Immerse: Daily Bible Reading Experience - Day 142

Welcome to Day 142 of the Immerse Daily Bible Reading Experience. In today's episode, we explore the events at Acacia Grove where some Israelites defiled themselves with Moabite women and worshiped Baal of Peor, invoking the Lord's anger. We delve into the Lord's command to Moses to execute the ringleaders and stop the plague ravaging Israel. The story highlights Phineas's zealous act against an Israelite man and a Midianite woman, which appeased the Lord and ended the plague after 24,000 deaths. Subsequently, Phineas receives a covenant of peace and a permanent priesthood for his descendants. The episode continues with the Lord's instructions to take a census of Israelite warriors from various tribes, documenting their clans and registered troops. This reading encapsulates Israel's military organization and key familial lineages, showcasing the clans descended from the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, Gad, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph (through Manasseh and Ephraim), Benjamin, Dan, Asher, and Naphtali, totaling 601,730 registered troops. Join us as we journey through these historical and pivotal moments in Israel's history.

00:00 Introduction to Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience
00:04 Israelites' Sin and God's Anger
00:54 Phineas' Zealous Act
01:50 God's Covenant with Phineas
02:23 Command to Attack the Midianites
02:34 Census of Israelite Clans
11:05 Summary of Israelite Troops
11:14 Conclusion and Farewell

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4 Questions to get your conversations started:
1. What stood out to you this week?
2. Was there anything confusing or troubling?
3. Did anything make you think differently about God?
4. How might this change the way we live?

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3 ways to get the most out of your experience

1. Use Immerse: Beginnings instead of your regular chapter and verse Bible. This special reader’s edition restores the Bible to its natural simplicity and beauty by removing chapter and verse numbers and other historical additions. Letters look like letters, songs look like songs, and the original literary structures are visible in each book.
2. Commit to making this a community experience. Immerse is designed for groups to encounter large portions of the Bible together
   for 8 weeks–more like a book club, less like a Bible study. By meeting every week in small groups and discussing what you read in open,
   honest conversations, you and your community can come together to be transformed through an authentic experience with the Scriptures.
3. Aim to understand the big story. Read through “The Stories and the Story” (p. 483) to see how the books of the Bible work together to tell God’s story of his creation’s restoration. As you read through Immerse: Beginnings, rather than ask, “How do I fit God into my busy life?” begin asking, “How can I join in God’s great plan by living out my part in his story?”