+ DAILY PRAYER +
This Daily Devotion covers the first five books of the Bible, Genesis through Deuteronomy also called the Books of Moses or the Pentateuch, in a period of one year in a Monday through Friday format, the Psalms and order of devotion follow those presented in The Treasury of Daily Prayer from Concordia Publishing House.
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you;
He will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 135:1-4, 8-9
1 Praise the LORD!
Praise the name of the LORD,
give praise, O servants of the LORD,
2 who stand in the house of the LORD,
in the courts of the house of our God!
3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;
sing to his name, for it is pleasant!
4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel as his own possession.
8 He it was who struck down
the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast;
9 who in your midst, O Egypt,
sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants;
Reading Num 4:27-5:10
27 And all the work of the descendants of the Gershonites will be at ?the command? of Aaron and his sons, for all they are to carry and for all their work, and you will appoint to them responsibility for all they are to carry. 28 This is the work of the clan of the descendants of the Gershonites in the tent of assembly, and their responsibility lies ?under the direction? of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
29 “For the descendants of Merari according to their clans, according to ?their families?, you will muster them; 30 from ?those thirty years old? and above until ?fifty years old?; you will muster them, all who come to do the work of the tent of assembly. 31 And this is the responsibility of ?those who are to carry?, all their work in the tent of assembly: the frames of the tabernacle and its bars, pillars, and bases, 32 and the pillars of the courtyard all around, and their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their vessels and for all their work. You will appoint by name the vessels that they are responsible to carry. 33 This is the work of the clan of the descendants of Merari, for all their work in the tent of assembly ?under the direction? of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
34 And Moses and Aaron mustered the leaders of the community according to the house of ?their families?, 35 from ?those thirty years old? and above until ?fifty years old?; everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly, 36 the ?ones counted? were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were those counted of the clans of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered according to ?the command? of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.
38 And the descendants of Gershon counted according to their clans and according to ?their families?, 39 from ?those thirty years old? and above until ?fifty years old?, everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly; 40 the ?ones counted?, according to their clans, according to ?their families?, were two thousand six hundred and thirty. 41 These were those counted of the clans of the descendants of Gershon, everyone who serves in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered according to ?the command? of Yahweh.
42 Those counted of the clans of the descendants of Merari according to their clans, according to ?their families?, 43 from ?those thirty years old? and above until ?fifty years old?, everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly, 44 the ?ones counted?, according to their clans, were three thousand two hundred. 45 These were those counted of the clans of the descendants of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron mustered according to ?the command? of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.
46 All those counted of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and all the leaders of Israel mustered according to their clans, according to ?their families?, 47 from ?those thirty years old? and above until ?fifty years old?, everyone who comes to the service to do the work of the service carrying in the tent of assembly, 48 the ?ones counted? were eight thousand five hundred and eighty. 49 According to ?the command? of Yahweh by the hand of Moses ?they were mustered?, each man according to his service and according to his burden; and so they were counted by him just as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Rules Concerning Those Unclean
5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the ?Israelites?: they must send everyone from the camp who is afflicted with a rash, everyone with a fluid discharge, and everyone unclean through contact with a corpse. 3 You will send away ?both male and female?; you will send them ?outside the camp?. They must not make unclean their camps where I am dwelling in their midst.” 4 So the ?Israelites? did so. They sent them away ?outside the camp?; just as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the ?Israelites?.
Rules of Restitution
5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Speak to the ?Israelites?: ‘When a man or woman ?commits? any of the sins of humankind by acting unfaithfully, it is a sin against Yahweh, and that person will be guilty; 7 they will confess their sin that they did and will make restitution for their guilt by adding a fifth ?to it? and giving it ?to whomever was wronged?. 8 But if the man does not have a redeemer to make restitution to him for the reparation, the reparation is to be given to Yahweh for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement by which atonement is made for him. 9 And every contribution of all the holy objects of the ?Israelites? that they bring to the priest for him will be his. 10 The holy objects of a man will be for him; whatever he gives to the priest will be for him.’ ”
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Almighty God, graciously behold this Your family for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed and delivered into the hands of sinful men to suffer death upon the cross; through the same Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy
Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Concluding Prayer
Heavenly Father, send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts to direct and rule us according to Your will, to comfort us in all our afflictions, to defend us from all error, and to lead us into all truth; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
