Reading 1 - Jdg 2:12,13 "They forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed and worshiped...

Reading 1 - Judges Notice, as you read through the book of Judges, how in so many ways it forms a contrast (and an unpleasant one at...

Reading 1 - Josh 24:14,15 "Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond...

Reading 1 - Josh 22:29-33 When the tribes dwelling east of the Jordan River built their own, "outlaw" altar, it so incensed the other...

Reading 1 - Josh 20:2,3 "Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, so that anyone who...

Reading 1 - Josh 19 In Josh 18:11 through Josh 19:48, the seven remaining tribes receive their inheritances according to lot: Benjamin...

Reading 1 - Josh 18:3 "So Joshua said to the Israelites: 'How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the...

Reading 1 - Num 34 "This section describes the borders of the land of Canaan which Yahweh is about to make available to the Israelites...

Reading 1 - Num 33 "This serves as a summary of the whole journeyings during 40 years from Egypt to the Jordan. Omitting the starting...

Reading 1 - Num 32 "The destruction of the power of Midian, who might have harassed them from the east, secured to Israel the quiet...

Reading 1 - Num 31 "Balaam predicted that a scepter will arise to destroy 'all the sons of tumult' (Num 24:17). As a token of this, Moses...

Reading 1 - Num 29; 30 The second cycle of feasts took place in the seventh or sacred month -- seven being the sacred number, and that of...

Reading 1 - Num 28 Now that the people were about to take possession of the land, the sacrificial ordinances were repeated and once more...

Reading 1 - Num 27:12-23 God once more warned Moses of his impending death, before actual entrance into the Land of Promise (Num...

Reading 1 - Num 26 "At this stage, a further census of the people is ordered. In view of the severity of the plague following the folly...

Reading 1 - Num 24:17-19 "I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of...

Reading 1 - Num 22 "The way of Balaam (Num 22-24) is the prostitution of a spiritual gift for a base gain. The error of Balaam is the...

Reading 1 - Num 21 Jesus expressly connects this parabolic event of the brazen serpent (Num 21) with his own death: "Just as Moses lifted...

Reading 1 - Num 19:7 "After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water. He may then come into the camp, but he...

Reading 1 - Num 18:20 "The LORD said to Aaron, 'You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am...