Tag: inheritance
April 27 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 9)
Reading Psalm 40; 49; 50; 73 Devotional Psalm 40 GOD hears our cry. He lifts us out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire and sets our feet upon a rock. He gives us songs to sing so that people will see and fear and trust in Him. Psalm 49 This psalm…
March 6 – Blessed if You Obey, Cursed if You Disobey
Reading Lev. 22:31-33 Deut. 12:32 Num. 15:37-41 Deut. 31:9-13 Lev. 26:3-46 Devotional Moses concluded his final message to the Israelites by reminding them of the promises GOD had given them. The basic message was quite simple: Obey Me and you’ll be blessed; disobey and you will be punished and ultimately destroyed. GOD told them to…
March 13 – Caleb Receives His Land
Reading Josh. 13:1-17:18 Devotional In today’s reading, Joshua began dividing the promised land among the families of the tribes. The text reads: Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him: “You know the word which the LORD said to Moses the man…
March 14 – Land Promise Fulfilled
Reading Josh. 18:1-21:45 Devotional During these chapters we read how Joshua and Eleazar the high priest divided the remaining land among the tribes of Israel. They determined the order by casting lots, which fell in the following order: Benjamin, Simeon, Zebulun, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan. Joshua was given the city of Timnah Serah which was…
March 15 – Standing for Truth
Reading Josh. 22:1-24:28 Devotional After they had fulfilled their agreement, Joshua released the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh to return to their homes on the east side of the Jordan River. They had fought alongside their brethren in defeating the nations of Canaan and GOD had given the Israelites rest from their enemies.…
March 16 – Man’s Wisdom Versus GOD’s
Reading Judg. 2:8-9 Josh. 24:33 Judg. 1:1-10, 16-19 Josh. 15:13-14 Judg. 1:11-15, 22-26 Josh. 13:13; 16:10 Josh. 17:11-13 Josh. 15:63 Judg. 1:21, 30-36; 2:1-5 Devotional In today’s text, the bones of Joshua, Eleazar (the son of Aaron) the high priest, and Joseph are all buried in the Promised Land. This ends the last living connections to Moses and…
April 9 – David is Rewarded for Obeying God
Reading 1 Chron. 16:37-43 2 Sam. 6:20-23; 8:15-18; 9:1-13 1 Chron. 17:1-2 2 Sam. 7:4-29 Devotional Now that the ark of the covenant had been brought to Jerusalem, David set about restoring the proper priestly duties and sacrifices, “in accordance with everything written in the Law of the LORD.” David established officials within his government and did…
February 14 – Your Sin will Find You Out
Reading Num. 27:15-23; 32:1-42 Deut. 4:41-43 Num. 33:50-56 Deut. 25:17-19 Num. 34:1-29; 35:1-8 Devotional As the Israelites were camped across the Jordan River from Jericho, the tribes of Gad and Reuben and half of Manasseh came to Moses with a request: They asked to have their portion of the land inheritance on the east of the Jordan…
February 13 – Receiving an Inheritance
Reading Num. 26:1-65 Devotional GOD told Moses and Eleazar, the priest, to count the men from each tribe who were over 20 years old. There were 601,730 total men in this number. Afterward, GOD said to Moses: To these the land shall be divided as an inheritance, according to the number of names. To a…