Good Morning. Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” (Numbers 13:30) When the spies came back with their report, the people were dismayed and gave into fear and doubt. This...

Good Morning. Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains, and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many; whether the land they...

Good Morning. These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. (Numbers 13:16) Looking at the Biblical text in Hebrew almost always provides insight into what is going on that might otherwise be...

Good Morning. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.” (Numbers 13:1-2) At this point in their...

Good Morning. So Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord! Please do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned. Please do not let her be as one dead." (Numbers 12:11-12) The rabbinical belief is that Miriam was struck with leprosy...

Good Morning. Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth. (Numbers 12:3) In the previous devotion, we spoke of the fact that God hears what we say, and especially when we speak against His purpose and people. Apparently,...

Good Morning. Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman. So they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard...

Good Morning. Now a wind went out from the Lord, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of...

Good Morning. And it happened, when the Spirit rested upon them, that they prophesied, although they never did so again. But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were...

Good Morning. So the Lord said to Moses: “Gather to Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. Then I will come down and talk...

Good Morning. Then Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and the anger of the Lord was greatly aroused; Moses also was displeased. So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You afflicted Your servant?" (Numbers...

Good Morning. "But now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!" (Numbers 11:6) As I mentioned in the previous devotion, God always gives us what we need but not necessarily everything we want. In fact, it is my view that...