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Week 7. Day 3. Numbers 26-28.

Num 26 The second census. This marks the point where the disobedient generation have died out in the wilderness, and a new generation is now poised to enter the promised land. After this second census, no Israelite deaths are recorded in the book of Numbers.

Num 27 Joshua to succeed Moses

27:15-17 ‘Sheep without a shepherd’. From what you’ve read in Exodus-Numbers, what has Moses’s ‘shepherd’ role been so far?

How does this enrich our understanding of Jesus using language of ‘sheep without a shepherd’ in Matt 9:36 and Mark 6:34, and describing himself as the ‘good shepherd’?

Num 28 begins the calendar of festivals (continued in ch29). Again, this may seem unfamiliar to us, but think how encouraging this must have been for the people in the wilderness: this is looking forward to life in the land!

NOTE: Days 1-5 of each week contain the scripture reading for that week. Day 6 has just the 'key chapters'. If you want a briefer version of this plan that still takes you through the whole Bible, you could just read the key chapters featured on day 6. Day 7 has the podcast video where we discuss the week's reading.