it before, but this morning it kind of bothers me afresh. They haven’t been perfect, but they’ve been faithful. They’ve spent four decades working together to lead their people out of bondage and into a land flowing with … Continue reading →

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He Stood Between . . .

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Pete

A bit of extended reading time in Numbers this morning (chapters 9 through 17). Crazy! It’s amazing what “doing community” in the wilderness can do to a nation. It has a way, it seems, of making people kind of cranky … Continue reading →

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