Fr. Mike underscores the importance of obeying God as he reads from Numbers 4 and Deuteronomy 4. We also read Psalm 88 and learn how it foreshadows the darkness Christ endured on the cross. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
Chapter 1: Who is the host of the Bible in a Year podcast?
Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you are listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
Chapter 2: What is the reading plan for Day 55?
Using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 55, and we'll be reading from Numbers chapter 4, Deuteronomy chapter 4. We'll be praying Psalm 88.
Just a quick reminder, the Bible translation that I'm using is the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition, and I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. You can use and follow along with whatever Bible translation you find most helpful. To download your Bible in a Year reading plan, So you can know what day 54 was and what day 56 is going to be.
You can go to ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year and download that for free. You also can subscribe in your podcast app to receive daily episodes. Now let's get a context for the book of Numbers and for Deuteronomy. Remember, Numbers is taking place at the very beginning of the desert wanderings. They have not yet begun the desert wandering yet because they have not yet
Chapter 3: How does the Book of Numbers fit into the story of Israel?
been challenged to go up to take the promised land yet. So this is only 13 months. This is only the second year after the people of Israel have been set free from slavery. So that's the beginning of the desert wanderings while the book of Deuteronomy happens 38 years later after all of the desert wanderings. And so Moses is giving his final speech before he goes off to be with the Lord.
and he dies. So keep that in mind as we hear from Numbers and the story of more issues about census with the Levites, as well as Deuteronomy, where we hear about the rules that Moses is giving the people of Israel after all of their trials and their unfaithfulness and God's faithfulness to them. Today, Numbers chapter 4, Deuteronomy chapter 4, Psalm 88.
Chapter 4: What are the responsibilities of the Levite clans?
The book of Numbers chapter four, the Kohathites. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi by their families and their father's house. from 30 years old up to 50 years old, all who can enter the service to do the work in the tent of meeting. This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, the most holy things.
When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the veil of the screen and cover the Ark of the Covenant with it. Then they shall put on it a covering of goat skin.
and spread over that a cloth all of blue and shall put in its poles and over the table of the bread of the presence they shall spread a cloth of blue and put upon it the plates the dishes for incense the bowls and the flagons for the drink offerings the continual bread also shall be on it
Then they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of goatskin and shall put in its poles. And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand for the light with its lamps, its snuffers, its trays, and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied.
And they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of goatskin and put it upon the carrying frame.
and over the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of goatskin and shall put in its poles and they shall take all the vessels of the service which are used in the sanctuary and put them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of goatskin and put them on the carrying frame
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it. And they shall put on it all the vessels of the altar which are used for the service there, the firepans, the forks, the shovels, and the basins, all the utensils of the altar. And they shall spread upon it a covering of goatskin and shall put in its poles.
And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these." But they must not touch the holy things lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
And Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the continual cereal offering, and the anointing oil with the oversight of all the tabernacle and all that is in it of the sanctuary and its vessels.
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Chapter 5: What does Moses command in Deuteronomy 4?
Moses continued, And now, O Israel, give heed to the statutes and the ordinances which I teach you, and do them, that you may live. And go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, gives you. You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at Baal Peor. For the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive this day. Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land which you are entering to take possession of it.
Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who when they hear all these statutes will say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. For what great nation is there? that has a God so near to it as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call upon him?
And what great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day? Only take heed and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and to your children's children.
Chapter 6: Why should Israel obey God's commandments?
Oh, on the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children so.
And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom. Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form. There was only a voice.
And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments, and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land which you are going over to possess. Therefore, take good heed to yourselves.
Since you saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, beware.
lest you act corruptly by making a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth.
And beware, lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the Lord your God has allotted. to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
But the Lord has taken you and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own possession, as at this day. Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me on your account, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land which the Lord, your God, gives you for an inheritance, for I must die in this land.
I must not go over the Jordan, but you shall go over and take possession of that good land. Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make graven image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you. For the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. Amen. Amen. Amen.
You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed. And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of men's hands, that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. But from there you will seek the Lord your God.
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