In today’s reading, the LORD commands the feast of trumpets be observed, and describes the protocol for its offerings and the offerings for the day of atonement, as well as the feast of tabernacles. He gives commandments concerning vows made to the LORD by men, and by women both single and married. The LORD then commands raising an army among the Israelites to destroy the Midianites, and the captives and the spoil are divided among the victors. The tribes of the Reuben and Gad elect to settle on the east side of Jordan in the land of Gilead, agreeing to Moses’s terms that their men continue on over Jordan to help their brethren conquer the land promised to them by God.

Into/Outro music: "Unexpectedly" (c) 1995 Alex Grant Used by permission