{"id":21397,"date":"2026-03-07T21:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=21397"},"modified":"2026-03-07T21:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T21:10:03","slug":"march-7th-chronological-bible-readings-chronological-bible-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=21397","title":{"rendered":"March 7th Chronological Bible Readings \u2013 Chronological Bible Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><strong>Numbers 25:1-26:65<\/strong><\/span><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">~ Click here to read today\u2019s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~<\/span><\/em><br \/><span><em>~ Listen to today\u2019s Scripture with <\/em><em>The ESV Bible<\/em><\/span> ~<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><span><span>And just when it looks like Balaam was turning out to be maybe not so bad in chapter 24\u2026 we get to chapter 25\u2026\u00a0 In chapter 25 we read about Israel\u2019s sin in worshiping Baal and their sexual immorality.\u00a0 What we don\u2019t find out until Numbers chapter 31 verse 16 is that Balaam was the principal instigator of the idea of leading Israel toward this sexual sin &amp; idolatry: <em>\u201cThey were the ones who followed Balaam\u2019s advice and were the means of turning the Israelites away from the LORD in what happened at Peor, so that a plague struck the LORD\u2019s people.\u201d <\/em>Revelation chapter 2 verse 14 also refers to Balaam\u2019s hand in the incidents that took place:<em> \u201cNevertheless, I have a few things against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Reading about these incidents in chapter 25 today \u2013 do you think people today still live in this tension of serving God versus being seduced by idols?\u00a0 What saves us from this tension?<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><span><span>Bob Deffinbaugh\u2019s take on Chapter 25 and Balaam\u2019s behind the scenes work is at Bible.org at this link and leads off with, <strong>\u201cBalaam\u2019s Advice: \u201cIf You Can\u2019t Beat \u2018Em, Join \u2018Em!\u201d\u201d<\/strong> is <\/span><span>at this link.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><span><span>Today in Numbers chapter 26 we read about Israel\u2019s second census, which was commanded by God.\u00a0 (We\u2019ll read later in the Bible a census conducted by David that was not commanded by God, which was a sin.)\u00a0 This 2nd census in numbers was taken approximately 38 years after the first census.\u00a0 The first census in Numbers chapters 1 &amp; 2 was taken after Israel had left Egypt.\u00a0 This second census is being taken just before the conquest of the Promised Land.\u00a0 In verse 51 today we read: <em>\u201cSo the total number of Israelite men counted in the census numbered 601,730.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 This total of the second census compares to 603,550 from the first census, so is very comparable.\u00a0 These second census numbers obviously reflect the 24,000 deaths we read about in chapter 25 \u2013 so this number would have been higher.\u00a0 To me, overall, to see the numbers so similar over 38 years in the wilderness shows that God\u2019s hand of blessing was so clearly upon the Israelites.\u00a0 They were flourishing in the desert.\u00a0 Hopefully this is encouraging to us today.\u00a0 If we are in right relationship with God, I believe our lives will clearly flourish in whatever circumstances we might find ourselves in \u2013 even if we are in the desert!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\"><strong>Worship Video:<\/strong> Today\u2019s readings reminds me of the FFH song \u201cOne of these Days:\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CHdSgQVIb5c<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Are you prepared for Jesus\u2019 Second Coming?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">Click here and be prepared for that Day!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><strong>Please join us in memorizing and meditating on a verse of Scripture today:<\/strong> <em>\u201cSo Israel yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor. And the LORD\u2019s anger burned against them.\u201d<\/em> Numbers 25:3 NIV<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><strong>Prayer Point:<\/strong> Pray that you will never yoke yourself to any false God or idol. Pray that you will never anger the LORD through idolatry of any kind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span><strong>Comments from You:<\/strong>\u00a0 What verses or insights stand out to you in today\u2019s readings?\u00a0 Please post up by clicking on the \u201cComments\u201d link below!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">God bless,<br \/>Mike<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">p.s. Download our monthly Small Group study notes for our Chronological Bible readings at this link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">p.s. #2 \u2013 Download a schedule of our Chronological Bible readings for the year in PDF format at this link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2em\">p.s. #3 \u2013 I would greatly appreciate it if you would pray for this Chronological Bible Blog ministry today! Please also consider partnering with us by financially supporting this ministry. Thank you!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numbers 25:1-26:65~ Click here to read today\u2019s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today\u2019s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ And just when it looks like Balaam was turning out to be maybe not so bad in chapter 24\u2026 we get to chapter 25\u2026\u00a0 In chapter 25 we read about Israel\u2019s sin in worshiping<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1455,45,46,558,5265,231],"class_list":{"0":"post-21397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bible-study","8":"tag-7th","9":"tag-bible","10":"tag-blog","11":"tag-chronological","12":"tag-march","13":"tag-readings"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}