Day 72: The Plains of Moab (2025)

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🗓️ 13 March 2025

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Summary

Fr. Mike describes the sinful events of Israel in Moab, and why God chooses to bless the Israelites through Balaam in spite of their sin. Today's readings are Numbers 24-25, Deuteronomy 26, and Psalm 107.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast,
0:07.8	where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.
0:11.6	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension using the Great Adventure Bible timeline.
0:16.1	We'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit
0:21.5	into that story today. It is day 72, and we are reading today from Numbers, Chapter 24 and 25,
0:28.0	from Deuteronomy, chapter 26, and from Psalm 107, as always. I am reading from the revised,
0:34.0	I can't even remember, as always, the revised standard version, second Catholic
0:38.2	edition.
0:38.9	I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension.
0:41.1	If you want to be able to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit
0:44.8	Ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year.
0:47.5	You can also subscribe in your podcast app to receive daily episodes.
0:51.5	Once again, today is 72.
0:53.1	Today is day 72. My goodness. Numbers 24 and 25 and
0:57.2	Deuteronomy 26. We're praying Psalm 107. Not sure if I mentioned that earlier. Boy, oh boy.
1:04.5	Here we go. Numbers, chapter 24 and 25. Numbers 24. Baylam's third oracle. When Balam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless
1:15.6	Israel, he did not go as other times to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
1:22.0	And Balam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel encamping tribe by tribe, and the spirit of God
1:27.3	came upon him, and he took up his
1:29.0	discourse and said, The oracle of Beleam, the son of Bayor, the oracle of the man whose eye is
1:35.4	opened, the oracle of him who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the almighty,
1:40.8	falling down, but having his eyes uncovered. How fair are your tents, O Jacob,
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