We lost a very dear friend this week and I almost missed it because I was behind on my reading!

Moses died and God himself buried him. Is that not crazy? Beth Moore says that some believe that the reason God had to bury Moses and hide his body was so that the Isrealites wouldn't take his body and make it an idol. Another interesting piece of information is that in Jude 1:9 Michael the Archangel and Satan acutal argue over Moses body.

Here is something that hit me (although it is pretty obvious) when I was reading about Rahab. She was told to leave the scarlet rope hanging from her window and she and all her family inside would be spared. The rope was scarlet just like the blood that the Isrealites put on the doorpost during the first passover.

I thought that Joshua 5:8 was funny. AFter Joshua had circumcised all the men "they rested in the camp until they were healed". I wonder how long that was?

Okay, this is just too weird, Deuteronomy 21:18-21. If you knew your son (and notice it didn't say anything about a rebellious daughter ??) would be stoned why would you take him to the elders.

In verses 22:13-30 I wonder why a bride's parents would be in possession of the honeymoon sheets? Was it customary for the bride to give the sheets to them for safe keeping?

This whole section seems to be a lot of random mismatched rules. And just over all bizarre.

Auntie, did you notice how similar Deuteronomy 10:12 is to Micah 6:8? I thought that was kind of cool. Seems I notice several things these last couple of days that reminded me of other scriptures.

Well, I am caught up on my reading, but there doesn't seem to be anything for me to blog about.

So, I am going to back up and comment on a few things. Lisa, I figured out why God was mad at Moses and Aaron in Numbers 20: 1 -13. In verse 8 God told Moses to "speak to the rock over there and it will pour out water". But, instead Moses struck the rock with his staff, a disobedience that kept him and Aaron from entering the Promise Land.

And going back even farther to Numbers 11 when all the people were whining about not having any meat to eat. This is a little strange to me because they had rams, goats, sheep, and cattle that they used for their offerings. And didn't the priest eat some of these offerings? So, were the people not allowed to eat of any of the animals?

I seem to be the one falling behind. I'm trying to play catch up, but it doesn't seem to be working. In the meantime, does anyone have any good insight or observations?

I have had the same thought, Auntie. Sometimes He even sounds like a mean God to me.

I know we've said this before but, I am still amazed at how over all our sinful human nature never seems to change. One day the Israelites are all about God and the very next day they start complaining and wishing they never left Egypt. Oh, how we do the same thing.

I didn't remember that after the Israelites complained to Moses and Aaron that they decided to get up early the next morning and go into the promised land. They realized that they had sinned, but they didn't ask for forgiveness. Wonder if the outcome would have been different had they first made sacrifices to God, then gone to the Promise Land?

I just love Numbers 6:24-26. I think it is a Mercy Me song and I know that a lot of times it is said at the end of church services. But, I still love it. I never realized that it was a "special" blessing that God Himself had told Aaron to use.