God commanded Moses to make two silver trumpets to call the heads of the tribes, to all the people to gather, to call the people to war, and to remind the people of what God had done. The cloud was lifted from over the tabernacle and Israel set out in an orderly fashion. Moses trusted the Lord to guide, protect, and provide for them. The people began complaining because they had no meat. Moses cried out to God for help leading the people. God appointed seventy elders among the people to assist Moses. God provided qual in great number to the people, but His anger burned against them. He sent a plague and struck those down who had coveted meat even though God had provided food for them.
Day 71 - Read Numbers 8-9
July 3, 2024 • Numbers 8—9
The Levites were cleansed, the people of Israel laid their hands on them, sacrifices were given for sin, and they were separated as instructed. The Levites worked in the service of the tent of meeting until the age of fifty, then they ministered to their brothers by keeping guard at the tent of meeting. God commanded Israel to keep the Passover according to His instructions. He gave instruction for those who were unclean on the day of celebration and for those who were on long journeys. God placed a cloud over the tabernacle. Israel remained when the cloud remained, and they journeyed when the cloud was lifted.
Day 70 - Read Numbers 7
July 2, 2024 • Numbers 7
When the tabernacle was built, set apart for service, and cleansed, the leaders of Israel brought offerings to be given to the Lord’s service. God commanded Moses to give the offerings to the Levites for the service of the tent of meeting. Offerings were given by each leader of Israel for the anointing of the altar. One leader offered his tribe’s offering each day. When Moses went to the altar after it was anointed, he heard God speak to him from the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony.
Day 69 - Read Numbers 5-6
July 1, 2024 • Numbers 5—6
God commanded Israel to put anyone with disease outside of the camp to protect the people. The people of Israel were commanded to confess sins and make restitution according to God’s instruction. A woman who was believed to be guilty of adultery against her husband would be tested by the priest and would enter an oath that would result in punishment if she was guilty of the sin. God gave instructions for those who chose to make a Nazirite vow. The term we transliterate as “Nazirite” describes a person who chooses to be separated and consecrated for the work of God. God instructed Aaron to bless the sons of Israel.
Day 68 - Read Numbers 4
June 30, 2024 • Numbers 4
God gave instructions for preparing and moving the tent of meeting as the people of Israel traveled toward the land promised by God. The priests were responsible for preparing the items in the Holy of Holies for travel. These items were prepared and covered as God commanded. The clans were assigned specific responsibilities in carrying the tent of meeting. All who were listed as eligible to perform these services of the tent of meeting was 8,580.
Day 67 - Read Numbers 2-3
June 29, 2024 • Numbers 2—3
The people were commanded to set up camp according to their clan, according to their fathers’ houses. They were instructed to camp facing the tent of meeting on every side. Each clan was ordered and numbered according to the structure of their fathers’ houses. God gave Moses duties for each tribe in the service of the people and of the tabernacle. God claimed the Levites for Himself and to His service. He previously demanded the first born to be sanctified to Him. He is now requiring the Levites to be sanctified to Himself in their place. The firstborn children were redeemed, and the funds were given to Aaron and his sons as the Lord commanded.
Day 66 - Read Numbers 1
June 28, 2024 • Numbers 1
God told Moses in the second year after leaving Egypt to count the number of men of Israel twenty years and older who could go to war. He told Moses that Aaron was to list the men. God gave Moses the name of a man from each tribe (Chiefs of Israel) to represent their tribe in the counting. The Levites were not included in this count because they were responsible for the tabernacle and its furnishings. The total number of men in Israel twenty years and older who were able to go to war was 603,550.
Day 65 - Read Leviticus 26-27
June 27, 2024 • Leviticus 26—27
God warned the people not to make or worship idols, but to worship Him alone. He promised to provide and protect Israel if the people worshiped Him alone. If Israel turned from God and refused to obey His commands, God would turn from them. If Israel would humble themselves before God, He would remember His covenant, and bless them. God gave Moses instructions for the priests to follow when accepting vows, or commitments to God to benefit the workings of the tabernacle.
Day 64 - Read Leviticus 25
June 26, 2024 • Leviticus 25
God called a Sabbath Year for the land the Israelites would possess. The land would not be sown, and the vines would not be pruned during the seventh year. There would be a “jubilee” every fiftieth year. The land would not be sown. The vines would not be pruned. God instructed the Israelites to be kind to poor brothers. Poor brothers who became slaves to another could be redeemed. The cost would be calculated according to the years left in their agreement. God reminded the Israelites that they were servants to Him. He brought them out of Egypt.
Day 63 - Read Leviticus 23-24
June 25, 2024 • Leviticus 23—24
God appointed feasts and assemblies of the Lord. The first assembly is the weekly recognition of the Sabbath, or the day of rest. Instructions were given for recognizing the annual feasts of Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of First fruits, the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost), the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles). God instructed Moses on the elements of the tabernacle. He continued teaching Israel the importance of honoring God as a just God. He taught Israel about justice and punishment for sin, preparing us to understand the depth of our sin and the need of a payment.
Day 62 - Read Leviticus 21-22
June 24, 2024 • Leviticus 21—22
God commanded priests to be holy and protect the purity of the sanctuary of God. He continued to remind Israel and the priests of His power and holiness. He required Israel to recognize this as they approached Him and the place that represented His presence. God gave instructions for handling and partaking of things dedicated to Him. Animals offered as a sacrifice were required to be perfect, without blemish. Again, God foreshadowed the One perfect sacrifice, Jesus, who would give His life once and for all to complete the law. God demanded that He be honored as their God.
Day 61 - Read Leviticus 19-20
June 23, 2024 • Leviticus 19—20
God gave Moses laws concerning relationships with God and with man. We must understand that God determines right and wrong, just as God determines how to express His grace toward man. These laws are centered on fearing God and loving one’s neighbor. God warned against sacrificing to Molech, the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians, because some of the Israelites sacrificed their infants to Molech. God warned the Israelites not to turn to or protect mediums and wizards. He commanded them to worship Him alone. God’s laws continued in detail, including punishments for breaking each law.
Day 60 - Read Leviticus 17-18
June 22, 2024 • Leviticus 17—18
God’s people were forbidden from offering sacrifices to devils or idols as some did, which was spiritual adultery. Sacrifices were to be offered to the One true God in the proper place in the proper way. Anyone sacrificing to the devil would be cut off from God’s people. God forbid His people from drinking blood. Anyone who drank blood would be cut off from God because the blood was the animal’s life. Blood was provided as a sacrifice to God for forgiveness. God commanded Moses to tell His people to live morally and turn from wicked sexual practices. God provided examples of sexual sin His people may have witnessed and must not be guilty of doing, or they would be cut off from His people.
Day 59 - Read Leviticus 15-16
June 21, 2024 • Leviticus 15—16
God gave Moses and Aaron laws for men with bodily discharge (a sign of a sexual disease). Following the cleansing process, the unclean man was to provide a sin offering and a burnt offering. God gave instruction for the women who experienced discharge from disease and from her menstrual cycle. The woman was to provide a sin offering and a burnt offering. Aaron was commanded to make atonement for himself, for the priests, for the people, for the holy sanctuary, for the altar, and for the tent of meeting. God caused a cloud over the mercy seat to protect Aaron while he was presenting the sacrifice at the altar.
Day 58 - Read Leviticus 14
June 20, 2024 • Leviticus 14
God gave instructions for the priest to follow to cleanse a leprous person. As part of the cleansing process, a sin offering, a burnt offering, and a grain offering was to be presented to the priest by the leper. A house was to be cleansed when a leprous disease was found in it. The priest examined the house to determine if the house should be deemed unclean, and if the house could be cleansed based on the instructions given to Moses and Aaron by God.
