Lead:

Have you ever thought about the power of unanswered prayer? Stay to the very end of today’s show.

Intro:

Lawgiving, journey, lawgiving, journey, lawgiving, journey. If this makes you go, “Hey, that’s the story of the Israelites after God delivers them from Egypt,” you’d be right. And the first “lawgiving” started back in Exodus 19 with the decalogue — the 10 commandments — and ends in Numbers 10. It’s easy to forget to see, as we talked about yesterday, that all that weird stuff is a covenant of love. But that theme of God wanting what’s best for His people continues, and we’ll talk more about the book of Numbers in our next couple readings, so let’s just get after it!

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Old covenant:

Passage: Numbers 1-2
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 88
Words: ~2115

Wisdom

Passage: Psalm 112
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 10
Words: ~164

New covenant:

Passage: Hebrews 11
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 40
Words: ~911

Commentary:

Love you!

-R

ForTheHope is a daily audio Bible + apologetics podcast and blog. We’ve got a passion for just keepin’ it real, having conversations like normal people, and living out the love of Jesus better every single day.

Roger Courville, CSP is a globally-recognized expert in digitally-extended communication and connection, an award-winning speaker, award-winning author, and a passionately bad guitarist. Follow him on Twitter -- @RogerCourville and @JoinForTheHope – or his blog: www.forthehope.org.

Sources and resources:

(1) Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 213.

#1035: Numbers 1-2 | Psalm 64 | Hebrews 11 | Faith for future generations