Fr. Mike talks about the twelve tribes of Israel and explains why the book of Numbers introduces them based on the number of decedents they each had. Today we read Numbers 2, Deuteronomy 2, and Psalm 85. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.
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Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
Using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 53, and we are continuing along with our journey into Numbers and Deuteronomy.
As I mentioned yesterday, one of the things that happens at the very beginning of numbers is kind of a lot of numbers and a lot of details. We're going to pick up the narrative in a couple days, but... In the meantime, Deuteronomy has Moses giving us the narrative. He is giving us that kind of big overview of the journey of the people of Israel through the wilderness.
And he's going to do it in basically, I don't know, like one verse. Actually, he will do it in a couple different chapters. But there is even one of the verses in chapter two of Deuteronomy where Moses just basically says, and we were there for 38 years. And it was kind of like, oh, it was over just like that. So what we have is in Numbers, we're having the setup. We have the scene.
We have all the tribes of Israel, right? There's the 12 tribes of Israel. They're gathered around the tabernacle. That's what we're looking at for Numbers. And then in Deuteronomy, it is the story of Numbers, but just kind of retold because Deuteronomy is the end of the wilderness journeys. And it begins with Moses. Well, it is Moses basically summing up.
Here is our journey and here is the law that the Lord is calling you to live. So that's what we're reading today. Again, Numbers chapter 1, Deuteronomy chapter 2, and then we're praying Psalm 85. As always, the Bible translation that I'm using is the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
If you want to be able to follow along and see where we're going, you can download your Bible in a Year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. You can also subscribe to the podcast app. Once again, reading from Numbers chapter 2, Deuteronomy chapter 2, and Psalm 85. Numbers chapter two, order of encampment and marching.
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, the sons of Israel shall encamp each by his own standard with the ensigns of their father's houses. They shall encamp facing the tent of meeting on every side.
Those to encamp on the east side, toward the sunrise, shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the leader of the people of Judah being Nashon, the son of Amminadab, his host as numbered being 74,600. Those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the leader of the people of Issachar being Nethanol, the son of Zohar. his host being numbered 54,400.
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