Psalms 119:133 Order my steps in Your Word; and do not let any iniquity rule over me.
Bible Reading for March 12 (ONPP)
Numbers 34 – 36, Psalms 61
Numbers 34:3 – Edom is Israel’s brother so we will let them keep their land, for now.
Numbers 34:12 – if you noticed the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half tribe of Manasseh were not in those borders.
Numbers 34:19 – Interesting that in the inheritance Judah is placed first but Caleb is not listed as part of the line to Jesus.
Numbers 35:1 – God does not leave out the Levites. He provides for them for the work in transporting and erecting the tabernacle, and the future needs of it and the temple to come.
Numbers 35:6 – Six cities of refuge and 42 other cities. Because there was need for quick accessibility God commanded for three cities of refuge on each side of the Jordan River. The other 42 cities were to be spread among the tribes so that no one tribe would have an excessive amount of land taken away.
Numbers 35:31 – God says that the murderer cannot be redeemed by payment but should be put to death.
Numbers 35:32 – No ransom may be made for the one in refuge until the death of the High Priest.
Numbers 35:33 – Even though some may think that execution is terrible, God commands it for the murderer so that the land may be clean.
Numbers 36:6 – As we saw previously God is concerned with keeping the land in the families to provide for them.
Psalms 61:3 – God is our shelter as Jesus is the door to the sheepfold.
Psalms 61:4 – Also when Jesus came into Jerusalem He said that He would gather them under His wing as a mother hen. Luke 13:4
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