My wife Sandy and I are reading through the Bible together each day, and this week we read Numbers 7, the 2nd longest chapter in the Bible . . . and eighty-nine of the most monotonous, repetitive verses in all of Scripture!
I'm sorry, but read 'em for yourself and tell me it's not so!
In Numbers 7 we are told of the gifts that each of the twelve tribes gave for the service of the Tabernacle.
So in verses 12-17 we read:
The one who brought his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah. His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old, to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.
Okay, that's not so bad. I mean you expect to encounter a paragraph like that in a book like Numbers.
But then you come to verse 18 and read:
On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, brought his offering. The offering he brought was . ....
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Like the eldest son of Noah, the progenitor of all Europeans, his name is Japheth. This slight, gentle Kenyan with the soft voice and bright smile might weigh 100 lbs. If so, most of that would be heart--a giant one of pure gold. We first got to know Japheth, his pretty wife Lillian, and their two sons Jones and Jason when Jason (3 yrs old at the time) accidentally drank some household cleanser, severely burning his esophagus and stomach. For months he had to be fed an expensive baby formula through a tube that went directly to his stomach. Sandy and I were blessed to help with the expense of the formula.
Eventually God healed Jason, Japheth graduated from seminary, and the Biwott family went back to Kenya to equip other Kenyans to love and serve the Lord. Japheth is now the dean of Kapsabet Bible College, training other young men to serve their village churches as pastors, teachers, and evangelists.
I am the dean of a Bible College just like Japheth. The difference is that I make enough money to meet all my needs. I cook on an electric range or gas grill, or I go to nice resturants for my meals. I even have enough in my paycheck to send to others and to save for retirement.
Japheth, on the other hand, must add farming to his teaching and administration duties in order to support his little family. He cooks in the house on charcoal ($10...
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