Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Feb Leviticus 10-12 75 02-Feb Leviticus 13-14 116 03-Feb Leviticus 15-18 113 04-Feb Leviticus 19-22 121 05-Feb Leviticus 23-25:34 101 06-Feb Leviticus 25:35-27:34 101 07-Feb Numbers 1-2 88 08-Feb Numbers 3-4 100 09-Feb Numbers 5-6 58 10-Feb Numbers 7-8 115 11-Feb Numbers 9-12 110 12-Feb Numbers 13-14 78 13-Feb Numbers 15-16 91 …
Monthly Archives: January 2023
January 31 / Leviticus 6:8-9:24
Leviticus 6:8-9:24 Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out. Leviticus 6:13 Keep the fire burning. That’s a fairly straightforward and practical command. But let’s think about what it entails in real terms. First, we need wood for fuel, preferably dry and decently trimmed to facilitate handling. That means …
January 30 / Leviticus 1-6:7
Leviticus 1-6:7 Let me state the obvious: we no longer practice animal sacrifice, or even grain offerings, for that matter. Nor do we stand in the place of Aaron and his sons, priests responsible for carrying out these rituals. But that is not to say that there is nothing here for us to learn. On …
January 29 / Exodus 38-40
Exodus 38-40 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Exodus 40:34 In obedience to the LORD’s instructions to Moses, the people of Israel finish the work of assembling the Tabernacle and all its associated items. When everything is set up and consecrated, the Tabernacle receives …
January 28 / Exodus 35-37
Exodus 35-37 All the men and women, the people of Israel, whose heart moved them to bring anything for the work that the LORD had commanded by Moses to be done brought it as a freewill offering to the LORD. Exodus 35:29 Today we see the people of Israel responding favorably to the LORD. They …
January 27 / Exodus 32-34
Exodus 32-34 Meanwhile, back in the camp… With Moses taking his time on the top of Mount Sinai, the people get antsy and quickly break the promise they made just days before to do all that the LORD commanded them. (See Ex. 19:8; 24:3-7.) With their own ears they had heard the LORD speak the …
January 26 / Exodus 29-31
Exodus 29-31 The idea of holiness permeates today’s reading even more than yesterday’s. The word “holy” occurs 22 times in these three chapters (in the ESV, at least). Perhaps we should pay attention… My sense is that holiness is practically a foreign concept for most 21st-century Western evangelicals. We can easily understand the idea of …
January 25 / Exodus 26-28
Exodus 26-28 Reading through the instructions for building the Tabernacle, with all its pieces and parts, materials and associated accessories, one can easily get distracted by (or perhaps mired in) all the details: curtains of just such a size, so many supporting poles separated by just so many cubits, clasps of gold, clasps of bronze, …
January 24 / Exodus 22:16-25:40
Exodus 22:16-25:40 The LORD speaks the Ten Commandments to the entire congregation of Israel, and the experience is so terrifying that the people beg Moses to act as an intermediary (Ex. 20:18-21). The LORD accommodates them and conveys the rest of the Law to the people indirectly through Moses. And there is quite a bit …
January 23 / Exodus 19-22:15
Exodus 19-22:15 Today God declares The Ten Commandments to the people of Israel. We often think of these Ten Commandments as the essential core of the Law, even as the bedrock of our own current legal code. They shape what we think of as right and wrong. They are, in fact, good for us, showing …