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A Daily Journey Through the Unfolding Story of the Bible Based on the M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

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May 28th: Bible Meditation for Deuteronomy 1

Bible Readings for May 28th Deuteronomy 1 | Psalms 81 – 82 | Isaiah 29 | 3 John 1 Although Deuteronomy is one of the longer books in the Old Testament, with thirty-four chapters, it does not represent the passage of much time. In Deuteronomy, we do not read new narratives of Israel’s journey through the wilderness, nor of new battles Israel fights, nor even of new ways that Yahweh provides for his people. For the most part, Deuteronomy includes only one speech—the final words of Moses before he ...

May 28, 2025•4 min

May 27th: Bible Meditation for Numbers 36

Bible Readings for May 27th Numbers 36 | Psalm 80 | Isaiah 28 | 2 John 1 Numbers 36 continues the story that we read back in Numbers 27, when the daughters of Zelophehad petitioned Moses to receive the inheritance that had belonged to their father, since he had died without a male heir to carry on the family’s place in Israel. It seems that, as time has gone on, the people discovered another technicality that affected the long-term possession of the land within the half-tribe of Manasseh. The is...

May 27, 2025•4 min

May 26th: Bible Meditation for Numbers 35

Bible Readings for May 26th Numbers 35 | Psalm 79 | Isaiah 27 | 1 John 5 In Numbers 35, Yahweh lays out a plan for creating cities of refuge—six of the forty-eight cities that the Levites would inhabit (Num. 35:6–7). These cities of refuge were a place for a person to flee until he could stand trial if he brought about the death of another person unintentionally (Num. 35:11–12). In those days, the closest relative of a murder victim would avenge his relative’s death. So, in cases where someone k...

May 26, 2025•4 min

May 25th: Bible Meditation for Numbers 34

Bible Readings for May 25th Numbers 34 | Psalm 78:38–72 | Isaiah 26 | 1 John 4 In Numbers 34, Yahweh commands Moses to prepare Israel in two ways to enter into the Promised Land—first, by spelling out the boundaries of the land that Israel would inhabit and, second, by appointing a new set of tribal chiefs for Israel. The time is drawing nearer when Moses would die and also when Israel would take possession of the land that God had promised to give them as an inheritance. These two topics, howev...

May 25, 2025•4 min

May 24th: Bible Meditation for Numbers 33

Bible Readings for May 24th Numbers 33 | Psalm 78:1–37 | Isaiah 25 | 1 John 3 In Numbers 33, we see the whole story of Yahweh’s covenant with his people laid out in brief, recounting every event from the day of their redemption out of the hand of Egypt (Num. 33:3) all the way through the mission that Yahweh was giving his people on the brink of the Jordan River (Num. 33:49) as they prepared to enter into the Promised Land. By this story, Moses reminds Israel of Yahweh’s faithfulness to them thro...

May 24, 2025•4 min

May 23rd: Bible Meditation for Numbers 32

Bible Readings for May 23rd Numbers 32 | Psalm 77 | Isaiah 24 | 1 John 2 The story in Numbers 32 is more important than we might realize at first. In fact, we will continue to hear echoes of the settling of Reuben and Gad in Gilead, the land east of the Jordan, through the rest of the Bible. We should pay close attention to the agreement that Moses makes with the people of Reuben and Gad. Those tribes would gain the land of Gilead as their inheritance since it was good land for their livestock (...

May 23, 2025•4 min

May 22nd: Bible Meditation for Numbers 31

Bible Readings for May 22nd Numbers 31 | Psalm 75 – 76 | Isaiah 23 | 1 John 1 The text of Numbers 31 raises many difficult questions about subjects like warfare, genocide, plundering, and slavery. Yahweh instructs Moses to “avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites” (Num. 31:2) for two major events. First, the Midianites were involved along with the Moabites in hiring Balaam, the son of Beor, for the purpose of cursing Israel (Num. 22:7). Second, the Moabites and the Midianites had led the p...

May 22, 2025•5 min

May 21st: Bible Meditation for Numbers 30

Bible Readings for May 21st Numbers 30 | Psalm 74 | Isaiah 22 | 2 Peter 3 In Numbers 30, Yahweh insists that his people keep their vows. The basic principle is simple: if you make a promise, keep it. Or, as Yahweh himself puts it, anyone who makes a vow or swears an oath or binds himself with a pledge “shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth” (Num. 30:2). Now, the rules for how men should keep vows had no loopholes whatsoever. Therefore, most of Numbers 30 focuses on the subject...

May 21, 2025•4 min

May 20th: Bible Meditation for Numbers 29

Bible Readings for May 20th Numbers 29 | Psalm 73 | Isaiah 21 | 2 Peter 2 It is difficult to overstate the significance of the calendar of worship that Yahweh gave for his people. Every year, Yahweh commanded the people of Israel to appear before him during three major sets of feasts (Ex. 23:17, 34:23; Deut. 16:16) on top of all the other sacrifices required monthly, weekly, and daily. How does all this apply to those of us living under the new covenant today? First, the calendar of worship in t...

May 20, 2025•4 min

May 19th: Bible Meditation for Numbers 28

Bible Readings for May 19th Numbers 28 | Psalm 72 | Isaiah 19 – 20 | 2 Peter 1 It is staggering to consider the sheer volume of sacrifices that were offered on the altar of Israel. When we think of sacrifices, we might imagine an occasional sacrifice here or there, but in fact, the worship of the old covenant was built on perpetual sacrifices. Every day, once in the morning and once at twilight, the priests would offer a male lamb (two lambs each day) as a burnt offering along with an ephah of f...

May 19, 2025•4 min

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