OUR BIBLE BAND

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 14, 1911

Schedule for Week Ending February 25, 1911 Sunday February 19 Leviticus 24, 25 Monday " 20 " 26, 27 Tuesday " 21 Numbers 1, 2 Wednesday " 22 " 3-5 Thursday " 23 " 6, 7 Friday " 24 " 8-10 Sabbath " 25 " 11-13

SPECIAL points of interest in our readings this week:

In Leviticus: The continual lamps; the bread of God's presence; a case of blasphemy; the great year of jubilee (from Lev. 25:10 is taken the inscription on the famed Liberty Bell); God's fearful, prophetic warnings to Israel, of which they are a striking fulfilment; laws regarding vows and tithing.

In Numbers: The numbering of the tribes (we will find them numbered again at the end of the forty years); the order of Israel's encampment under four great standards, said by tradition to be Judah the lion, Ephraim the ox, Reuben the man, Dan the eagle (see Ezekiel 1 and Revelation 4), yet each tribe under its own tribal standard, with the sanctuary in the center (see Num. 24:5, 6); the divisions and work of the tribe of Levi; various vows and ceremonies; God's blessing to be pronounced upon His people (He is no respecter of persons); the offerings of the princes for the service of the sanctuary; the Passover and the journeyings; the sad case of murmuring against God (Like men to-day, many of the Israelites lived to eat rather than ate to live. Appetite was stronger than reason. The flesh-pots of Egypt, by power of habit, were more enticing than the corn of heaven); God chooses His own leaders; the report of the faithless and the faithful spies. There are difficulties and conflicts, but God is more than all.