🪨 Numbers 26

Numbers 26 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “After the plague, Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,” 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, “Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.” Numbers 26 opens with these words: “After the plague, Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,” The line to keep is Numbers 26:2: ““Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go out to…” Carry the word “take” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Numbers 26:2: ““Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go out to war in Israel.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Numbers 26? Then try this: Read ““Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their…” 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.