Numbers 34-36
Watching Moses work, here at the end of his ministry, provides excellent lessons and examples for pastors nearing the end of their ministry (or a particular pastorate). Moses cleans up the membership records (Numbers 26), participates in the selection and commissioning of his successor (Numbers 27); reviews the yearly calendar (Numbers 28-29), fights a final battle (Numbers 31), deals with special requests (Numbers 32), leaves a detailed accounting of what they had done (Numbers 33), and…
A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE!
Doing as much as he can before the fact, Moses outlines the geographical boundaries of the future nation of Israel as if to say, “This is how much work you’ll have to do.” He reviews the 2 ½ tribes’ inheritance across the Jordan, and designates men from each tribe to for a committee to “help assign” the land, when the time comes. This plan must include cities for the Levites, six of which will also be “Cities of Refuge,” where someone guilty of accidental manslaughter can flee for protection. And since it was so “new” and “unorthodox,” the final chapter of Numbers confirms what God had said earlier to Zelophehad’s daughters.
Tomorrow, we begin Jesus’ favorite book of the Bible!
Until then,
Pastor Gary
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