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In the second month after Israel had come out of Egypt The LORD told Moses to conduct a census of each tribe. There were a total of just over 600,000 males over age 20. The tribes and the Levites were organized according to the instructions of The LORD.
Some laws are given and chapter six closes with a blessing. Many offerings are made and instruction is given to Moses regarding the Levites. Now in their second year since leaving Egypt, the Israelites started their journey following a cloud that The LORD provided.
The LORD had provided manna for food and when the Israelites continued to complain he provided quail. He was angry with their mutterings and some died as a result of his anger. Moses appointed 70 Elders. Miriam and Aaron rebelled against Moses and were punished by The LORD.
Spies were sent to search out the promised land. When they returned, Caleb was in favor of going into the land but the others were afraid of the inhabitants and were opposed to going in. This angered The LORD and he said none of those, except for Caleb and Joshua, who had been numbered in the census would live to see the promised land, Canaan.
Years passed and the Israelites wandered in the wilderness with GOD always near at hand. Aaron dies, another census is taken and about the same number were counted as were when the first census was taken. By now, almost all of those who were then older than 20 are now dead.
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GOD'S WIFE? H/T Chuck
An eye witness account from New York City , on a cold day in December, some years ago:
A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold.
A lady approached the young boy and said, 'My, but you're in such deep thought staring in that window!'
'I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,' was the boys reply.
The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her.
She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel.
By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes.
She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, 'No doubt, you will be more comfortable now.'
As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her.'Are you God's wife?'
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MUSIC LINK, Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSc1205qlX8
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In the second month after Israel had come out of Egypt The LORD told Moses to conduct a census of each tribe. There were a total of just over 600,000 males over age 20. The tribes and the Levites were organized according to the instructions of The LORD.
Some laws are given and chapter six closes with a blessing. Many offerings are made and instruction is given to Moses regarding the Levites. Now in their second year since leaving Egypt, the Israelites started their journey following a cloud that The LORD provided.
The LORD had provided manna for food and when the Israelites continued to complain he provided quail. He was angry with their mutterings and some died as a result of his anger. Moses appointed 70 Elders. Miriam and Aaron rebelled against Moses and were punished by The LORD.
Spies were sent to search out the promised land. When they returned, Caleb was in favor of going into the land but the others were afraid of the inhabitants and were opposed to going in. This angered The LORD and he said none of those, except for Caleb and Joshua, who had been numbered in the census would live to see the promised land, Canaan.
Years passed and the Israelites wandered in the wilderness with GOD always near at hand. Aaron dies, another census is taken and about the same number were counted as were when the first census was taken. By now, almost all of those who were then older than 20 are now dead.
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GOD'S WIFE? H/T Chuck
An eye witness account from New York City , on a cold day in December, some years ago:
A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold.
A lady approached the young boy and said, 'My, but you're in such deep thought staring in that window!'
'I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,' was the boys reply.
The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her.
She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel.
By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes.
She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, 'No doubt, you will be more comfortable now.'
As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her.'Are you God's wife?'
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MUSIC LINK, Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSc1205qlX8
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