The Voice

Reading Numbers 35 for Wednesday, August 23rd. Lines are drawn for the development of towns and pasturelands, and cities of refuge are delineated for accidental killers to flee to to avoid vengeance.

Reading Numbers 34 for Tuesday, August 22nd. The boundaries are defined for Canaan and a list of people are designated to help define allotments for each of the nine and a half tribes that have not already gotten their inheritance on the other side of the Jordan.

Reading Numbers 33 for Monday, August 21st. God led His people through many towns, and warned them not to allow idols and inhabitants to remain there in the promised land.

Reading Numbers 32 for Friday, August 18th. Some people wanted their land inheritance on the side of the Jordan that they already were on, instead of crossing the Jordan first to get land. This did not make God happy, but since they promised to go into battle before receiving their inheritance, it was allowed, after a warning.

Reading Numbers 31 for Thursday, August 17th. God told the Israelites to attack and plunder the Midianites, taking no prisoners, except for some young women who had not slept with a man.

Reading Numbers 30 for Wednesday, August 16th. In Israel, Vows and oaths are only binding for women if their husband or father does not object when he hears about it. Widows and divorced women are bound by their word.

Reading Numbers 29 for Tuesday, August 15th. God wanted lots of sacrifices for different events on the calendar.

Reading Numbers 28 for Monday, August 14th. God tells Moses to instruct the people specifically how they are to present offerings to Him daily and monthly and to observe the Sabbath, the Passover, and have a sacred assembly for the feast of weeks.

Reading Numbers 27 for Friday, August 11th. Zelophehad's daughters brought up their predicament that their father would lose out on an inheritance because he had only daughters, so God allowed daughters to receive inheritances as well for this scenario, and other relatives when there are no daughters to inherit land.

Reading Numbers 26 for Thursday, August 10th. Another census is taken and the land is divided and given in proportion to the names counted.