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The following is part of a personal project that can help students of the Bible to get a bigger picture of what each book of the Bible contains. I like the passage lookup feature that allows you to see the verse quickly!

 

     Chapter 1

 

The Lord appoints Joshua to succeed Moses – Joshua 1:1-2

The borders of the Promised Land – Joshua 1:3

God promises to assist Joshua – Joshua 1:5

He gives him instructions – Joshua 1:7

Joshua prepares the people to pass over Jordan – Joshua 1:10-11

Joshua reminds the two and a half tribes of their promise to Moses – Joshua 1:12

They pledge allegiance – Joshua 1:16

 

     Chapter 2

 

Two spies are sent from Shittim and Rahab aids them – Joshua 2:1

They make a covenant with Rahab – Joshua 2:8

They return to Joshua and relate their experience – Joshua 2:23

 

     Chapter 3

 

Joshua comes to Jordan – Joshua 3:1-2

The officers instruct the people – Joshua 3:3

The Lord encourages Joshua – Joshua 3:7

Joshua encourages the people – Joshua 3:9-10

The waters of Jordan are divided – Joshua 3:14

 

     Chapter 4

 

Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones out of Jordan for a memorial – Joshua 4:1-2

Twelve other stones are set up in the midst of Jordan – Joshua 4:9

The people pass over – Joshua 4:10

God magnifies Joshua – Joshua 4:14

The twelve stones are set up in Gilgal – Joshua 4:20

 

     Chapter 5

 

The Canaanites are afraid – Joshua 5:1

Joshua renews circumcision – Joshua 5:2

The passover is kept at Gilgal – Joshua 5:10

Manna ceases – Joshua 5:12

An angel appears to Joshua – Joshua 5:13-14

 

     Chapter 6

 

Jericho is surrounded – Joshua 6:1

God instructs Joshua how to besiege it – Joshua 6:2

They march around the city – Joshua 6:12

It must be devoted to God for destruction – Joshua 6:17

The walls fall down – Joshua 6:20

Rahab is saved according to the spies’ promise – Joshua 6:23

The restorer of Jericho is cursed – Joshua 6:26

 

     Chapter 7

 

The Israelites are defeated at Ai – Joshua 7:1

Joshua’s complaint – Joshua 7:6

God instructs him – Joshua 7:10-11

Achan is taken by lot – Joshua 7:16

His confession – Joshua 7:19

Achan and all his possessions are destroyed in the valley of Achor – Joshua 7:22

 

     Chapter 8

 

God encourages Joshua – Joshua 8:1-2

The stratagem whereby Ai was taken – Joshua 8:3

The king of Ai is hanged – Joshua 8:29

Joshua builds an altar – Joshua 8:30

writes the law on stones – Joshua 8:32

and propounds blessings and cursings – Joshua 8:33

 

     Chapter 9

 

The kings combine against Israel – Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites obtain a treaty through deception – Joshua 9:3-4

They are condemned to perpetual bondage – Joshua 9:22

 

     Chapter 10

 

Five kings war against Gibeon – Joshua 10:1

Joshua goes to the rescue – Joshua 10:6

God fights against the Amorites with hailstones – Joshua 10:10

The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua – Joshua 10:12

The five kings hide in a cave – Joshua 10:15

They are brought forth, and humbled before the people – Joshua 10:22

and hanged – Joshua 10:26

Seven kings more are conquered – Joshua 10:28

Joshua returns to Gilgal – Joshua 10:43

 

     Chapter 11

 

The enemy kings are overcome at the waters of Merom – Joshua 11:1

Hazor is taken and burned – Joshua 11:10

All the country taken by Joshua – Joshua 11:16

The Anakims are slain – Joshua 11:21

 

     Chapter 12

 

The kingdoms of Sihon and Og beyond Jordan – Joshua 12:1

Thirty-one kings beyond Jordan defeated by Joshua – Joshua 12:9-10

 

     Chapter 13

 

The bounds of the land not yet conquered – Joshua 13:1

The inheritance beyond Jordan of the two tribes and a half – Joshua 13:8

The Lord’s sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi – Joshua 13:14

The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben – Joshua 13:15

Balaam slain – Joshua 13:22

The bounds of the inheritance of Gad – Joshua 13:24

and of the half tribe of Manasseh – Joshua 13:29

 

     Chapter 14

 

The nine tribes and a half are to have their inheritance by lot – Joshua 14:1

Caleb obtains Hebron – Joshua 14:6

 

     Chapter 15

 

The borders of Judah’s portion – Joshua 15:1

Othniel takes Kirjath-sepher and marries Achsah, Caleb’s daughter – Joshua 15:16

She obtains a blessing from her father – Joshua 15:18

The cities of Judah – Joshua 15:20

The Jebusites not conquered – Joshua 15:63

 

     Chapter 16

 

The general borders of the sons of Joseph – Joshua 16:1

The border of the inheritance of Ephraim – Joshua 16:5

The Canaanites not conquered – Joshua 16:10

 

     Chapter 17

 

The lot of Manasseh – Joshua 17:1

Manasseh’s boundaries – Joshua 17:7

The Canaanites not driven out – Joshua 17:12

The children of Joseph obtain another portion – Joshua 17:14

 

     Chapter 18

 

The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh – Joshua 18:1

The remainder of the land is described, and divided into seven parts – Joshua 18:2

Joshua divides it by lot – Joshua 18:10

The lot and border of Benjamin – Joshua 18:11

Benjamin’s cities – Joshua 18:21

 

     Chapter 19

 

The lot of Simeon – Joshua 19:1

of Zebulun – Joshua 19:10

of Issachar – Joshua 19:17

Of Asher – Joshua 19:24

of Naphtali – Joshua 19:32

of Dan – Joshua 19:40

Joshua’s inheritance given him by the children of Israel – Joshua 19:50

 

     Chapter 20

 

God commands – Joshua 20:1-2

and the children of Israel appoint the six cities of refuge – Joshua 20:7

 

     Chapter 21

 

Forty-eight cities given by lot, out of the other tribes, unto the Levites – Joshua 21:1

God gives the land to the Israelites, and they rest according to His promise – Joshua 21:43

 

     Chapter 22

 

The two tribes and a half are sent home with a blessing – Joshua 22:1-2

They build the altar of testimony, in their journey – Joshua 22:10

thus offending their brethren – Joshua 22:11

The Israelites send Eleazar to protest their defection – Joshua 22:15

Their act is satisfactorily explained – Joshua 22:21

 

     Chapter 23

 

Joshua’s exhortation before his death – Joshua 23:1-2

He cites God’s benefits – Joshua 23:3

and promises – Joshua 23:5

and warns against forsaking God – Joshua 23:11

 

     Chapter 24

 

Joshua assembles the tribes at Shechem – Joshua 24:1

A brief history of God’s benefits – Joshua 24:2

He renews their covenant with God – Joshua 24:14-15

Joshua’s age, death and burial – Joshua 24:29

Joseph’s bones are buried – Joshua 24:32

Eleazar dies – Joshua 24:33

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This week I was thinking about Craig’s comments about the honor code at the medical college and it made me consider the quality of integrity. People always talk about it but we can’t always get a handle on just what it is. John Maxwell has some wise words on the topic:

 

Integrity is important in building relationships. It is the foundation upon which success is built, along with respect, dignity and trust. If integrity is weak, success is impossible. I believe integrity is about the small things, often when no one is watching. Sort of like king David talking about the kind of shepherd he was when no one was looking (1 Samuel 17:34-37). We would not even have this story had David not revealed it! He was alone, and his true character was shining. It might have been too easy to say, “It’s only one sheep, why risk my life over one stinkin’ sheep?” David had integrity.

 

Consider these thoughts on integrity:

 

Integrity is not determined by circumstance: like your household or your upbringing. Circumstances are as responsible for your character as a mirror is for your looks… who you see only reflects who you are.

 

Integrity is not based on credentials: some people want to be judged not on who they really are but on some status they have achieved. These guys want to lead out of their credentials rather than the strength of their character. No title, degree, award or license can be a substitute for one’s character.

 

Integrity is not to be confused with reputation: Solomon once said that a good name is more desirable than great riches (Proverbs 22:1). D. L Moody once said that if I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. We will struggle with maintaining our integrity if we do all the right things from the outside (without a changed inner strength).

 

Questions to help measure your integrity:

1. How well do I treat people if I gain nothing?
2. Am I transparent to others?
3. Do I role-play based on the person I’m with?
4. Am I the same person in the spotlight as I am when I’m alone?
5. Do I quickly admit to wrongdoing without being forced to do so?
6. Do I put people ahead of my personal agenda?
7. Do I have an unchanging standard for moral decisions, or do circumstances determine my choices?
8. Do I make difficult decisions, even when they have a personal cost attached to them?
9. When I have something to say about people, do I talk to them or about them?
10. Am I accountable to at least one other person for what I think, say or do?

 

Do what you should before you do what you want: Zig Ziglar once said, “When you do the things you have to do when you have to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them.” If you know what you stand for and act accordingly, people will trust you! Great advice from a visionary leader.

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The following is part of a personal project that can help students of the Bible to get a bigger picture of what each book of the Bible contains. I like the passage lookup feature that allows you to see the verse quickly!

 

     Chapter 1

 

Moses’ speech, in the fortieth year, briefly reviewing the story – Deut 1:1

of God’s promise, and of giving them officers – Deut 1:6

of sending the spies to search the land – Deut 1:19

of God’s anger at their incredulity and disobedience – Deut 1:34

 

     Chapter 2

 

The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites – Deut 2:1

nor with the Moabites – Deut 2:9

nor with the Ammonites – Deut 2:17-18

but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them – Deut 2:24

 

     Chapter 3

 

The story of the conquest of Og, king of Bashan – Deut 3:1

The distribution of his lands to the two tribes and a half – Deut 3:12

Moses’ prayer to enter into the land – Deut 3:23-24

He is permitted to see it – Deut 3:26

 

     Chapter 4

 

An exhortation to obedience – Deut 4:1

Moses appoints the three cities of refuge beyond Jordan – Deut 4:41

 

     Chapter 5

 

The covenant in Horeb – Deut 5:1

The ten commandments – Deut 5:6

At the people’s request Moses receives the law from God – Deut 5:22

 

     Chapter 6

 

The purpose of the law and an exhortation to obey it – Deut 6:1

 

     Chapter 7

 

All communion with other nations is forbidden – Deut 7:1

for fear of idolatry – Deut 7:4

for the holiness of the people – Deut 7:6

for the nature of God in His mercy and justice – Deut 7:9

for the assuredness of victory – Deut 7:17

 

     Chapter 8

 

An exhortation to obedience and remembrance – Deut 8:1

 

     Chapter 9

 

Moses changes their opinion of their own righteousness by recalling their numerous rebellions – Deut 9:1

 

     Chapter 10

 

God’s mercy in restoring the two tables – Deut 10:1

in continuing the priesthood – Deut 10:6

in separating the tribe of Levi – Deut 10:8

in hearing Moses’ plea for the people – Deut 10:10

 

     Chapter 11

 

An exhortation to obey the commandments – Deut 11:1

by their own experience of God’s great works – Deut 11:2

by promise of God’s great blessings – Deut 11:8

and by threatenings – Deut 11:16-17

A careful study of God’s words is required – Deut 11:18

A blessing and a curse are set before them – Deut 11:26

 

     Chapter 12

 

Monuments of idolatry are to be destroyed – Deut 12:1

The place of God’s service is to be kept – Deut 12:5

Blood is forbidden – Deut 12:15

Holy things must be eaten in the holy place – Deut 12:17

The Levite is not to be forsaken – Deut 12:19

Idolatry is not to be practiced – Deut 12:29

 

     Chapter 13

 

Enticers to idolatry – Deut 13:1-2

however near – Deut 13:6

are to be stoned to death – Deut 13:9-10

Idolatrous cities are not to be spared – Deut 13:12-13

 

     Chapter 14

 

God’s children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning – Deut 14:1

What may, and what may not be eaten – Deut 14:3

of beasts – Deut 14:4

of fishes – Deut 14:9

of fowls – Deut 14:11

That which dies of itself may not be eaten – Deut 14:21

Tithes of divine service – Deut 14:22

Tithes and firstlings eaten before the Lord – Deut 14:23

In the third year tithe of alms – Deut 14:28

 

     Chapter 15

 

In the seventh year release for the poor – Deut 15:1

Sending or giving to the needy must continue – Deut 15:7

A Hebrew slave – Deut 15:12

unless he will not leave, must in the seventh year go forth free and well provisioned – Deut 15:13

 

     Chapter 16

 

The feast of the Passover – Deut 16:1

of weeks – Deut 16:9

of tabernacles – Deut 16:13

Every male must offer at these three feasts, according to his blessing from the Lord – Deut 16:16

Of judges and justice – Deut 16:18

Groves and images are forbidden the people – Deut 16:21

 

     Chapter 17

 

The things sacrificed must be sound – Deut 17:1

Idolaters must be slain – Deut 17:2

Hard controversies are to be ruled up on by the priests and judges – Deut 17:8

The condemner of their decision must die – Deut 17:12

The election and duty of a king – Deut 17:14

He shall be guided by the law of the Lord – Deut 17:18

 

     Chapter 18

 

The rightful dues of the priests and Levites are the offerings to the Lord – Deut 18:1

The priest’s due and the Levite’s portion – Deut 18:3

The abominations of the nations are to be avoided – Deut 18:9

Christ the Prophet is foretold. The people are to hearken unto Him – Deut 18:15

God commands that the presumptuous prophet is to die – Deut 18:20

 

     Chapter 19

 

The cities of refuge – Deut 19:1

These are provided for the man who kills another unintentionally – Deut 19:4

The neighbor’s landmark is not to be removed – Deut 19:14

Two witnesses, at least, required – Deut 19:15

The punishment of a false witness – Deut 19:16-17

 

     Chapter 20

 

The priest’s exhortation to encourage the people to battle – Deut 20:1

Men who are to be dismissed from the war – Deut 20:5

What to do to the cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of peace – Deut 20:10

What cities must be dedicated – Deut 20:16-17

Man’s food trees must not be destroyed – Deut 20:19

 

     Chapter 21

 

The expiation of an uncertain murder – Deut 21:1

The treatment of a captive taken for a wife – Deut 21:10

The firstborn is not to be disinherited on private preference – Deut 21:15

A stubborn son shall be stoned to death – Deut 21:18

The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree – Deut 21:22-23

 

     Chapter 22

 

Of humanity toward brethren – Deut 22:1

The sex is to be distinguished by apparel – Deut 22:5

The dam is not to be taken with her young ones – Deut 22:6

The house must have battlements – Deut 22:8

Confusion is to be avoided – Deut 22:9

Fringes upon the vesture – Deut 22:12

The punishment of the one who slanders his wife – Deut 22:13

Of adultery – Deut 22:20

of rape – Deut 22:25

and of fornication – Deut 22:28-29

Incest – Deut 22:30

 

     Chapter 23

 

Who may or may not enter into the congregation – Deut 23:1

Uncleanness to be avoided in the host – Deut 23:9

Of filthiness – Deut 23:11

Of the fugitive servant – Deut 23:15

Of abominable sacrifices – Deut 23:18

Of usury – Deut 23:19

Of vows – Deut 23:21

Of trespasses – Deut 23:24

 

     Chapter 24

 

Of divorce – Deut 24:1

A newly married man goes not to war – Deut 24:5

Of pledges – Deut 24:6

Of kidnappers- Deut 24:7

Of leprosy – Deut 24:8

Wages are to be given to the hired servant – Deut 24:14

Of justice – Deut 24:16

Of charity toward the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow – Deut 24:19

 

     Chapter 25

 

A condemned man must not be beaten with more than forty stripes – Deut 25:1

The ox is not to be muzzled – Deut 25:4

Of raising seed unto a brother – Deut 25:5

Of the immodest woman – Deut 25:11-12

Of unjust weights – Deut 25:13

The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out – Deut 25:17

 

     Chapter 26

 

The confession of him that offers the basket of firstfruits – Deut 26:1

The prayer of him that gives his third year tithes – Deut 26:12

The covenant between God and the people – Deut 26:16

 

     Chapter 27

 

The people are commanded to write the law upon stones – Deut 27:1

and to build an altar of whole stones – Deut 27:5

The tribes divided on Gerizim and Ebal – Deut 27:11

The curses pronounced on Mount Ebal – Deut 27:14

 

     Chapter 28

 

The blessings for obedience – Deut 28:1

The curses for disobedience – Deut 28:15

 

     Chapter 29

 

Moses exhorts them to obedience – Deut 29:1

All are presented before the Lord to enter into His covenant – Deut 29:10

The great wrath on him who prides himself in his wickedness – Deut 29:18

Secret things belong unto God – Deut 29:29

 

     Chapter 30

 

Great mercies promised to the repentant – Deut 30:1

The commandment is not hard – Deut 30:11

Death and life are set before them – Deut 30:15

 

     Chapter 31

 

Moses encourages the people – Deut 31:1-2

He encourages Joshua – Deut 31:7

He delivers the law unto the priests – Deut 31:9

God gives a charge to Joshua – Deut 31:14

and a song to testify against the people – Deut 31:19

Moses delivers the book of the law to the Levites, and makes a declaration to the elders – Deut 31:24-25

 

     Chapter 32

 

Moses’ song which sets forth God’s mercy and vengeance – Deut 32:1

He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it – Deut 32:46

God sends him up to Mount Nebo, to see the land, and die – Deut 32:48-49

 

     Chapter 33

 

The blessings of the twelve tribes – Deut 33:1

The everlasting arms of the eternal God – Deut 33:26

 

     Chapter 34

 

Moses views the land from Mount Nebo – Deut 34:1

He dies in the land of Moab – Deut 34:5

His burial – Deut 34:6

His age – Deut 34:7

Thirty days’ mourning for him – Deut 34:8

Joshua succeeds him – Deut 34:9

The praise of Moses – Deut 34:10

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The following is part of a personal project that can help students of the Bible to get a bigger picture of what each book of the Bible contains. I like the passage lookup feature that allows you to see the verse quickly!

 

     Chapter 1

 

God commands Moses to number the people – Numbers 1:1-2

The princes and numbering of the tribes – Numbers 1:5

The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord – Numbers 1:47

 

     Chapter 2

 

The order of the tribes in their tents – Numbers 2:1-2

 

     Chapter 3

 

The sons of Aaron – Numbers 3:1-2

The Levites are given to the priest for the service of the tabernacle – Numbers 3:5

instead of the firstborn – Numbers 3:11

The Levites are numbered by their families – Numbers 3:14

The families, number and charge of the Gershonites – Numbers 3:21

of the Kohathites and the Merarites – Numbers 3:27

The place and charge of Moses and Aaron – Numbers 3:38

The firstborn are freed by the Levites – Numbers 3:40

The surplus of the firstborn are redeemed – Numbers 3:44

 

     Chapter 4

 

The age and time of the Levites’ service – Numbers 4:1-2

The service of the Kohathites – Numbers 4:4

The charge of Eleazar – Numbers 4:16

The office of the priests – Numbers 4:17

The service of the Gershonites – Numbers 4:21

The service of the Merarites – Numbers 4:29

The number of the Kohathites – Numbers 4:34

of the Gershonites – Numbers 4:38

and of the Merarites – Numbers 4:42

 

     Chapter 5

 

The unclean are removed out of the camp – Numbers 5:1-2

Restitution is to be made in trespasses – Numbers 5:5-6

The trial of jealousy – Numbers 5:11-12

 

     Chapter 6

 

The law of the Nazarites – Numbers 6:1-2

The form of blessing the people – Numbers 6:22-23

 

     Chapter 7

 

The offering of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle – Numbers 7:1-2

Their several offerings at the dedication of the altar – Numbers 7:10

God speaks to Moses from the mercy seat – Numbers 7:89

 

     Chapter 8

 

How the seven lamps are to be lighted – Numbers 8:1-2

The consecration of the Levites – Numbers 8:5-6

The age and time of their service – Numbers 8:23-24

 

     Chapter 9

 

The Passover is commanded again – Numbers 9:1-2

A second Passover allowed for them that were unclean or absent – Numbers 9:6

The cloud guides the movements of the camp – Numbers 9:15

 

     Chapter 10

 

The use of the silver trumpets – Numbers 10:1-2

The Israelites remove from Sinai to Paran – Numbers 10:11

The order of their march – Numbers 10:14

Hobab is entreated by Moses not to leave them – Numbers 10:29

The blessing of Moses at the removing and resting of the ark – Numbers 10:33

 

     Chapter 11

 

Moses’ prayer stops the burning at Taberah – Numbers 11:1-2

The people lust for flesh and loathe manna – Numbers 11:4

Moses complains of his charge – Numbers 11:10

God divides his burden among seventy elders – Numbers 11:16

Quails are given – Numbers 11:31

 

     Chapter 12

 

God rebukes the sedition of Miriam and Aaron – Numbers 12:1-2

Miriam’s leprosy is healed though God commands her to be shut out of the host – Numbers 12:10

 

     Chapter 13

 

The men who were sent to search out the land – Numbers 13:1-2

Their instructions – Numbers 13:17

Their acts – Numbers 13:21

Their unfavorable report – Numbers 13:26

 

     Chapter 14

 

The people murmur at the news – Numbers 14:1-2

Moses pleads with God and obtains pardon – Numbers 14:13

The murmurers are forbidden to enter into the land – Numbers 14:26-27

The men who brought the unfavorable report die by a plague – Numbers 14:36

The people who want to invade the land against the will of God are smitten – Numbers 14:40

 

     Chapter 15

 

The law of the meal offering and the drink offering – Numbers 15:1-2

The stranger is under the same law – Numbers 15:13

The law of the first of the dough for a heave offering – Numbers 15:17-18

The sacrifice for the sin of ignorance – Numbers 15:22

The punishment of the presumptuous person – Numbers 15:30

The man who violated the Sabbath is stoned – Numbers 15:32

The law of wearing fringes as a remembrance – Numbers 15:37-38

 

     Chapter 16

 

The rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram – Numbers 16:1-2

Moses separates the people from the rebels’ tents – Numbers 16:23-24

The earth swallows up Korah, and a fire consumes others – Numbers 16:31

The censers are reserved for holy use – Numbers 16:36-37

Fourteen thousand and seven hundred are slain by a plague for murmuring against Moses and Aaron – Numbers 16:41

Aaron by incense stays the plague – Numbers 16:46

 

     Chapter 17

 

Of all the rods, only Aaron’s flourishes – Numbers 17:1-2

 

     Chapter 18

 

The charge of the priest and Levites – Numbers 18:1-2

The priests’ portion – Numbers 18:9

The Levites’ portion – Numbers 18:21

The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites’ portion  - Numbers 18:25

 

     Chapter 19

 

The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer – Numbers 19:1-2

The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean – Numbers 19:11

 

     Chapter 20

 

The Israelites come to Zin, where Miriam dies – Numbers 20:1-2

They murmur for want of water – Numbers 20:2

Moses, smiting the rock, brings forth water at Meribah – Numbers 20:7-8

Moses at Kadesh desires passage through Edom, which is denied him – Numbers 20:14

At Mount Hor Aaron resigns his place to Eleazar, and dies – Numbers 20:22

 

     Chapter 21

 

The Israelites, with some loss, destroy the Canaanites at Hormah – Numbers 21:1-2

The people, murmuring, are plagued with fiery serpents – Numbers 21:4

Repenting, they are healed by a brazen serpent – Numbers 21:7

Various journeys of the Israelites – Numbers 21:10

Sihon is overcome – Numbers 21:21

Og is defeated – Numbers 21:33

 

     Chapter 22

 

Balak’s first message for Balaam is refused – Numbers 22:1-2

After a second message from Balak, Balaam goes with the Moabite princes – Numbers 22:15

An angel would have slain him, if his ass had not saved him – Numbers 22:22

Balak entertains him – Numbers 22:36

 

     Chapter 23

 

Balak’s sacrifice – Numbers 23:1-2

Balaam’s parable – Numbers 23:7

 

     Chapter 24

 

Balaam, leaving divination, prophesies the happiness of Israel – Numbers 24:1-2

Balak in anger dismisses him – Numbers 24:10

He prophesies of the star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations – Numbers 24:15

 

     Chapter 25

 

The Israelites commit idolatry at Shittim – Numbers 25:1-2

Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi – Numbers 25:6

God therefore gives him an everlasting priesthood – Numbers 25:10-11

The Midianites are to be vexed – Numbers 25:16-17

 

     Chapter 26

 

The sum of all Israel is taken – Numbers 26:1-2

The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land – Numbers 26:52

The families and number of the Levites – Numbers 26:57

None were left of those who were numbered at Sinai except Caleb and Joshua – Numbers 26:63

 

     Chapter 27

 

The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance – Numbers 27:1-2

The law of inheritances – Numbers 27:6-7

Moses is told of his death – Numbers 27:12

He asks God to appoint his successor – Numbers 27:15-16

Joshua is named – Numbers 27:18

 

     Chapter 28

 

Offerings are to be observed – Numbers 28:1-2

The continual burnt offering – Numbers 28:3

The offering on the Sabbath – Numbers 28:9

at the new moons – Numbers 28:11

on the observance of the Passover – Numbers 28:16

and in the day of first fruits at the feast of weeks – Numbers 28:26

 

     Chapter 29

 

The offering at the feast of trumpets – Numbers 29:1-2

at the day of afflicting their souls – Numbers 29:7

and on the eight days of the feast of tabernacles – Numbers 29:13

 

     Chapter 30

 

Vows are not to be broken – Numbers 30:1-2

The exception of a maid’s vow – Numbers 30:3

Of a wife’s – Numbers 30:6

Of a widow’s, or her that is divorced – Numbers 30:9

 

     Chapter 31

 

The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain – Numbers 31:1-2

Moses is angry with the officers for saving the women alive – Numbers 31:13

How the soldiers with their captives and spoil are to be purified – Numbers 31:19

The proportion whereby the prey is to be divided – Numbers 31:25-26

The voluntary offering – Numbers 31:48-49

 

     Chapter 32

 

The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance beyond Jordan – Numbers 32:1-2

Moses reproves them – Numbers 32:6

They offer conditions which are satisfactory to him – Numbers 32:16

Moses assigns them the land – Numbers 32:33

They conquer it – Numbers 32:39

 

     Chapter 33

 

Forty-two journeys of the Israelites – Numbers 33:1

The Canaanites are to be destroyed – Numbers 33:50

 

     Chapter 34

 

The borders of the land – Numbers 34:1-2

The names of the men who will divide the land – Numbers 34:16-17

 

     Chapter 35

 

Forty-eight Levitical cities – Numbers 35:1

Six are to be cities of refuge – Numbers 35:6

The laws of murder – Numbers 35:9-10

No satisfaction for murder – Numbers 35:31

 

     Chapter 36

 

The problem of the inheritance of daughters – Numbers 36:1

is solved by their marrying in their own tribes – Numbers 36:5

lest the inheritance be taken from the tribe – Numbers 36:7

The daughters of Zelophehad marry their father’s brothers’ sons – Numbers 36:10-11

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The following is part of a personal project that can help students of the Bible to get a bigger picture of what each book of the Bible contains. I like the passage lookup feature that allows you to see the verse quickly!  

 

     Chapter 1

 

The burnt offerings – Leviticus 1:1-2

Of the herd – Leviticus 1:3

of the flocks, and the fowls – Leviticus 1:10

 

     Chapter 2

 

The meal offering of flour with oil and incense is either baked in the oven – Leviticus 2:1-2

or on a plate, or in a frying pan – Leviticus 2:5

The first fruits in the ear – Leviticus 2:12

The salt of the meal offering – Leviticus 2:13

 

     Chapter 3

 

The meal offering of the herd – Leviticus 3:1

of the flock – Leviticus 3:6

either a lamb – Leviticus 3:7

or a goat – Leviticus 3:12

 

     Chapter 4

 

The sin offering of ignorance – Leviticus 4:1-2

for the priest – Leviticus 4:3

for the congregation – Leviticus 4:13

for the ruler – Leviticus 4:22

for any of the people – Leviticus 4:27

 

     Chapter 5

 

He that sins in concealing his knowledge – Leviticus 5:1

in touching an unclean thing – Leviticus 5:2

or in making an oath – Leviticus 5:4

His trespass offering, of the flock – Leviticus 5:6

of fowls – Leviticus 5:7

or of flour – Leviticus 5:11

The trespass offering in sacrilege – Leviticus 5:14

and in sins of ignorance – Leviticus 5:17

 

     Chapter 6

 

The trespass offering for sins done knowingly – Leviticus 6:1-2

The law of the burnt offering – Leviticus 6:8

and of the meal offering – Leviticus 6:14

The offering at the consecration of a priest – Leviticus 6:19

The law of the sin offering – Leviticus 6:24

 

     Chapter 7

 

The law of the trespass offering, and of the peace offerings – Leviticus 7:1-2

whether it be for a thanksgiving – Leviticus 7:12

or a vow, or a freewill offering – Leviticus 7:16

The fat is forbidden – Leviticus 7:22-23

The blood is forbidden – Leviticus 7:26

The priests’ portion in the peace offerings – Leviticus 7:28-29

 

     Chapter 8

 

Moses consecrates Aaron and his sons – Leviticus 8:1-2

Their sin offering – Leviticus 8:14

Their burnt offering – Leviticus 8:18

The ram of consecration – Leviticus 8:22

The place and time of their consecration – Leviticus 8:31

 

     Chapter 9

 

The first offerings of Aaron – Leviticus 9:1

The sin offering and the burnt offering for himself – Leviticus 9:8

The offerings for the people – Leviticus 9:15

Fire from the Lord comes upon the altar – Leviticus 9:24

 

     Chapter 10

 

Nadab and Abihu, for offering of strange fire, are burnt – Leviticus 10:1

Aaron and his sons are forbidden to mourn for them – Leviticus 10:6

The priests are forbidden wine when they are to go into the tabernacle – Leviticus 10:8-9

The law of eating the holy things – Leviticus 10:12

Aaron’s excuse appeases the anger of Moses – Leviticus 10:16

 

     Chapter 11

 

What beast may – Leviticus 11:1-2

and what may not be eaten – Leviticus 11:4

What fishes – Leviticus 11:9

What fowls – Leviticus 11:13

The creeping things which are unclean – Leviticus 11:29

 

     Chapter 12

 

The purification of women after childbirth – Leviticus 12:1-2

Her offerings for her purifying – Leviticus 12:6

 

     Chapter 13

 

The laws and tokens whereby the priest is to be guided in discerning leprosy – Leviticus 13:1-2

 

     Chapter 14

 

The rites and sacrifices in cleansing of the leper – Leviticus 14:1-2

The signs of leprosy in a house, and the cleansing thereof – Leviticus 14:33-34

 

     Chapter 15

 

The uncleanness of men in their issues – Leviticus 15:1-2

The cleansing of them – Leviticus 15:13

The uncleanness of women in their issues – Leviticus 15:20

Their cleansing – Leviticus 15:28

 

     Chapter 16

 

How the high priest must enter into the holy place – Leviticus 16:1-2

The sin offering for himself – Leviticus 16:11

The sin offering for the people – Leviticus 16:15

The yearly feast of atonement – Leviticus 16:29

 

     Chapter 17

 

The blood of all slain beasts must be offered to the Lord at the door of the tabernacle – Leviticus 17:1-2

They must not offer to devils – Leviticus 17:7

All eating of blood is forbidden – Leviticus 17:10

Beasts that die alone, or are torn – Leviticus 17:15

 

     Chapter 18

 

Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts – Leviticus 18:1-2

 

     Chapter 19

 

A repetition of various laws – Leviticus 19:1-2

 

     Chapter 20

 

Of him that gives his seed to Molech – Leviticus 20:1-2

Of him that favors such – Leviticus 20:4

Of going to wizards – Leviticus 20:6

Of sanctification – Leviticus 20:7

Of him that curses his parents – Leviticus 20:9

Of adultery – Leviticus 20:10

Of incest – Leviticus 20:11

Of sodomy – Leviticus 20:13

Of bestiality – Leviticus 20:15

Of uncleanness – Leviticus 20:18

Obedience is required with holiness – Leviticus 20:22

Wizards and familiar spirits must be put to death – Leviticus 20:27

 

     Chapter 21

 

Of the priests’ mourning – Leviticus 21:1

Of their holiness – Leviticus 21:6

Of their respect – Leviticus 21:8

Of their marriages – Leviticus 21:13

Priest with blemishes must not minister – Leviticus 21:16-17

 

     Chapter 22

 

The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things – Leviticus 22:1-2

How they shall be cleansed – Leviticus 22:6

Who of the priest’s house may eat of the holy things – Leviticus 22:10

The sacrifices must be without blemish – Leviticus 22:17-18

The age of the sacrifice – Leviticus 22:26-27

The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving – Leviticus 22:29

 

     Chapter 23

 

The feasts of the lord – Leviticus 23:1-2

The Sabbath – Leviticus 23:3

The Passover – Leviticus 23:4

The sheaf of first fruits of the harvest – Leviticus 23:9-10

The feast of Pentecost – Leviticus 23:15-16

The feast of trumpets – Leviticus 23:23-24

The day of atonement – Leviticus 23:26-27

The feast of tabernacles – Leviticus 23:33-34

 

     Chapter 24

 

The oil for the lamps that they may burn continually – Leviticus 24:1-2

The showbread – Leviticus 24:5

Shelomith’s son blasphemes – Leviticus 24:10

The law of blasphemy – Leviticus 24:13-14

of murder – Leviticus 24:17

of damage – Leviticus 24:18

 

     Chapter 25

 

The Sabbath of the seventh year and the jubilee in the fifth year – Leviticus 25:1-2

Of oppression – Leviticus 25:14

A blessing of obedience – Leviticus 25:18

The redemption of land – Leviticus 25:23

of houses – Leviticus 25:29

Compassion on the poor – Leviticus 25:35

The usage of bondmen – Leviticus 25:39

The redemption of servants – Leviticus 25:47

 

     Chapter 26

 

Of idolatry – Leviticus 26:1

Sabbath observance and reverence – Leviticus 26:2

A blessing to those who keep the commandments – Leviticus 26:3

A curse to those who break them – Leviticus 26:14

God promises to remember those who repent – Leviticus 26:40

 

     Chapter 27

 

Special gifts pledged to the Lord shall be made according to the person – Leviticus 27:1-2

The valuation of each – Leviticus 27:3

Of a beast given by vow – Leviticus 27:9

Of a house – Leviticus 27:14

Of a field and its redemption – Leviticus 27:16

No devoted thing may be redeemed – Leviticus 27:28

The tithe, holy unto the Lord, may not be changed – Leviticus 27:32

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Last time I wrote about Jacob wrestling with God (Genesis 32:24) because wrestling is a man thing, lots of testosterone. I regularly listen to a syndicated Christian radio station called K-Love, and they play a song called By Your Side by a group named Tenth Avenue North. Here are the lyrics:

 

Why are you striving these days

Why are you trying to earn grace

Why are you crying, let me lift up your face

Just don’t turn away

 

Why are you looking for love

Why are you still searching as if I’m not enough

To where will you go child, tell me where will you run

To where will you run

 

‘Cause I’ll be by your side, wherever you fall

In the dead of night, whenever you call

And please don’t fight, these hands that are holding you

My hands are holding you

 

Look at these hands and my side

They swallowed the grave on that night

When I drank the world’s sin, so I could carry you in

And give you life, I want to give you life

 

What does this have to do with wrestling? I sense this song pictures us wrestling against God, while He wrestles with us to help us realize that we need Him more than we could ever imagine. As men we are often striving, trying, and fighting the hands holding us.

 

I suppose that God also wrestles with us so that we will discover what we are made of. He already knows what He created us to be and He knows what we’ve done with His creation. He’s waiting for us to discover who we are, so He wrestles with us so we will know His power and our weakness, His wisdom and our error, His strength and our frailty.

 

God wrestles with us to make us realize that we are wasting our lives; that we are mistreating our wives; that we really aren’t the “greatest” or the center of the universe.

 

God wrestles with us to make us see that we need to persevere and not quit in life, our jobs, our marriages, our spiritual lives, or our church.

 

God wrestles with us until we face the facts. He doesn’t sugarcoat what He has to say. He wrestles with us until we admit, “Yes, I’m unstable. Yes, I’m making excuses. Yes, I was wrong.”

 

God wrestles with us so that we will start searching for Him and hunting for what He wants us to find. Man is a hunter by nature. God’s commands to the first man were to “be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion … over every living thing that moves upon the earth” (Genesis 1:28).

 

To subdue means to control or conquer, to have dominion means to maintain one’s conquest. Deep inside of men is the need to subdue, the need to conquer, the need to track down and bring something into dominion. There’s a hunter inside every man.

 

We may be hunting for a contract or business deal.

We may be on the hunt for a woman.

We may be hunting for the perfect new house or car.

 

Sometimes we don’t even really want what we’re after; we’re just hunting because it is our nature to hunt. Fishermen often catch fish, unhook them, and throw them right back. They say, “Look what I caught,” and then they toss that fish back into the lake. That doesn’t make the man any less a fisherman. It means that he is merely fishing for the sport of it, not for dinner. He is just “hunting.”

 

Unless we allow God to step in and give us the right goals and guide our “hunting” instinct, we can spend our entire life hunting for the wrong things. Jesus said, “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matthew 6:33). He promised that if you seek for it, you’ll find it. (Matthew 7:7.) I hope that the Men of Steel can help each of us navigate through this thing called life.

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The following is part of a personal project that can help students of the Bible to get a bigger picture of what each book of the Bible contains. I like the passage lookup feature that allows you to see the verse quickly! 

 

     Chapter 1

 

After Joseph’s death, the children of Israel increase in numbers – Exodus 1:1

A new king, who knew not Joseph, arises – Exodus 1:8

The more the children of Israel are oppressed, the more they multiply – Exodus 1:11

The midwives save the male children – Exodus 1:15

Pharaoh commands the male children to be cast into the river – Exodus 1:22

 

     Chapter 2

 

Moses is born, and set afloat in a basket of bulrushes – Exodus 2:1-2

He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh’s daughter – Exodus 2:5

He slays an Egyptian – Exodus 2:11

He reproves a Hebrew – Exodus 2:13

He flees into Midian  - Exodus 2:15

He marries Zipporah – Exodus 2:21

Gershom is born – Exodus 2:22

God hears the complaints of the Israelites – Exodus 2:23

 

     Chapter 3

 

Moses keeps Jethro’s flock – Exodus 3:1

God appears to Moses in a burning bush – Exodus 3:2

He sends him to deliver Israel – Exodus 3:9

The name of God – Exodus 3:14

His message to Israel – Exodus 3:15

 

     Chapter 4

 

Moses’ rod is turned into a serpent as a sign – Exodus 4:1-2

His hand is miraculously leprous – Exodus 4:6

He is reluctant to be sent, and Aaron is appointed to assist him – Exodus 4:10

Moses departs from Jethro – Exodus 4:18

God’s message to Pharaoh – Exodus 4:21

Zipporah circumcises her son – Exodus 4:24

Aaron is sent to meet Moses – Exodus 4:27

The people believe them – Exodus 4:31

 

     Chapter 5

 

Pharaoh chides Moses and Aaron for their message – Exodus 5:1

He increases the tasks of the Israelites – Exodus 5:5-6

He opposes their complaints – Exodus 5:15

They cry out to Moses and Aaron – Exodus 5:19

Moses complains to God – Exodus 5:22

 

     Chapter 6

 

God renews His promise by His name Jehovah – Exodus 6:1

The genealogy of Reuben – Exodus 6:14

The genealogy of Simeon – Exodus 6:15

The genealogy of Levi, ancestor of Moses and Aaron – Exodus 6:16

 

     Chapter 7

 

Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh – Exodus 7:1

His age – Exodus 7:7

His rod is turned into a serpent – Exodus 7:8-9

The sorcerers do the same – Exodus 7:11

Pharaoh’s heart is hardened against the Israelites – Exodus 7:13

God’s message to Pharaoh – Exodus 7:14

The river is turned into blood – Exodus 7:19

 

     Chapter 8

 

Frogs are sent – Exodus 8:1

Pharaoh calls for Moses, who removes them through prayer – Exodus 8:8

The dust is turned into lice – Exodus 8:16

Swarms of flies are sent upon the Egyptians – Exodus 8:20

Pharaoh is inclined to let the people go, but his heart is hardened – Exodus 8:25

 

     Chapter 9

 

The plague on beasts – Exodus 9:1

The plague of boils and blisters is sent – Exodus 9:8

His message about the hail – Exodus 9:13

The plague of hail – Exodus 9:22

Pharaoh pleads with Moses – Exodus 9:27

Pharaoh’s heart is still hardened – Exodus 9:35

 

     Chapter 10

 

God threatens to send locusts – Exodus 10:1

Pharaoh, urged by his servants, is disposed to let the Israelites go – Exodus 10:7

The plague of the locusts – Exodus 10:12

Pharaoh pleads with Moses – Exodus 10:16

The plague of darkness – Exodus 10:21

Pharaoh entreats Moses, but his heart still is hardened – Exodus 10:24

 

     Chapter 11

 

God’s message to the Israelites to borrow jewels of their neighbors – Exodus 11:1

Moses threatens Pharaoh with the death of the firstborn – Exodus 11:4

 

     Chapter 12

 

The beginning of the year is changed, and the Passover is instituted – Exodus 12:1-2

The rite of the Passover – Exodus 12:11

Unleavened bread – Exodus 12:15

The firstborn are slain – Exodus 12:29

The Israelites are sent out of Egypt – Exodus 12:31

The ordinance of the Passover – Exodus 12:43

 

     Chapter 13

 

The firstborn are sanctified to God – Exodus 13:1-2

The firstborn of beasts are set apart – Exodus 13:11

The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph’s bones with them – Exodus 13:17

They come to Etham – Exodus 13:20

God guides them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire – Exodus 13:21

 

     Chapter 14

 

God instructs the Israelites in their journey – Exodus 14:1-2

Pharaoh pursues them – Exodus 14:5

The Israelites murmur – Exodus 14:10

Moses comforts them – Exodus 14:13

God instructs Moses – Exodus 14:15

The cloud moves to a position behind the camp – Exodus 14:19

The Israelites pass through the Red Sea – Exodus 14:21

Red drowns the Egyptians – Exodus 14:23

 

     Chapter 15

 

Moses’ song – Exodus 15:1

The people want water, but the waters at Marah are bitter – Exodus 15:22

A tree sweetens them – Exodus 15:25

At Elim are twelve wells and seventy palm trees – Exodus 15:27

 

     Chapter 16

 

The Israelites come to Sin – Exodus 16:1

They murmur for want of bread – Exodus 16:2

God promises them bread from heaven – Exodus 16:4

Quails and manna are sent – Exodus 16:11-12

Regulations concerning manna – Exodus 16:16

It will not be given on the Sabbath – Exodus 16:25

An omer of it is preserved – Exodus 16:32

 

     Chapter 17

 

The people murmur for water at Rephidim – Exodus 17:1

God sends them to the rock in Horeb for water – Exodus 17:5

Amalek is overcome when the rod of God is held up in Moses’ hands – Exodus 17:8

Moses builds the altar Jehovah-nissi – Exodus 17:15

 

     Chapter 18

 

Jethro brings Moses his wife and two sons – Exodus 18:1

Moses entertains him – Exodus 18:7

Moses judges the people – Exodus 18:13

Jethro’s counsel is accepted and judges are appointed – Exodus 18:24

Jethro departs – Exodus 18:27

 

     Chapter 19

 

The people come to Sinai – Exodus 19:1

God, speaking out of the mount, sends His message to the Israelites – Exodus 19:3

The people’s answer is given to God – Exodus 19:8

The people are prepared for the third day – Exodus 19:10

The mountain must not be touched – Exodus 19:12

The awe-inspiring presence of God on the mount – Exodus 19:16

 

     Chapter 20

 

The ten commandments – Exodus 20:1-2

The people are afraid and stand far away – Exodus 20:18

Moses comforts them – Exodus 20:20

The people are forbidden to make images – Exodus 20:22

What kind of altar they should have – Exodus 20:24

 

     Chapter 21

 

Laws for men servants, women servants, and servants whose ear is bored – Exodus 21:1-2

For manslaughter – Exodus 21:12

For stealers of men – Exodus 21:16

For cursers of parents – Exodus 21:17

For fighters – Exodus 21:18

For one hurt by chance – Exodus 21:22

For an ox that gores – Exodus 21:28

For the man who causes harm to an ox or an donkey – Exodus 21:33

 

     Chapter 22

 

Of theft – Exodus 22:1

Of damage – Exodus 22:5

Of borrowing  - Exodus 22:14

Of fornication  - Exodus 22:16

Of witchcraft – Exodus 22:18

Of bestiality – Exodus 22:19

Of idolatry – Exodus 22:20

Of strangers, widows, and fatherless – Exodus 22:21

Of usury – Exodus 22:25

Of pledges – Exodus 22:26

Of reverence to magistrates – Exodus 22:28

Of the first fruits – Exodus 22:29

 

     Chapter 23

 

Of slander and false witness – Exodus 23:1

Of justice and charity – Exodus 23:3

Of the year of rest – Exodus 23:10

Of the Sabbath – Exodus 23:12

Of idolatry – Exodus 23:13

Of the three feasts – Exodus 23:14

Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice – Exodus 23:18

An angel is promised – Exodus 23:20

 

     Chapter 24

 

Moses is called up into the mountain – Exodus 24:1

The people promise obedience – Exodus 24:3

Moses builds an altar and twelve pillars – Exodus 24:4

He sprinkles the blood of the covenant upon the altar – Exodus 24:6

The glory of God appears – Exodus 24:9

Aaron and Hur have charge of the people – Exodus 24:14

Moses goes up into the mountain, where he stays forty days and forty nights – Exodus 24:15

 

     Chapter 25

 

What the Israelites must offer for the making of the tabernacle – Exodus 25:1-2

The form of the ark – Exodus 25:10

The mercy seat, with the cherubim – Exodus 25:17

The table and its furniture – Exodus 25:23

The candlestick and its instruments – Exodus 25:31

 

     Chapter 26

 

The ten curtains of the tabernacle – Exodus 26:1

The eleven curtains of goats’ hair – Exodus 26:7

The coverings of rams’ skins and badgers’ skins – Exodus 26:14

The boards of the tabernacle, with their sockets and bars – Exodus 26:15

The veil for the ark – Exodus 26:31

The hanging for the door – Exodus 26:36

 

     Chapter 27

 

The altar of burnt offering with its vessels – Exodus 27:1

The court of the tabernacle – Exodus 27:9

The measurement of the court – Exodus 27:18

The oil for the lamp – Exodus 27:20

 

     Chapter 28

 

Aaron and his sons are set apart for the priest’s office – Exodus 28:1

Holy garments are appointed   - Exodus 28:2

The ephod – Exodus 28:6

The breastplate, with twelve precious stones – Exodus 28:15

The Urim and Thummim – Exodus 28:30

The robe of the ephod and the plate of the mitre – Exodus 28:31

The embroidered coat – Exodus 28:39

The garments for Aaron’s sons – Exodus 28:40

 

     Chapter 29

 

The ceremonies of consecrating the priests – Exodus 29:1

The continual burnt offering – Exodus 29:38

God’s promise to dwell among the children of Israel – Exodus 29:45-46

 

     Chapter 30

 

Directions for making the altar of incense – Exodus 30:1

The ransom of souls – Exodus 30:11-12

The brazen laver – Exodus 30:17-18

The holy anointing oil – Exodus 30:22-23

The composition of the perfume – Exodus 30:34

 

     Chapter 31

 

Bezaleel and Aholiab are called for the work of the tabernacle – Exodus 31:1-2

The observation of the Sabbath is commanded again – Exodus 31:12-13

Moses receives the two tables – Exodus 31:18

 

     Chapter 32

 

The people, in the absence of Moses cause Aaron to make a calf – Exodus 32:1

God is angered – Exodus 32:7

At the entreaty of Moses, He is appeased – Exodus 32:11

Moses comes down with the tables – Exodus 32:15

He breaks them – Exodus 32:19

He destroys the calf – Exodus 32:20

Aaron’s excuse for himself – Exodus 32:22

Moses causes the idol worshippers to be slain – Exodus 32:25

He prays for the people – Exodus 32:30

 

     Chapter 33

 

The Lord refuses to go with the people – Exodus 33:1

The people murmur – Exodus 33:4

The tabernacle is removed out of the camp – Exodus 33:7

The Lord talks familiarly with Moses – Exodus 33:9

Moses desires to see the glory of God – Exodus 33:12

 

     Chapter 34

 

The tables are renewed – Exodus 34:1

Moses entreats God to go with them – Exodus 34:8

God makes a covenant with them – Exodus 34:10

Moses, after forty days in the mount, comes down with the tables – Exodus 34:28

His face shines, and he covers it with a veil – Exodus 34:29

 

     Chapter 35

 

The Sabbath – Exodus 35:1

The free gifts for the tabernacle – Exodus 35:4-5

The readiness of the people to make offerings – Exodus 35:20-21

Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the work – Exodus 35:30

 

     Chapter 36

 

The offerings are delivered to the workmen – Exodus 36:1

The liberality of the people is restrained – Exodus 36:5

The curtains of the cherubim – Exodus 36:8

The curtains of goats’ hair – Exodus 36:14

The boards with their sockets – Exodus 36:20

The bars – Exodus 36:31

The veil – Exodus 36:35

The hanging for the door – Exodus 36:37

 

     Chapter 37

 

The ark – Exodus 37:1

The mercy seat with the cherubim – Exodus 37:6

The table with its vessels – Exodus 37:10

The candlestick with its lamps and instruments – Exodus 37:17

Making the altar of incense – Exodus 37:25

The anointing oil and sweet incense – Exodus 37:29

 

     Chapter 38

 

The altar of burnt offering – Exodus 38:1

The laver of brass – Exodus 38:8

The court – Exodus 38:9

The people’s offering – Exodus 38:21

 

     Chapter 39

 

The cloths of service and holy garments – Exodus 39:1

The ephod – Exodus 39:2

The breastplate – Exodus 39:8

The robe of the ephod with pomegranates and bells – Exodus 39:22

The coats, mitre and girdle of fine linen – Exodus 39:27

The plate of the holy crown – Exodus 39:30

All is viewed and approved by Moses – Exodus 39:32

 

     Chapter 40

 

The erection of the tabernacle, with its anointing, is commanded – Exodus 40:1-2

Aaron and his sons are to be sanctified – Exodus 40:13

A cloud covers the tabernacle – Exodus 40:34

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The following is part of a personal project that can help students of the Bible to get a bigger picture of what each book of the Bible contains. I like the passage lookup feature that allows you to see the verse quickly! 

 

 

     Chapter 1

 

Creation of heaven and earth – Genesis 1:1-2

Creation of the light – Genesis 1:3

Creation of the firmament – Genesis 1:6

The earth separated from the waters – Genesis 1:9

Creation of the sun, moon and stars – Genesis 1:14

Creation of fish, fowl, beasts and cattle – Genesis 1:20

Creation man in the image of God – Genesis 1:26

Provision for food – Genesis 1:29

 

     Chapter 2

 

The first Sabbath – Genesis 2:1

The manner of the creation – Genesis 2:4

The Garden of Eden, and the rivers – Genesis 2:8

The tree of knowledge – Genesis 2:17

Naming the creatures – Genesis 2:19

The making of woman and the institution of marriage – Genesis 2:21

 

     Chapter 3

 

The serpent’s deception and man’s shameful fall – Genesis 3:1

God arraigns Adam and Eve – Genesis 3:9

The serpent is cursed above all beasts – Genesis 3:14

The promised seed – Genesis 3:15

The punishment God promises for mankind – Genesis 3:16

Loss of paradise – Genesis 3:23

 

     Chapter 4

 

The birth of Cain and Abel – Genesis 4:1

The murder of Abel – Genesis 4:8

The curse of Cain – Genesis 4:9

Enoch, the first city – Genesis 4:17

Lamech and his two wives – Genesis 4:19

Birth of Seth and Enos – Genesis 4:25

 

     Chapter 5

 

Genealogy and age of the patriarchs – Genesis 5:1

The godliness and translation of Enoch – Genesis 5:24

 

     Chapter 6

 

The wickedness of the world – Genesis 6:1-2

Noah finds grace – Genesis 6:8

The order, form and use of the ark – Genesis 6:13

 

     Chapter 7

 

Noah, his family and the creatures, enter the ark – Genesis 7:1

The flood – Genesis 7:17

 

     Chapter 8

 

The waters subside – Genesis 8:1

The ark rests on Ararat – Genesis 8:4

The raven and the dove – Genesis 8:7

Noah, being commanded – Genesis 8:15

goes forth out of the ark – Genesis 8:18

Noah builds an altar and offers sacrifice – Genesis 8:20

God accepts and promises to curse the earth no more – Genesis 8:21

 

     Chapter 9

 

God blesses Noah – Genesis 9:1

God’s covenant is signified by the rainbow – Genesis 9:9-10

Noah plants a vineyard, gets drunk and is mocked – Genesis 9:20

Noah curses Canaan – Genesis 9:25

Noah blesses Shem – Genesis 9:26

Noah prays for Japheth, and dies – Genesis 9:27

 

     Chapter 10

 

The generations of Noah – Genesis 10:1

The sons of Japheth – Genesis 10:2

The sons of Ham – Genesis 10:6

Nimrod, the first monarch – Genesis 10:8

The sons of Shem – Genesis 10:21

 

     Chapter 11

 

One language in the world – Genesis 11:1-2

The building of Babel – Genesis 11:3

The confusion of tongues – Genesis 11:5-6

The generations of Shem, the father of Abram – Genesis 11:10

Terah goes from Ur to Haran – Genesis 11:31

 

     Chapter 12

 

God calls Abram; blesses him with a promise of Christ – Genesis 12:1

He departs with Lot from Haran – Genesis 12:4

Abram journeys through Canaan, which is promised him in a vision – Genesis 12:6

He is driven by a famine into Egypt – Genesis 12:10

He represents his wife to be his sister – Genesis 12:12

Sarai is taken by Pharaoh, who is compelled by plagues to restore her – Genesis 12:14

 

     Chapter 13

 

Abram and Lot return out of Egypt and agree to separate – Genesis 13:1

Lot goes to Sodom – Genesis 13:10

God renews the promise to Abram – Genesis 13:14

He removes to Hebron, and builds an altar – Genesis 13:18

 

     Chapter 14

 

The battle of four kings against five – Genesis 14:1

Lot is taken prisoner and is rescued by Abram – Genesis 14:11

Melchizedek blesses him – Genesis 14:18

Abram gives him tithe – Genesis 14:20

He restores the rest to the king of Sodom – Genesis 14:22

 

     Chapter 15

 

God encourages Abram – Genesis 15:1

Abram complains for lack of an heir – Genesis 15:2

God promises him a son and numerous progeny – Genesis 15:4

Abraham is justified by faith – Genesis 15:6

Canaan promised again – Genesis 15:7

Canaan confirmed by a sign and a vision – Genesis 15:9

 

     Chapter 16

 

Sarai, being barren, gives Hagar to Abram – Genesis 16:1

Hagar despises her mistress, is punished, and runs away – Genesis 16:4

An angel sends her back, telling her she will bear a child – Genesis 16:7

Hagar bears a son who is named Ishmael – Genesis 16:15

 

     Chapter 17

 

God renews the covenant with Abram – Genesis 17:1

Abram’s name is changed, in token of a greater blessing – Genesis 17:5

Circumcision is instituted – Genesis 17:10

Sarai’s name is changed, and she is blessed – Genesis 17:15

Isaac is promised; God’s covenant to be established through him – Genesis 17:17

Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised – Genesis 17:23

 

     Chapter 18

 

The Lord appears to Abraham – Genesis 18:1

Abraham entertains three angels – Genesis 18:2

Sarah is reproved for laughing at the strange promise – Genesis 18:9-10

The destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham – Genesis 18:17-18

Abraham makes intercession for its people – Genesis 18:23

 

     Chapter 19

 

Lot entertains two angels – Genesis 19:1

The vicious Sodomites stricken with blindness – Genesis 19:4

Lot is sent for safety into the mountains – Genesis 19:12

He obtains leave to go into Zoar – Genesis 19:18-19

Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed – Genesis 19:24

Lot’s wife become a pillar of salt – Genesis 19:26

Lot dwells in a cave – Genesis 19:30

The birth of Moab and Ammon – Genesis 19:31-32

 

     Chapter 20

 

Abraham at Gerar – Genesis 20:1

Abraham denies his wife, and loses her – Genesis 20:2

Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream and rebukes Abraham – Genesis 20:3

He restores Sarah – Genesis 20:14

He is healed by Abraham’s prayer – Genesis 20:17

 

     Chapter 21

 

Isaac is born – Genesis 21:1

He is circumcised – Genesis 21:4

Sarah’s joy – Genesis 21:6

Hagar and Ishmael are expelled – Genesis 21:9

They are in distress – Genesis 21:15

The angel comforts her – Genesis 21:17

Abimelech and Abraham make a covenant – Genesis 21:22

 

     Chapter 22

 

God, testing Abraham’s faith, commands him to sacrifice Isaac – Genesis 22:1-2

Abraham gives proof of faith and obedience – Genesis 22:3

The angel stops him – Genesis 22:11

The place is called Jehovah-jireh – Genesis 22:14

Abraham is again blessed – Genesis 22:15-16

The generation of Nahor to Rebekah – Genesis 22:20

 

     Chapter 23

 

The age and death of Sarah – Genesis 23:1-2

The purchase of Machpelah, where Sarah was buried – Genesis 23:3-4

 

     Chapter 24

 

Abraham swears his servant – Genesis 24:1-2

The servant’s journey – Genesis 24:10

His prayer – Genesis 24:12

His sign – Genesis 24:14

Rebekah meets him, fulfilling his sign – Genesis 24:15

He gives her jewels – Genesis 24:22

She reveals her relationship – Genesis 24:23

She offers hospitality – Genesis 24:25

The servant blesses God – Genesis 24:26-27

Laban entertains him – Genesis 24:28

The servant explains his mission – Genesis 24:33

Laban and Bethuel give their approval – Genesis 24:50

The meeting of Isaac and Rebekah – Genesis 24:62

 

     Chapter 25

 

The sons of Abraham by Keturah – Genesis 25:1

The division of his goods – Genesis 25:5

The age, death, and burial of Abraham – Genesis 25:7-8

The generations of Ishmael – Genesis 25:12

Isaac prays that the barrenness of Rebekah be healed – Genesis 25:19-20

Two children strive in her womb – Genesis 25:22

The birth of Esau and Jacob – Genesis 25:24

Esau sells his birthright – Genesis 25:29

 

     Chapter 26

 

Because of famine, Isaac goes to Gerar – Genesis 26:1

God guides and blesses him – Genesis 26:2

He denies his wife and is reproved by Abimelech – Genesis 26:7

He grows rich – Genesis 26:12

He digs three wells – Genesis 26:18

God appears to him at Beer-sheba – Genesis 26:23-24

Isaac and Abimelech make a covenant at Beer-sheba – Genesis 26:28

Esau’s wives – Genesis 26:34

 

     Chapter 27

 

Isaac sends Esau for venison – Genesis 27:1-2

Rebekah and Jacob conspire to obtain Isaac’s blessing – Genesis 27:6-7

Jacob, disguised as Esau, is blessed – Genesis 27:15

Esau brings venison to his father – Genesis 27:30

He complains, and by pleading obtains a blessing also – Genesis 27:34

He threatens to slay Jacob – Genesis 27:41

Jacob for safety is sent to Laban – Genesis 27:43

 

     Chapter 28

 

Isaac blesses Jacob and sends him to Padan-aram – Genesis 28:1

Esau marries Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael – Genesis 28:6

Jacob’s vision of the ladder – Genesis 28:10-11

The stone of Beth-el – Genesis 28:18-19

Jacob’s vow – Genesis 28:20

 

     Chapter 29

 

Jacob comes to the well of Haran – Genesis 29:1-2

He meets Rachel by the well – Genesis 29:9

He is entertained by Laban – Genesis 29:13

Covenanting for Rachel – Genesis 29:18

Jacob is deceived with Leah – Genesis 29:23

He marries Rachel also  - Genesis 29:28

Leah bears Reuben – Genesis 29:32

Simeon – Genesis 29:33

Levi – Genesis 29:34

Judah – Genesis 29:35

 

     Chapter 30

 

Rachel gives Bilhah to Jacob – Genesis 30:1

She bears Dan and Naphtali – Genesis 30:5

Leah gives Zilpah, who bears Gad and Asher – Genesis 30:9

Reuben finds mandrakes – Genesis 30:14

Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah – Genesis 30:17

Rachel bears Joseph – Genesis 30:22

Jacob is denied permission to depart – Genesis 30:25

Jacob’s policy, whereby he became rich – Genesis 30:37

 

     Chapter 31

 

Jacob leaves Laban secretly – Genesis 31:1

Rachel steals her father’s images – Genesis 31:19

Laban pursues him, and complains of the wrong – Genesis 31:22-23

Jacob’s complaint against Laban – Genesis 31:36

They make a covenant at Galeed – Genesis 31:43

 

     Chapter 32

 

Jacob calls the place of his vision, Mahanaim – Genesis 32:1-2

His message to Esau – Genesis 32:3

Jacob fears to meet Esau – Genesis 32:6

He prays for deliverance – Genesis 32:9

He sends a present to Esau – Genesis 32:13

Jacob wrestles with an angel at Peniel, where his name is changed to Israel – Genesis 32:24

Jacob is lame – Genesis 32:31

 

     Chapter 33

 

Jacob and Esau meet in kindness and brotherly love – Genesis 33:1

Jacob goes to Succoth – Genesis 33:17

He buys a field and builds an altar – Genesis 33:18

 

     Chapter 34

 

Dinah is ravished by Shechem – Genesis 34:1-2

He sues to marry her – Genesis 34:4

The sons of Jacob agree on condition that the Shechemites be circumcised – Genesis 34:13

Hamor and Shechem persuade their people to accept the condition – Genesis 34:20

The sons of Jacob take advantage of their tenderness and slay the Shechemites – Genesis 34:25-26 

The sons of Jacob spoil their city – Genesis 34:27-28

Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi – Genesis 34:30

 

     Chapter 35

 

God sends Jacob to Beth-el – Genesis 35:1

He purges his house of idols – Genesis 35:2

He builds an altar unto God at Beth-el – Genesis 35:6

Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, dies at Allon-bachuth – Genesis 35:8

God bless Jacob at Beth-el – Genesis 35:9

Rachel bears Benjamin and dies – Genesis 35:16-17

Reuben lies with Bilhah – Genesis 35:22

The sons of Jacob – Genesis 35:23-24

Jacob comes to Isaac at Hebron – Genesis 35:27

The age, death, and burial of Isaac – Genesis 35:28

 

     Chapter 36

 

Esau’s three wives – Genesis 36:1-2

His sons – Genesis 36:9-10

The dukes descended from his sons – Genesis 36:15

The children of Seir – Genesis 36:20

The kings of Edom – Genesis 36:31

The dukes descended from Esau – Genesis 36:40

 

     Chapter 37

 

Jacob in Canaan – Genesis 37:1

Joseph is hated by his brothers – Genesis 37:2

His two dreams – Genesis 37:5

Jacob sends Joseph to Shechem. His brothers conspire to slay him, but Reuben saves him – Genesis 37:13

He is sold to Ishmaelites – Genesis 37:26

His father, deceived by his bloodstained coat, mourns his death – Genesis 37:31

Joseph is sold to Potiphar in Egypt – Genesis 37:36

 

     Chapter 38

 

Judah begets Er, Onan, and Shelah – Genesis 38:1-2

Er marries Tamar – Genesis 38:6

The trespass of Onan – Genesis 38:8-9

Tamar waits for Shelah – Genesis 38:11

She deceives Judah – Genesis 38:13

She bears him twins, Pharez and Zarah – Genesis 38:27

 

     Chapter 39

 

Joseph is promoted in Potiphar’s house – Genesis 39:1

He resists the temptation of his mistress – Genesis 39:7

He is falsely accused – Genesis 39:13

Joseph in prison – Genesis 39:19

God is with him there – Genesis 39:21

 

     Chapter 40

 

The butler and the baker of Pharaoh with Joseph in prison – Genesis 40:1-2

He has charge of them – Genesis 40:4

He interprets their dreams – Genesis 40:5

Their dreams come to pass according to Joseph’s interpretation – Genesis 40:20

The ingratitude of the butler – Genesis 40:23

 

     Chapter 41

 

Pharaoh’s first dream – Genesis 41:1-2

Pharaoh’s second dream – Genesis 41:5-6

Joseph interprets them – Genesis 41:9-10

Joseph foretells the famine – Genesis 41:25-26

He gives Pharaoh counsel – Genesis 41:33-34

Joseph is promoted – Genesis 41:38-39

He begets Manasseh and Ephraim – Genesis 41:50-51

The famine begins – Genesis 41:54

 

     Chapter 42

 

Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt – Genesis 42:1

They are accused as spies – Genesis 42:9

and imprisoned – Genesis 42:17

All are freed except Simeon on condition that they return and bring Benjamin – Genesis 42:18-19

They have remorse for Joseph – Genesis 42:21

They return home and recount their experience – Genesis 42:25

They find their money in their sacks – Genesis 42:35

 

     Chapter 43

 

Jacob is persuaded to send Benjamin – Genesis 43:1-2

Joseph entertains his brothers – Genesis 43:15

They feast together – Genesis 43:31

 

     Chapter 44

 

Joseph’s policy to delay his brothers – Genesis 44:1

Judah pleads for Benjamin’s release – Genesis 44:14

 

     Chapter 45

 

Joseph makes himself known – Genesis 45:1

He comforts them in God’s providence – Genesis 45:5

He sends for his father – Genesis 45:9

Pharaoh is pleased – Genesis 45:16

Joseph provides for their journey, sending gifts for his father – Genesis 45:21

Jacob is revived with the news that Joseph is alive – Genesis 45:25

 

     Chapter 46

 

Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba – Genesis 46:1

He journeys to Egypt – Genesis 46:5

The number of his family who went into Egypt – Genesis 46:8

Joseph comes to meet his father – Genesis 46:28

He instructs his brothers how to answer Pharaoh – Genesis 46:31

 

     Chapter 47

 

Joseph presents five of his brothers – Genesis 47:1

and his father before Pharaoh – Genesis 47:7

He provides for them – Genesis 47:11

Joseph collects the Egyptian’s money – Genesis 47:13

their cattle – Genesis 47:16

and their lands for Pharaoh – Genesis 47:18

The lands are rented for a fifth of the harvest – Genesis 47:23

Joseph’s promise to bury Jacob with his fathers – Genesis 47:29

 

     Chapter 48

 

Joseph brings his sons to Jacob – Genesis 48:1

Jacob tells of God’s promise – Genesis 48:3

He takes Ephraim and Manasseh as his own – Genesis 48:5

He tells of Rachel’s grave – Genesis 48:7

He blesses Ephraim and Manasseh, preferring the younger to the elder – Genesis 48:9

He foretells the return of his sons to Canaan – Genesis 48:21

 

     Chapter 49

 

Jacob calls his sons to bless them – Genesis 49:1

Their individual blessings – Genesis 49:3

Jacob charges his sons concerning his burial, and dies – Genesis 49:29

 

     Chapter 50

 

The mourning for Jacob – Genesis 50:1

Joseph has permission to go bury his father – Genesis 50:4

Joseph comforts his brothers – Genesis 50:15

Joseph’s age – Genesis 50:22

He foretells his brothers’ departure from this land – Genesis 50:24

Joseph dies and is put in a coffin – Genesis 50:26

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This is the eighth chapter of Paul Little’s classic book, “Know Why You Believe” for my Sunday Bible study class.

 

Jonah being swallowed by a great fish. Jesus feeding 5000 people with two fish and five loaves. Did these really happen? Are we to take this literally?

 

The whole concept of God

The real problem is not with miracles or prophecy but with the whole concept of God. Once we assume that God actually exists, there is no problem with miracles, because by definition God is all-powerful.

 

God is not bound by natural laws

The real question becomes, “Does an all-powerful God who created the universe, exist?” If He does then miracles are possible. A miracle transcends natural law which God is the author. Some people define miracle as a violation of natural law, but this definition practically deifies natural law, and God becomes a prisoner to that natural law, and in effect ceases to be God. It’s fine to believe in natural law, because we can see the usual cause and effect process at work year after year. God does not restrict His right to intervene because He is over and beyond natural law, not bound by it. Laws do not cause anything but are a description of what happens or is observed.

 

What is a miracle?

We generally use the term to describe anything out of the ordinary or something unexpected; however the term is used in the Bible in a different sense. Some events in the bible could have a natural explanation, like the parting of the Red Sea. High winds could have pushed the waters back, but the miraculous part was the timing. They just reached the shore, the Egyptians approaching, and all the Hebrews were able to cross on dry land.

 

One the other hand, there are some that do not have a natural explanation, like Lazarus being raised from the dead, or many of the physical healings (like leprosy or the man born blind). This is more than a psychosomatic situation.

 

Some believe that ancient people were gullible, ignorant and superstitious. Perhaps the disease they had could be explained by modern science, like demon possession could have been psychosis or epilepsy. A primitive person might see a modern jet and call it a silver bird god in the sky. But there is a problem with this perception, since many of the miracles do not fit in this category.

 

There is no natural explanation for the healing of a person born blind, then or today. How could anyone explain the resurrection of Jesus? One cannot get away with the supernatural aspects of the Bible.

 

Not in conflict with natural law

Miracles are not in conflict with natural law! One definition of miracle is that they are unusual events caused by God; the laws of nature are generalizations about ordinary events caused by Him. Some people believe that miracles employ a higher natural law which is unknown to us. We must increase our knowledge we actually realize that the things we thought were miracles were actually higher laws of the universe, of which we were not aware at the time.

 

An act of creation

On the other hand, we can view them as acts of creation. Biblical miracles are not scattered throughout the Bible randomly, but are associated with purpose. From the Exodus, through the prophets and into the time of Christ, miracles confirmed faith by authenticating the message or the messenger, or to demonstrate God’s love by relieving suffering.

 

Miracles are never performed for personal prestige, or to gain money or power. Jesus was tempted to do this in Matthew 4, and resisted, but He regularly used miracles to show evidence of His claims (John 14:11, John 10:25).

 

Why not now?

Many believe that if God would only do it today, then I would believe. But even in Jesus’ day, He dealt with this in Luke 16 in the story of the rich man and Lazarus. The kicker verse is Luke 16:31. If people have ruled out the possibility of miracles, no amount of evidence will convince them otherwise. It’s like the talking animals in the movie, Babe (1996 – the dog spoke slowly and precisely to the sheep because it was a cold fact of nature that all sheep were stupid and no one could convince him otherwise).

 

We have reliable records

We don’t need miracles today because we have reliable records that tell us these miracles really happened. If miracles are capable of sensory perception, then they can be matters of recorded testimony. If they are adequately testified to, then the recorded testimony has the same validity for evidence as the same experience of beholding the event. Every court operates on the basic of reliable testimony. If an eyewitness saw and recorded the event (like Lazarus’ raised from the dead), then this witness’ testimony is as good as being at the event.

 

Miracles were done in public: anyone could have seen and investigated the events. Even the chief opponents of Jesus never denied the fact He could do miracles! They either attributed the event to Satan or tried to suppress the witnesses.

 

Miracles were performed in front of unbelievers: Jesus was no cult member that deluded his private audience, it was before unbelievers, too.

 

Miracles were performed over a period of time and involved a great variety of powers: power over nature (John 2:1-11), power over disease (Mark 1:29-34), power over demons (Mark 1:21-27), power with supernatural knowledge (John 1:48), power over creation (Mark 6:30-44), power over death (Mark 5:35-43).

 

We have testimony of the cured: lie in the case of the man born blind (John 9:25) and Lazarus (John 12:10-11).

 

We cannot discount biblical miracles because of the extravagant claims of pagan miracles: many pagan believe in these miracles because they already believe in the pagan religion; the Bible uses miracles to help people discover the true religion (John 20:30-31).

 

Pagan miracles

These do not display the same order, dignity and motive as those found in the Bible. They do not have solid authentication of the miracle. Same can be said of miracles in our time today, they do not stand to investigation. Just because some miracles are counterfeit, does not mean all miracles are counterfeit (like discovering a few counterfeit bills does not less the authentic bills).

 

The question is philosophical

The question as to whether miracles are possible is not scientific but philosophical. Science says they do not occur in the normal course of nature or observation. Science cannot forbid them because natural laws do not cause not forbid miracles. They are merely description of what happened. The only question the scientist must ask is, “Are the records of miracles historically reliable?”

 

Miracles in the Bible are seen as God communicating with us. The whole matter depends on our belief in the existence of God; settle that question and miracles cease to be a problem.

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A friend sent this list to me (although I edited a few out), and thought I’d pass it along! Beware, totally random and useless information below.

1. Jam miniature marshmallows up your nose and sneeze them out. See how many you can do at a time.
2. Pop some popcorn without putting the lid on.
3. When someone says “Have a nice day,” tell them you have other plans.
4. Make a list of things to do that you have already done.
5. Put your toddler’s clothes on backwards and send him to pre-school as if nothing is wrong.
6. Fill out your tax form using Roman numerals.
7. Tape pictures of your teachers on watermelons and launch them from high places.
8. Leaf through “National Geographic” and draw underwear on the natives.
9. Tattoo “Out to Lunch” on your forehead.
10. Go shopping. Buy everything. Sweat in it. Return it the next day.
11. Pay your electric bill with coins.
12. Find out what a frog in a blender really looks like.
13. Polish your car with earwax.
14. Read the dictionary upside down and look for secret messages.
15. Start a nasty rumor and see if you recognize it when it comes back to you.
16. Write a short story using alphabet soup.
17. Stare at people through the tines of a fork and pretend they’re in jail.
18. Make a language up and ask people for directions in it.
19. Replace the filling of a Twinkie with ketchup and put it back in the wrapper.

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