🏔️ Numbers 21

Numbers 21 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim. He fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;” Numbers 21 opens with these words: “The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim. He fought against Israel, and took…” The line to keep is Numbers 21:28: “for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.” Carry the word “fire” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Numbers 21:28: “for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Numbers 21? Then try this: Read “for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.