Jeremy Ewing Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Numbers 17-18 Key Verse Numbers 18:10 — “In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.” Devotional Thought The wilderness had grown weary with murmuring. Korah’s rebellion had barely been swallowed by the earth when Israel … Read more
Gibbar is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Gibbar was a leader of the people who returned to Judah from the Babylonian exile. He is mentioned in the book of Ezra, which records the return of the exiles to Jerusalem and the rebuilding of … Read more
Monday, July 7, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Numbers 15-16 Secondary Reading: Psalms 78 Key Verse Numbers 16:5 — “And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him … Read more
Sunday, July 6, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Numbers 12-14 Key Verse Numbers 13:32 — “And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and … Read more
Jericho — Bronze Age Destruction and the Book of Joshua Sources attempted: Kennedy 2023 MDPI article: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/6/796 — fetch/extraction blocked Biblical Archaeology Society overview: https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/did-the-israelites-conquer-jericho-a-new-look-at-the-archaeological-evidence/ — blocked by 403 What the Scholarly Discussion Is About The destruction of Bronze Age Jericho is one of the most debated topics in biblical archaeology. Kathleen Kenyon’s mid-20th-century excavations … Read more
Saturday, July 5, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Numbers 10-11 Key Verse Numbers 10:36 — “And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.” Devotional Thought Two silver trumpets, hammered from a single piece of metal, were given to Israel to govern the whole rhythm of their life in … Read more
Jeuel is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Jeuel was a descendant of Zerah, one of the sons of Judah, and he is named in the genealogies of the tribe of Judah recorded in 1 Chronicles. The source note identifies him as one of … Read more
Friday, July 4, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Numbers 8-9 Secondary Reading: Psalms 77 Key Verse Numbers 8:25 — “And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:” Devotional Thought On this Independence Day, when Americans remember a deliverance won and a nation set … Read more
Shiphtan is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Shiphtan was an Israelite man of the tribe of Ephraim, remembered in Scripture only as the father of Kemuel. He appears at the very end of the wilderness wandering, as the people of Israel stood on … Read more
Thursday, July 3, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Numbers 6-7 Key Verse Numbers 7:32 — “One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:” Devotional Thought Numbers 6 opens with a strange and beautiful provision: the vow of the Nazarite. Here was a way for an ordinary Israelite—man or woman—to voluntarily separate himself unto the … Read more
Meshobab is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text. Who This Was Meshobab was a leader of the tribe of Simeon, mentioned in the genealogies recorded in 1 Chronicles. He appears in a list of men described as “princes” or leaders within the Simeonites, a tribe whose inheritance … Read more
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 Scripture Readings Primary Reading: Numbers 3-5 Secondary Reading: Psalms 76 Key Verse Numbers 4:15 — “And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come … Read more