Old Testament Daily Bible Verse

In this daily Bible reading Moses retells the 10 Commandments to the people, the children of those who originally were given the 10 Commandments. Moses then says the following:  “These words which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.  You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when…

In this daily Bible reading Moses continues to instruct the people on how they are to conduct themselves in the land they will occupy. Moses reiterated they are God’s chosen people out of all the Earth. As such they were to obey God’s commands and worship Him. If they did so they would prosper and live long in the land. However, if they did not obey God, God would remove them from the land and…

In this daily Bible reading Moses continues to summarize Israel’s Exodus journey from Egypt. Moses also told them how God orchestrated and enabled them to defeat the Amorites and take their land on the east side of the Jordan River. Israel had destroyed all the men, women, and children but kept the livestock. God wanted this total destruction so that the indigenous population would not corrupt Israel.  Israel then occupied their cities. God demonstrated how…

In this daily Bible reading Moses tells the people about the events beginning 40 years prior to their planned entry into the promised land. He was speaking to the grown children of those who had left Egypt. Their parents had died during the Exodus journey. Moses told them how their parents resisted entering the promised land because they were afraid of the inhabitants. They did not trust God to help them, even though they had…

In this daily Bible reading God instructs Moses to tell Israel to drive out all the inhabitants of the land they will possess and to destroy all their religious items: Images, high places, artifacts. God said that if anybody remained, they would become “as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land in which you live. And it shall come about that as I plan…

In this daily Bible reading is the account of Moses allowing the tribes of Gad, Reuben and the half tribe of Manasseh to take possession of the land Israel conquered east of the Jordan River. However, they would still be required to help Israel conquer all the land west of the Jordan River. Moses said to them, “If you will not do so, behold you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin…

In this daily Bible reading God commands Moses to take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites. The Midianites had corrupted many Israelis, using their women to lead the Israeli men astray to worship the Midianite deities or demons. The Midianites purposely did this at the advice the prophet Balaam. So, Moses sent 12,000 warriors, 1000 from each tribe, to destroy the Midianites. Israel killed all the Midianite men but spared some…

In this daily Bible reading God instructs Moses on the feasts that Israel was to observe when they occupied the promised land. I believe these feasts served the purpose of keeping God in mind for Israel. They also provided a forum for atoning sacrifices for the sins of the people, so that God could be near to them. Later, when Israel turned away from God, it was largely because they stopped observing these feasts. They…

In this daily Bible reading is the account of God instructing Moses regarding dividing the promised land among the tribes of Israel. The land was to be apportioned according to the size of each tribe. The size of each tribe was determined by the census taken at the end of the Exodus journey. God also pointed out to Moses that none of the people who had previously refused to occupy the land would be entering…

In this daily Bible reading God told Moses and Eleazar, the son of Aaron, to take a census of Israel of all the males 20 years old and upward, those able to go out to war. Here are the results: Reuben – 43,730               Ephraim – 32,500 Simeon – 22,200               Benjamin – 45,600              Gad – 40,500                      Dan – 64,400 Judah – 76,500                  Asher – 53,400 Zebulun – 60,500              Naphtali – 45,400 Manasseh – 52,700           Issachar…