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Season 5 Episode 60
God is giving Moses final instructions to hand down to the Israelites because Moses is about to die at the Lord’s hand. Our reading opens with instru…
11 months, 1 week ago
Numbers 26:53-28:31, Psalm 57
Season 5 Episode 59
When we last left Israel, they had just prostituted themselves with the women of Moab as an act of Baal worship. The Lord sent a plague among them th…
11 months, 1 week ago
Numbers 24:1-26:52, Psalm 56
Season 5 Episode 58
In our last reading King Balak of Moab had hired Balaam, the professional soothsayer and prophet for hire, to come and put a curse on Israel. The kin…
11 months, 1 week ago
Numbers 21-23
Season 5 Episode 57
Our reading opens with another instance of Israelite rebellion, and this time, the Lord punishes them by sending poisonous snakes into their camp. In…
11 months, 1 week ago
Numbers 18-20, Psalm 55
Season 5 Episode 56
In our last episode, Korah and his posse decided that they wanted to present offerings to the Lord, but the Lord God has made clear, that Aaron and h…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Numbers 16-17, Psalms 53-54
Season 5 Episode 55
You’d think that by this point, the people of Israel would have settled on the well-established conclusion that Moses is in charge by command of the …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Numbers 13-15
Season 5 Episode 54
Israel has finally arrived just outside the Promised Land, and all that’s left to do is enter it and take from those people whom God has set apart fo…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Numbers 9-12
Season 5 Episode 53
Just like any family trip to a far away place, everyone starts getting grumpy quick. New complaints arise about not being able to take the Passover w…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Numbers 7-8, Psalm 52
Season 5 Episode 52
As noted in previous episode introductions, we are in a section of Numbers that includes a lot of numbers and repetition, but take heart: after this …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Numbers 4-6, Psalm 51
Season 5 Episode 51
We’re continuing in the book of Numbers today, which has a reputation for putting people off both because of the title and because the first seven ch…
11 months, 3 weeks ago