As we finish our journey through the Desert Wanderings, Fr. Mike zeroes in on the purpose of cities of refuge for the Israelites and the strong bond of community that they shared and maintained as the tribes grew. Today's readings are Numbers 35-36, Deuteronomy 34, and Psalm 121. 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 80. It is the last day in Desert Wanderings, and so we are concluding
our reading of the books of numbers and deuteronomy we are reading today from numbers chapter 35 and 36 as well as deuteronomy chapter 34 just the last few words describing the death of moses we're also praying the second psalm of ascent which is psalm 121. as always i am reading from the revised standard version second catholic edition using the great adventure bible from ascension if you want to download your bible into your reading plan you can visit
ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year to get that. You also can subscribe in your podcast app to receive the daily episodes. As I said, we are concluding our books and concluding not only the books of Numbers and Deuteronomy, but also concluding the desert wanderings and tomorrow. Gosh, tomorrow we're jumping into the period of conquest and judges. I don't know if you noticed this.
If you have downloaded that Bible in a year reading plan, you note that in less than 20 days, we are having our first messianic checkpoint, which I am so excited about. On day 99, we are having basically, I think it's seven days of reading through the gospel of John.
You know, if we put off the New Testament and read it in order, we wouldn't be reading anything in the New Testament, I think until November. And we do not want that. We want to be able to encounter and hear the story of our Lord Jesus much, much sooner. So on day 99, coming up so soon, we have our first messianic checkpoint reading all the way through the gospel of John in just seven days.
And I'm so excited about that. But today we are concluding our desert wanderings with Numbers chapter 35 and 36 and Deuteronomy chapter 34. The book of Numbers chapter 35, cities for the Levites. The Lord said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in.
And you shall give to the Levites pasture lands round about the cities. The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts. The pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all round.
And you shall measure outside the city for the east side 2,000 cubits and for the south side 2,000 cubits and for the west side 2,000 cubits and for the north side 2,000 cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall belong to them as pasture land for their cities. The cities which you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge where you shall permit the manslayer to flee.
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