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Today's Bible Reading...
Bible Application Numbers 5-6 February 14
Questions:
1. “Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall
recompense his trespass with the principal thereof and add unto it the
__________ part thereof, and give it to him who he has trespassed. (5:7)
2. “He shall separate himself from __________ and ___________ _________, and
shall drink no ____________ of wine or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he
drink any liquor of grapes, or eat moist grapes or dried grapes.” (6:3)
3. “The Lord make his _______ to shine upon you and be gracious unto you, the
Lord lift up His ______________ upon you, and give you peace.”(6:25-26)
Chapter 5 - Removal of unclean things from the camp
Chapter 6 - Blessing the people
What do we learn from these chapters?
1. All unclean things must be removed from the camp. This was done for several
reasons.
First: Some diseases could affect and weaken the whole camp.
Second: The camp was the camp of God’s people and nothing impure should be
permitted to remain in His presence.
Third: The camp was like a church today. Nothing that is defiled should be
permitted. All traces of sin should be removed.
Thus, the need of some old-fashioned revivalist preaching that would bring about
conversions which would help keep the church a place where people can meet and
fellowship together with one another and with the Lord.
2. Thus the need for confession of wrongs was needed not only to preserve the
integrity of the church but to keep peace among its members.
3. How touching is the blessings of God to Moses for the people. What a
wonderful way to separate ourselves from each other until we meet again. It
leaves a good warm message which says, “I am wanted here. I will be back soon.”
4. In reality all Christians are Nazarites in keeping themselves pure and their
bodies undefiled by outside forces that would make us less than the people God
created us to be.
Prayer:
O God, keep us ever mindful that we are the body of Christ here on earth. Help
us, we pray, to keep ourselves in such a fashion that we would be able to
present your love to others in thought, word and deed, pure and unblemished as
unto Thee. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
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