1The Lord said to Moses,
2"Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries:
3"‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,
4cross south of Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,
5where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.
- P44
13Moses commanded the Israelites: "Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The Lord has ordered that it be given to the nine and a half tribes,
14because the families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.
15These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan across from Jericho, toward the sunrise." - P45
The author details the boundaries of the promised land that God assigns toIsrael. The southern, western, northern, and eastern borders are defined. Godinstructs Moses to distribute the land among the nine and a half tribes, as Reu-ben, Gad, and half of Manasseh have already received land east of the Jordan. - P45
Moses receives instructions about the specific boundary lines of the promised land so that the Israelites will know exactly what God has intended for them as their inheritance. - P46
The boundaries include access to bodies of water, which enables travel and fishing. It is the perfect place, already prepared in advance to supply all their needs. - P46
We may not know every detail of our own futures, but we can trust that God does. He knows exactly what we need, and He can show us detailed plans at the proper time. - P46
Our primary focus must be to stay close to Him so that, with the help of the Holy Spirit, we can follow His guidance in the direction that we should go. - P46
Nine and a half tribes receive this land as their inheritance because the othertwo and a half tribes have already received theirs. Some of the Israelites hadrequested the land east of the Jordan across from Jericho after seeing that Ait was suitable for their livestock. - P46
God in His graciousness allowed them tohave this land. When we approach God with our requests, we should notmake demands or ask with a sense of entitlement. We can humbly makeour requests before Him, trusting in His wisdom and grace. - P46
When we donot get exactly what we want, we can hold on to our requests lightly, un-afraid to give them up because we know that God, as our good and perfectFather, desires the best for us. - P46
Heavenly Father, thank you that You desire the best for Your children. - P47
Help me not to hold on too tightly to my own desires but to remain humble in my requests to You. In Jesus’ name, amen. - P47
God converses with us primarily through His words in Scripture.
We can also use His words to respond to Him.
Use the following guide to pray through this week‘s memory verse.
"But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the LORD; and you may be surethat your sin will find you out." - Numbers 32:23 - P51
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