Participants: Kelley Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000487
00:15 Hi and welcome to His Words Are Life
00:17 I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank you for joining with me today to 00:20 read the word of God. When we were last together 00:23 we were reading in the book of Numbers the story 00:25 of the Israelites and when Moses sent the spies into the Land 00:28 and they came back with the report that - 00:31 ten of the reported that the land was full of giants 00:34 and they were not able to take it. Two of them said, Yes we can 00:38 do it. The Lord is with us. And the Lord grew angry 00:41 with the Israelites who doubted and forgot how He had blessed 00:46 them and worked wonders and miracles for them so many times 00:49 before. It's a lesson for me and a lesson for each of us that 00:53 when the troubles - when the things that are bothering us, or 00:56 the situations of our life seem like giant obstacles 01:00 that we don't see a way to overcome. That we should not 01:04 forget what God has done for us in the past. But we can look at 01:07 those times in the past when He has intervened for us and 01:10 blessed us and we know that He is taking care of us 01:12 in whatever we are facing right now. Before we start to read 01:15 let's pray together. Dear Jesus, thank you so much for these 01:18 words that bring us not just life but abundant life. 01:22 Please help us to bless your name and not forget a single 01:25 one of your benefits to each one of us. You've loved us so much. 01:29 You've surrounded us with mercy and grace. You've given us 01:32 blessings beyond number. Help us now as we read the stories 01:36 of the Israelites and Your children in years gone by, 01:39 that it will be to us a lesson of blessing in what we're facing 01:44 right now; that we will look to You always and trust You to 01:48 deliver us in Your timing. We love you so much. Thank you 01:50 for loving us. Amen 01:52 We are reading in the book of Numbers, and we are in chapter 01:56 15, starting with verse 29. This is the King James Version. 02:01 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, 02:05 both for him that is born among the children of Israel, 02:07 and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. 02:09 But the soul that doeth aught presumptuously, whether he 02:14 be born in the land or a stranger, the same reproacheth 02:17 the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 02:20 Because he has despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken His 02:24 commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity 02:27 shall be upon him. And while the children of Israel were in the 02:31 wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the 02:35 Sabbath day. And they that found him gathering sticks 02:39 brought him unto Moses and Aaron and unto all the congregation. 02:41 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared 02:45 what should be done to him. And the Lord said unto Moses, 02:48 The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation 02:51 shall stone him with stones without the camp. 02:54 And all the congregation brought him without the camp and stoned 02:57 him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses. 03:00 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children 03:04 of Israel and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders 03:09 of their garments throughout their generations, and that they 03:12 put upon the fringe of the borders a ribbond of blue: 03:16 and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it 03:19 and remember all the commandments of the Lord 03:21 and do them; And that ye seek not after your own heart in your 03:26 own eyes after which ye use to go a-whoring: that ye may 03:30 remember and do all my commandments, and be holy 03:33 unto your God. I am the Lord your God which brought you out 03:38 of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am the Lord your God. 03:41 Continuing to read in the book of Numbers. This is chapter 16 03:45 This is the King James Version. 03:46 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi 03:52 and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of 03:58 Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men and they rose up before Moses, 04:04 with certain of the children of Israel, 250 princes 04:08 of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: 04:12 and they gathered themselves together against Moses 04:15 and against Aaron, and said unto them, ye take too much upon you, 04:19 seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, 04:22 and the Lord is among them: Wherefore then, lift ye up 04:26 yourselves above the congregation of the Lord? 04:28 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 04:33 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, 04:37 Even tomorrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; 04:43 and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath 04:47 chosen will he cause to come near unto him. This do, 04:52 Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; and put fire 04:57 therein, and put incense in them before the Lord tomorrow: 05:00 And it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose; 05:04 he shall be holy: You take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 05:08 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi 05:13 seemeth it but a small thing unto you that the God of Israel 05:17 hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring 05:20 you near to Himself to do the service of the tabernacle 05:24 of the Lord and to stand before the congregation to minister 05:26 unto them? And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy 05:30 brethren the sons of Levi with thee and seek ye the priesthood 05:34 also? For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered 05:39 together against the Lord? And what is Aaron that ye murmur 05:42 against him? And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons 05:48 of Eliab, which said, We will not come up. Is it a small thing 05:53 that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk 05:56 and honey to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make 05:59 thyself altogether a prince over us? Moreover thou hast not 06:03 brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or 06:05 given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out 06:08 the eyes of these men? We will not come up. 06:11 Moses was very wroth and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou 06:18 their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have 06:22 I hurt one of them. And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all 06:27 thy company before the Lord, thou and they and Aaron, 06:31 tomorrow. And take every man his censer and put incense in it 06:34 and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer 250 censers 06:38 Thou also and Aaron, each of you his censer. 06:41 And they took, every man his censer and put fire in them, 06:46 and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door 06:49 of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses 06:52 and Aaron. And Korah gathered all the congregation against 06:56 them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 06:59 And the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the 07:03 congregation. And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, 07:08 saying, separate yourselves from among this congregation, 07:11 that I may consume them in a moment. 07:14 And they fell upon their faces and said, O God, the God of the 07:19 spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin and wilt thou be wroth 07:23 with all the congregation? And the Lord spake unto Moses, 07:27 saying, Speak unto the congregation, saying, get you up 07:31 from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. 07:35 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram, 07:38 and the elders of Israel followed him. 07:41 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, 07:45 I pray you from the tents of these wicked men, and touch 07:48 nothing of theirs lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 07:52 so they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, 07:55 and Abiram on every side, and Dathan and Abiram came out 08:00 and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives and their 08:02 sons and their little children. And Moses said, Hereby ye shall 08:06 know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I 08:10 have not done them of mine own mind. If these men die 08:15 the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the 08:17 visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. 08:20 But if the Lord make a new thing and the earth open her mouth, 08:26 and swallow them up with all that appertain unto them, 08:29 and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand 08:34 that these men have provoked the Lord. 08:37 And it came to pass as he had made an end of speaking all 08:41 these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under 08:45 them: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, 08:49 and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah 08:53 and all their goods. They and all that appertained to them, 08:56 went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: 09:01 And they perished from among the congregation. 09:04 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry 09:08 of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. 09:11 And there came out a fire from Lord and consumed the 250 men 09:17 that offered incense. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 09:21 speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take 09:24 up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou 09:28 the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. 09:30 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let 09:35 them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: 09:38 for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are 09:41 hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel 09:43 and Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they 09:48 that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates 09:52 for a covering of the altar: to be a memorial unto the children 09:58 of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of 10:00 Aaron come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not 10:05 as Korah and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand 10:08 of Moses. But on the morrow all the congregation of the children 10:13 of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, ye 10:18 have killed the people of the Lord. And it came to pass 10:21 when the congregation was gathered against Moses and 10:25 against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the 10:28 congregation and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory 10:32 of the Lord appeared. And Moses and Aaron came before the 10:35 tabernacle of the congregation and the Lord spake unto Moses 10:39 saying, get you up from among this congregation, that I may 10:43 consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. 10:48 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer and put fire therein 10:53 and from off the altar and put on incense and go quickly 10:56 unto the congregation, and make and atonement for them: 10:58 for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; and the plague is 11:02 begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran 11:07 into the midst of the congregation and behold 11:10 the plague was begun among the people. And he put on incense, 11:13 and made an atonement for the people. And he stood between 11:18 the dead and the living. And the plague was stayed. 11:21 Now they that died in the plague were 14,700, beside them that 11:28 died about the matter of Korah. And Aaron returned unto Moses 11:32 unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 11:34 and the plague was stayed. We are continuing to read in 11:38 the book of Numbers. We're on chapter 17, and 11:41 this is the King James Version. 11:42 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children 11:47 of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod, according to the 11:52 house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the 11:55 house of their fathers, twelve rods. Write thou every man's 11:59 name upon his rod. And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon 12:03 the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the 12:06 the house of their fathers. And thou shalt lay them up in the 12:09 tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony 12:12 where I will meet with you. And it shall come to pass 12:15 that the man's rod whom I shall choose shall blossom. 12:20 And I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children 12:24 of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. 12:26 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel 12:29 and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, 12:32 for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, 12:35 even 12 rods. And the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 12:39 And Moses laid up the rod before the Lord in the tabernacle 12:42 of witness. And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went 12:47 into the tabernacle of witness. And behold, the rod of Aaron 12:51 for the house of Levi was budded and brought forth buds, 12:55 and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 12:58 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord 13:02 unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took 13:06 every man his rod. And the Lord said unto Moses, bring Aaron's 13:10 rod again before the testimony to be kept for a token against 13:14 the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings 13:17 from me, that they die not. And Moses did so as the Lord 13:22 commanded him, so did he. And the children of Israel 13:25 spake unto Moses, saying, Behold we die, we perish, 13:30 we all perish. 13:31 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord 13:35 shall die. Shall we be consumed with dying? 13:40 Continuing to read in the book of Numbers, This is chapter 18, 13:44 This is the King James Version. 13:45 And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy son 13:49 and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the 13:52 sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the 13:56 iniquity of your priesthood. And thy brethren also of the 13:59 tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee 14:02 that they may be joined unto thee and minister unto thee: 14:06 But thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the 14:09 tabernacle of witness. And they shall keep thy charge 14:13 and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not 14:16 come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, 14:19 that neither they nor ye also, die. And they shall be joined 14:24 unto the and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the 14:26 congregation for all the service of the tabernacle. 14:29 And a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. 14:33 Thank you for being with me today to read the bible 14:36 please join me again next time. Goodbye. |
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