Participants: Kelley Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000492
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00:16 Hello, and welcome to His Words are Life
00:17 I'm Kelly Mowrer and when we were last together 00:20 we were reading in the book of Numbers, 00:21 the various offerings and sacrifices that the Lord 00:24 laid out for the children of Israel. We're going to 00:27 skip a portion of that in Numbers 29 as it continues 00:32 the various offerings and sacrifices, 00:34 We're going to pick up with verse 39 of Numbers 29. 00:38 But before we start, let's pray together 00:40 Dear Lord, thank you so much for showing us how we can show 00:46 our love to you through our offerings and our sacrifices 00:50 of praise and thanksgiving and we thank you for your love 00:54 Please be with us now as we read your word. Amen 00:57 Picking up in Numbers, chapter 29, verse 39 01:02 and this is the King James Version 01:03 These things ye shall do unto the Lord in your set feasts, 01:07 beside your vows and your freewill offerings, 01:10 for your burnt offerings and for your meat offerings, 01:12 and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. 01:14 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all 01:18 that the Lord commanded Moses. continuing with Numbers chap. 30 01:23 This is the King James Version. 01:24 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning 01:27 the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing 01:29 which the Lord hath commanded. If a man vow a vow unto the Lord 01:33 or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; 01:36 he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all 01:39 that proceedeth out of his mouth. 01:40 If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself 01:44 by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; 01:47 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith 01:50 she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace 01:53 at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith 01:57 she hath bound her soul shall stand. But if her father 02:01 disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, 02:04 or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand 02:07 and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed 02:11 her. And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, 02:15 or uttered aught out of her lips wherewith she bound her soul; 02:18 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in day 02:20 that he heard it: then her vows shall stand and her bond 02:23 wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 02:25 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; 02:29 then he shall make her vow which she vowed and that which she 02:33 uttered with her lips wherewith she bound her soul 02:35 of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her. 02:38 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, 02:42 wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 02:46 And if she vowed in her husband's house, 02:48 or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; 02:51 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, 02:55 and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, 02:59 and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 03:02 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day 03:06 he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips 03:09 concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, 03:12 shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; 03:16 and the Lord shall forgive her. Every vow and every binding 03:19 oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, 03:23 or her husband may make it void. 03:24 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her 03:28 from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, 03:31 or all her bonds which are upon her: he confirmeth them, 03:35 because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 03:39 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath 03:43 heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. 03:45 These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, 03:48 between a man and his wife, 03:49 between a father and his daughter, 03:51 being yet in her youth in her father's house. 03:54 We're in the book of Numbers chapter 31. 03:56 This is the King James Version. 03:58 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children 04:01 of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be 04:05 gathered unto thy people. And Moses spake unto the people, 04:08 saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, 04:10 and let them go against the Midianites, 04:12 and avenge the Lord of Midian. Of every tribe a thousand, 04:15 throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war 04:18 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, 04:21 a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 04:24 And Moses sent them to war, a thousand of every tribe, 04:28 them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, 04:31 with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand 04:34 and they warred against the Midianites, 04:36 as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. 04:39 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them 04:42 that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, 04:46 and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor 04:51 they slew with the sword. And the children of Israel 04:54 took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, 04:57 and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, 04:59 and all their goods. And they burnt all their cities 05:02 wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 05:05 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men 05:09 and of beasts. And they brought the captives, and the prey, 05:12 and the spoil, unto Moses and Eleazar the priest, 05:15 and unto the congregation of the children of Israel unto the camp 05:19 at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. 05:22 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes 05:25 of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 05:29 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, 05:32 with the captains over thousands, 05:34 and the captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. 05:36 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 05:40 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, 05:42 through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass 05:44 against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague 05:47 among the congregation of the Lord. Now therefore kill every 05:49 male among the little ones, and kill every woman 05:52 that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women 05:55 children that have not known a man by lying with him, 05:57 keep alive for yourselves. And do ye abide without the camp 06:01 seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, 06:04 and whosoever hath touched any slain, 06:06 purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, 06:09 and on the seventh day. And purify all your raiment, 06:12 and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, 06:15 and all things made of wood. And Eleazar the priest 06:18 said unto the men of war which went to the battle, 06:21 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses; 06:24 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, 06:28 and the lead, every thing that may abide the fire, 06:30 ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: 06:33 Nevertheless it shall be purified with the water 06:36 of separation: and all that abideth not the fire 06:38 ye shall make go through the water. And ye shall wash your 06:42 clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, 06:43 and afterward ye shall come into the camp. 06:45 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take the sum of the prey 06:49 that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou and Eleazar 06:52 the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: 06:54 and divide the prey into two parts; 06:55 between them that took the war upon them, 06:58 who went out to battle, and between all the congregation: 07:00 And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war 07:04 which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, 07:06 both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, 07:08 and of the sheep: Take it of their half, 07:11 and give it unto Eleazar the priest for an heave offering 07:13 of the Lord. And of the children of Israel's half, 07:16 thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, 07:18 of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, 07:20 of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, 07:22 which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord. 07:25 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. 07:29 And the booty, being the rest of the prey 07:31 which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand 07:34 and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep 07:36 and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 07:37 And threescore and one thousand asses, 07:39 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women 07:42 that had not known man by lying with him. 07:44 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out 07:47 to the war was in number three hundred thousand 07:49 and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: 07:52 And the Lord's tribute of the sheep was six hundred 07:54 and three score and fifteen, and the beeves were thirty 07:57 and six thousand; of which the Lord's tribute was three score 07:59 and twelve. And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred 08:03 of which the Lord's tribute was three score and one. 08:05 And the persons were sixteen thousand; 08:07 of which the Lord's tribute was thirty and two persons. 08:09 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord's 08:12 heave offering unto Eleazar the priest, 08:15 as the Lord commanded Moses. 08:16 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided 08:19 from the men that warred, (Now the half that pertained 08:22 unto the congregation was three hundred thousand 08:23 and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 08:27 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 08:28 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 08:30 and sixteen thousand persons;) 08:32 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion 08:35 of fifty, both of man and of beast, 08:37 and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge 08:39 of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses. 08:43 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, 08:46 the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, 08:48 came near unto Moses: And they said unto Moses, 08:50 Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war 08:53 which are under our charge and there lacketh not one man of us. 08:56 We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord 08:58 which every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, 09:01 and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, 09:04 to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord. 09:06 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, 09:09 even all wrought jewels and all the gold of the offering 09:12 that they offered up to the Lord, 09:13 of the captains of thousands, of hundreds, 09:16 was sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels. 09:21 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold 09:24 of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, 09:26 and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, 09:28 for a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord. 09:31 We're on chapter 32 in Numbers This is the King James Version. 09:35 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad 09:38 had a great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land 09:40 of Jazer and the land of Gilead that, behold, the place was 09:43 a place for cattle; The children of Gad and 09:46 the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses 09:48 and Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the 09:50 congregation, saying, Ataroth, and Dibon and Jazer and Nimrah 09:54 and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam and Nebo, and Beon, 09:57 Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation 10:00 of Isreael, is a land for cattle and thy servants have cattle: 10:03 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, 10:07 let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, 10:10 and bring us not over Jordan. And Moses said unto the 10:13 children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, 10:15 Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? 10:18 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel 10:22 from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them? 10:25 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea 10:28 to see the land. For when they went up unto the valley 10:31 of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart 10:34 of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land 10:37 which the Lord had given them. And the Lord's anger was kindled 10:41 the same time, and he sware, saying, Surely none of the men 10:46 that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, 10:49 shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, 10:52 and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: 10:57 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua 11:01 the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord. 11:04 And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them 11:09 wander in the wilderness 40 years until all 11:12 the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, 11:15 was consumed, and behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, 11:19 an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger 11:23 of the Lord toward Israel. For if ye turn away from after him, 11:27 he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; 11:29 and ye shall destroy all this people. And they came near 11:34 unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for 11:36 our cattle, and cities for our little ones: But we ourselves 11:40 will go ready armed before the children of Israel, 11:43 until we have brought them unto their place: 11:46 and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities 11:49 because of the inhabitants of the land. We will not return 11:53 unto our houses, until the children of Israel 11:54 have inherited every man his inheritance. 11:57 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, 12:00 or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us 12:02 on this side Jordan eastward. And Moses said unto them, 12:06 If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lord 12:10 to war, and will go all of you armed over Jordan 12:12 before the Lord until he hath driven out his enemies 12:15 from before him, and the land be subdued before the Lord: 12:18 then afterward ye shall return and be guiltless before the Lord 12:21 and before Israel, and this land shall be your possession 12:24 before the Lord. But if ye will not do so, behold ye have sinned 12:30 against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out. 12:34 Build your cities for your little ones, 12:36 and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded 12:40 out of your mouth. And the children of Gad 12:42 and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, 12:45 Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. Our little ones, 12:49 our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle shall be there 12:53 in the cities of Gilead: But thy servants will pass over 12:57 every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, 13:00 as my lord saith. So concerning Moses commanded Eleazar 13:04 the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the chief fathers of 13:07 the tribes of the children of Israel: And Moses said unto them 13:10 If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass 13:13 with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle before the Lord 13:17 and the land shall be subdued before you, then ye shall 13:21 give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 13:24 But if they will not pass over with you armed, 13:27 they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan 13:30 and the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, 13:34 saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants so will we do. 13:38 We will pass over, armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan 13:44 that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan 13:47 will be ours. And Moses gave unto them, even to the children 13:51 of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe 13:54 of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon 13:58 king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan, 14:01 the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, 14:05 even the cities of the country round about. 14:08 Thank you for joining with me today to read the word of God. 14:12 And I was struck again and again throughout this chronicle of how 14:16 important it is that we obey God in even the smallest things. 14:20 He punished those who disobeyed, He rewarded Caleb and Joshua. 14:25 who faithfully followed His word and on the day that He comes to 14:29 take us all home, may we be found faithful. 14:31 Thank you for joining me. |
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