Day 32: October 10, 2025 – Numbers 1-5 and III John

There is no better way to do the work of the Lord than to do it in community. So Moses and Arron who clearly were leading the people of Israel are given the task by God earlier to build a tabernacle in which the Lord can reside as they are on their journey from Egypt to the promised land. The tabernacle is no simple building, it is actually quite complex. And since the people of Israel were on a journey it took a lot to move it from one location to another every single day. As a result the descendant of Levi were given the task of overseeing the movement of the tabernacle from one location to the next. Each family had a specific task and that task had to be completed by them in order for the tabernacle to be moved successfully.

We begin our reading in Numbers with, well, numbers. We find the people counted in a census by Moses and Aaron and those numbers are reflected in our reading.