Numbers 16 – 1:01 .  Numbers 17 – 10:49 .  Psalm 53 – 13:05 .  Psalm 54 – 14:22 .  You’d think that by this point, the people of Israel would have settled on the well-established conclusion that Moses is in charge by command of the Lord and by the signs and wonders performed that confirm he is God’s chosen leader. Even so, in today’s reading, a man named Korah incites a rebellion against Moses, questioning his authority. Armed with the conclusion that the entire community of Israel is holy, he contends that Moses and Aaron have no right to go before the Lord exclusively. Ko ..read more

Leviticus 22 - 1:01 .  Leviticus 23 - 7:57 .  Psalm 47 - 16:38 .  Moses continues to receive instructions from the Lord, and today’s episode begins with instructions for the priests in eating their portion of the sacrifices to the Lord. Recall that the Levites will not be given large portions of land when they enter the Promised Land; instead, the Lord will be their portion. For their service in the tabernacle, they will receive portions of food from the offerings given to the Lord, and thereby be sustained. Or reading continues by considering which sacrifices are acceptable, wh ..read more

Genesis 29 - 1:01 .  Genesis 30 - 7:29 .  Genesis 31 - 13:54 .  Psalm 18 - 17:03 .  Today, Jacob completes his journey and meets Rachel. Jacob and his father-in-law Laban simply don’t get along, and let’s be honest, it’s not because they are morally upstanding people with a difference of opinions, it’s because they both practice deception to their own advantage. The daughters of Laban aren’t too dissimilar, and their pettiness is made apparent in today’s text. As a means of trying to gain flocks for himself, Jacob practices strange husbandry, proving not only that he has no ..read more

Genesis 24:29-67 - 1:06 .  Genesis 25 - 8:39 .  Psalm 17 - 14:11 . When concluded our last reading, we found ourselves in the middle of an account concerning Abraham’s servant and Isaac’s future wife Rebekah. Abraham didn’t want Isaac marrying a Canaanite woman, so he sent a messenger to find a wife for his son from among his own people. The servant recounts what happened in the last episode almost verbatim, so if you get a bit of déjà vu, don’t worry. We’ll see that the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree as we read about Isaac and Rebekah. Later, we’ll be introduced to Isaac’s ..read more

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Joel 1 - 1:05 .  Joel 2 - 5:00 .  Joel 3 - 13:00 .  Proverbs 26:1-12 - 17:12 . Joel is one of the shortest books of the Old Testament and is divided in two parts. The first half describes a plague of locusts that invade the land and destroy the land’s produce, threatening the survival of animals, people, and even grain offerings before the Lord. That section ends with a plea for God’s people to confess their sins, transitioning to the second half of the book, which contains promises of the Lord to restore and rebuild his people and the land. Interpreters debate about the relatio ..read more

Ezekiel 46 - 1:06 .  Ezekiel 47 - 6:16 .  Ezekiel 48 - 12:00 .  Proverbs 25:14 - 19:07 .  For modern audiences like us, these concluding chapters may feel more drudgery than delight, but for the original audience, these final depictions would have been the most exciting. Ezekiel once brought a message of condemnation and despair, but now that those prophecies have come true and Israel has spent 25 years in exile, Ezekiel brings a message of hope and restoration. Some of today’s revelation is other-worldly, as Ezekiel sees a river coming from under the temple, recalling the ..read more

Ezekiel 9 - 1:06 .  Ezekiel 10 - 3:55 .  Ezekiel 11 - 8:55 .  Ezekiel 12 - 13:59 .  Proverbs 20:16 - 19:57 .  In our last episode, while meeting with Judah’s elders, Ezekiel was carried off in a vision by the Lord. In one scene after another, the Lord showed Ezekiel the abhorrent practices of idolatry that the people were committing, especially those in the Lord’s temple. Today, the prophet sees an otherworldly visual representation of the Lord’s sovereign decrees as judgment is declared upon Jerusalem and upon the temple where God once lived among His people. He is th ..read more

Jeremiah 44:15 - 1:09 .  Jeremiah 45 - 5:45 .  Jeremiah 46 - 6:58 .  Jeremiah 47 - 14:33 .  Jeremiah 48 - 16:15 .  Proverbs 15:18 - 20:16 .  Following the destruction of Jerusalem, Jeremiah had elected to stay in the land with permission from the Chaldeans. After an insurrection and no small tumult within the remnant who stayed in the land, the skittish group asked for direction from the Lord. Jeremiah told them plainly that staying in the land would result in blessing but fleeing to Egypt would result in hardship, violence, and famine. They rejected the Lord’s co ..read more

Isaiah 31 -  1:07 .  Isaiah 32 - 3:31 .  Isaiah 33 - 7:06 .  Isaiah 34 - 12:55 .  Isaiah 35 - 16:39 .  Psalm 144 - 18:57 .  Psalm 145 - 21:09 .  Israel has sought out the men of Egypt for help against their foes, but they have not sought the Lord their God. When God’s people turn back to him, Assyria will fall by the sword of the Lord. A righteous kingdom is announced where rulers will rule justly, the fool will no longer be called a noble, and the Spirit will be poured out on the people. Next, woe is pronounced on the destroyer who is never destroyed, w ..read more