February 26 Reading

The Back to the Bible OT and NT Together Reading Plan

Numbers 12-14; Mark 5.21-43

In Numbers 12, Mirian and Aaron opposed Moses because of Zipporah, his Cushite wife. They were jealous. Why did God always speak through Moses and not through them? The Lord heard that. Verse 3 described Moses as a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth! Moses did not take opposition by Aaron and Miriam into his own hands. God dealt with Miriam and Aaron. Miriam got leprosy. Aaron begged for her so did Moses since they were all brothers and sister. God told them to isolate Miriam for seven days and she was healed. We should learn to depend on God and not on ourselves to solve our problems, the way Moses did. We should learn to be humble. You have remember Moses led two million people, yet he was humble.
In Numbers 13, God told Moses to get a party of twelve spies one from each tribe to explore Canaan, among them were Joshua (also known as Hoshea) and Caleb. Moses gave Hoshea the name Joshua (v. 16). They were to do a reconnaisance of Canaan and report back to Moses what the land, people, the towns and soil were like.
Verse 26-33 The twelve spies came to Moses and said that that the land was good flowing with milk and honey, meaning crops and vegetation was wonderful, that was
the good news. The bad news was that the people there were powerful and the cities fortified and very large. It would be impossible to conquer the people. They had forgotten who God was and the promises he made to them (Exo 22.27-33), that God's angel would be there with them, and God would send his terror before them so that they could conquer the inhabitants in Canaan. Caleb said that they should go up and posses the land, for they could do it. The ten spies kept on telling the people the bad news, everyone believed them.

In Numbers 14, the people started to grumble against Aaron and Moses. They said it would have been better if they had died in Egypt. Anyway, God had decided that only Joshua and Caleb would enter Canaan Num 14.30.

What can we learn from Numbers 13 and 14? It is through the eyes of faith that all things are possible with God. (Mat 19.26). If the Israelites had faith, they would have reached Canaan which would have taken weeks to get took them 40 years. When we have faith and we obey God things get done if not we WASTE our lives wandering aimlessly like the Israelites. What is the secret of the Christian life, it boils down to two words TRUST and OBEY.


Numbers 12 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Numbers 13 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Numbers 14 with Commentaries, verse by verse


Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 3 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)
Calvin Harmony of the Law Volume 4 Search for the chapter you want with (CTRL F)

Bible Commentaries for Today's Reading Verse by Verse: Mark 5:21-43
This passage is also in Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:41-56
Jesus, the Perfect Servant, in this passage of Mark raised Jairus' daughter healed the woman who was subject to bleeding. Jairus sent some servants to ask Jesus to heal his daughter. On the way to Jairus' house, a woman suffering from bleeding for many years, saw him and had FAITH. She thought if I touched him I would be healed. She touched Him and she was healed immediately. One of the most astounding questions in the Bible is when Jesus said "Who touched me?" What a question! Of course many people were there and had touched Him. But Jesus kept looking around and he saw this woman, came to him trembling, fell at his feet. What about you? Whatever your problem whether it is a physical ailment or a spiritual one, you can touch Him and have Him touch you.
Click this link then listen to the audio HE Touched Me
Lyrics for He Touched Me
Some servants came and told Jesus when he was talking to the woman that Jairus' daughter had died. They told Hum not to come. But Jesus said "Do not be afraid; just believe." He took Peter, James and John with Him to Jairus' house. At the house he told the people that she was only sleeping. Little did they knew that Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life. He raised from the dead and told them not to tell anyone what happened and gave her something to eat.


Stedman on Mark 5:21 - 6:6
David Hoke sermon on Faith


More Links in Mark
Dan Hill on Mark
Ray Stedman on Mark
Jeff Miller on Mark
Chadwick on Mark
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Sermons on Mark by Ryle, Spurgeon, and Whitefield
John Piper Sermon's on Mark

Jesus Saves
This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.