Category: February
February 28 – Attitude Matters
Reading Deut. 5:17 Ex. 21:12-14 Num. 35:20-21, 16-19, 29-31, 33-34 Ex. 22:2-3a Num. 35:22-25 Deut. 19:4-6 Num. 35:9-15 Deut. 19:1-3, 7-10 Num. 35:26-28 Deut. 19:11-13 Num. 35:32 Ex. 21:22-25, 16 Deut. 24:7 Lev. 24:19-20 Ex. 21:26-27 Deut. 22:25-29 Ex. 21:15, 18-21 Deut. 25:11-12; 5:19 Ex. 22:3b, 1, 4 Deut. 19:14 Devotional GOD told the Israelites how…
February 27 – Personal Responsibility
Reading Deut. 17:14-20 Ex. 22:28b Deut. 16:18 Deut. 17:8-13 Ex. 23:8 Lev. 19:15 Deut. 24:17-18; 16:19-20; 5:20 Ex. 23:1-2, 7 Deut. 19:16-21, 15; 24:16; 25:1-3; 21:22-23 Devotional Today’s readings covered GOD’s laws for Israel regarding government. Included in these verses was Deut. 24:16: Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death…
February 26 – Be Holy, for I Am Holy
Reading Deut. 23:1-8 Num. 6:1-21 Lev. 27:1-34 Deut. 23:21-23 Lev. 19:1-2 Deut. 22:9-11 Lev. 19:19a Devotional Lev. 19:1-2 contains a key phrase that is repeated throughout the entire Bible. It says: And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘You shall be…
February 25 – Purification
Reading Lev. 12:1-8; 14:1-32; 15:13-15, 28-30; 19:11-22, 1-10 Devotional GOD gave the Israelites commands regarding what to do in the event that they became unclean. An Israelite could become unclean for a number of reasons, including bodily fluids, having a baby, being in contact with a dead body, or having a disease such as leprosy. For each situation…
February 24 – Do Not Take Advantage of One Another
Reading Devotional GOD gave the Israelites instructions regarding the land they were to possess. Every seventh year the Israelites were to allow the land to lie desolate—that is, to not farm it. As long as they obeyed GOD He would bless them with three years-worth of produce every sixth year so they had plenty to…
February 23 – Give GOD Your Best
Reading Lev. 5:14-19; 6:1-7; 7:1-10, 37-38 Num. 28:9-15 Deut. 21:1-9 Lev. 22:17-30 Ex. 23:18 Lev. 24:1-9 Num. 6:22-27 Devotional GOD told the Israelites that when they brought an animal as a sacrifice they were to make sure the animal didn’t have defects. Do not bring anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your…
February 22 – Ignorance is No Excuse
Reading Lev. 3:1-17; 7:11-21, 28-36; 17:1-7; 4:1-35; 5:1-13; 6:24-30 Num. 15:29-31 Devotional Included in today’s readings were GOD’s instructions to the Israelites on how to receive forgiveness when they sinned unintentionally, and what was to be done when someone sinned willfully. He said: If a member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the…
February 20 – Making Atonement
Reading Ex. 23:14-17 Deut. 16:16-17 Ex. 34:24 Deut. 16:1-7 Num. 9:13-14 Lev. 23:4-8 Num. 28:18-25 Deut. 16:9-12 Lev. 23:9-21 Num. 28:26-31; 29:1-6 Lev. 16:1-34; 23:26-32 Num. 29:7-11 Lev. 23:33-36, 39-43 Num. 29:12-38 Deut. 16:13-15 Lev. 23:37-38, 44 Devotional Under the old covenant the Israelites had to kill animals as sacrifices in order for GOD to…
February 19 – Do Not Misuse GOD’s Name
Reading Deut. 18:9-14 Ex. 22:18 Lev. 20:27 Deut. 13:1-5; 18:15-22; 5:11 Ex. 22:28a Lev. 24:10-16, 23 Ex. 22:29b-30; 34:19-20; 22:29a Deut. 15:19-23; 18:1-8; 14:22-29; 26:1-15 Lev. 19:23-25 Deut. 5:12-15 Ex. 31:16-17 Lev. 19:30; 23:1-3 Ex. 35:3; 34:21; 31:12-15 Num. 15:32-36 Devotional GOD told Moses: ‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God…