Good Morning. But the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe; for the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying: “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel." (Numbers 1:47-49) In regard to those...

Good Morning. And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his father’s house. These are the names of the men who shall stand with you...(Numbers 1:4-5) There are twenty-four names listed in the next several verses: twelve are the men who...

Good Morning. Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above—all who are able to go to war in Israel. (Numbers...

Good Morning. Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male individually, from twenty years old and above—all who are able to go to war in Israel. (Numbers...

Good Morning. Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying: “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of...

Good Morning. When a man dedicates his house to be holy to the Lord, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. (Leviticus 27:14) Apparently it was common for people to dedicate property, whether...

Good Morning. When a man consecrates by a vow certain persons to the Lord, according to your valuation ... then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. (Leviticus 27:2-3) The book of Leviticus ends as it began –- with...

Good Morning. But for their sake I will remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the Lord. (Leviticus 26:45) When mentioning the covenant made with the patriarchs,...

Good Morning. Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, nor shall I abhor them, to utterly destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God. (Leviticus 26:44) Never has God desired to impose death...

Good Morning. I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste. Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land; then the land shall rest and...

Good Morning. And if by these things you are not reformed by Me, but walk contrary to Me, then I also will walk contrary to you. (Leviticus 26:23-24) Every parent understands what is being expressed here. When a child -- particularly one who is old enough to know...

Good Morning. I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. and your strength shall be spent in vain. (Leviticus 26:19-20) I realize that most devotionals are intended to be uplifting, encouraging and, generally...