Numbers 30:2–4 “If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or takes an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word. … Also if a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and binds herself … in her father’s house in her youth, and her father hears her...

Numbers 28:2 “Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be careful to present My offering, My food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at the appointed time.” Observation: God here laid out the sacrificial system that was to be followed:...

Numbers 14:2–3 “All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, ‘Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the...

Psalm 27:4 “One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple” (NIV). Observation: Psalm 27 exudes David’s confident faith in the Lord....

Genesis 1:1–2 “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep …” Observation: Time now begins. The uncreated, eternal God who had ‘til now communed within Himself as Father, Son...

Acts 25:26 “Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord.” Observation: Festus had a real problem on his hands. Paul had come into the Roman justice system for discipline, yet Rome’s representative had to confess to King Agrippa that he had no meaty...

Acts 24:14 “But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets.” Observation: Paul affirmed here, as Jesus Himself had...

Leviticus 26:3–4, 14, 16 “If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments … then I shall … But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments. … I … will …” Observation: Set forth here are laws concerning obedience, given by God as unalterable...

Leviticus 20:2, 6 “Any man from the sons of Israel … who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death … As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists … I will set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.”...

Psalm 13:1–2, 5–6 “How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? ... But I have trusted in Your...