October 21, 2024
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Reading along with us in Numbers and 1 Corinthians? Here’s today’s reading:
Numbers 10 (NIV)
The Silver Trumpets
1 The Lord said to Moses: 2“Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out. 3 When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.……Continue Reading
Numbers 10
The trumpets reminded me of the use of school bells. A bell sounds and a mass of people start or stop moving. Different bells for different reasons and to make differnet people aware of things happening. Again God thinking of everything in the guiding and instruction of His people.
and then they set out knowing God has planned everything, is guiding everything, and has thought of everything. Now, just like us, they must choose to have faith and follow!
Numbers 10
Colossians 1-4; Numbers 3-10
Numbers 10.
Numbers 10
Sights, smells and sound would be part of Israelite life, all pointing to God’s presence and guidance for the people. It is interesting that the priests would be the ones blowing the trumpets for gathering, setting out and warfare, further reenforcing that God was part of all of it and that it is not by might or power, but by His Spirit. And how significant this first move was, as they recognized the order they will travel, the fact that they were leaving Sinai where God met with Moses and them in a powerful way and how they were moving now closer to the promised land. And I am not sure what to make of Moses’ request to his father-in-law. I imagine this isn’t about not trusting God, because what is better than God directing the path for Israel. But God also uses human relationships to benefit us too. And having a person around to know the lay of the land makes sense too. I can’t help but wonder if Moses just wanted his father-in-law around and he wanted to give him a reason why he should come. And whether you set out, or whether you settle down, it is always about the Lord.
Numbers 10
God uses trumpets to announce instructions to the Israelites. I often wonder how specific information was relayed to such a large group of people. It is interesting to think about the acoustics of mountains and deserts and water and trumpets.
I thought the same Amy and to what extent it was left to them to determine the different tones or speed of notes.