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Podcast Introduction

Our reading today 1 Chronicles 10-14, after which I’ll have some comments, and I have a very important clarification of my comments on Numbers chapter 5 from yesterday’s reading.

I’m calling today’s episode “What’s In Your Heart?”

Comments on 1 Chronicles 13

Because of what God does to Uzzah in chapter 13, I’m going to rerun my comments from s12e127, which was titled “Follow the Directions”, where we read about this same event in 2 Samuel chapter 6. If you were with me then, please bear with me. It doesn’t hurt to review sometimes, and new Lifespring Family members might not have heard it. It’s important, I think, to have a better understanding of why God reacted as He did.

This can be a difficult story for some people. Why would God kill Uzzah for merely reaching out to steady the Ark of the Covenant (or Covenant Box in the Good News Translation that we read today), to keep it from falling off the cart? Let’s dig into this a bit.

To some, God’s reaction to Uzzah’s actions here seems to be extreme, to say the least. David thought so, since we’re told that he became angry at God.

So what happened? Why did God do this?

Here are the thoughts of scholars.

First off, when God gave His instructions to the Israelites on how they were to build the Ark, he was very clear about the most minute detail, including how it was to be transported, who was allowed to move it and who was allowed to touch it. It was never to be put onto a cart, but it was to be carried by Kohathites only. There were two poles that went through two loops on each side of the Ark, and these poles were to be placed on the Kohathite’s shoulders, bearing the Ark between them.

No one but a priest was to touch the Ark, because the Ark had the very presence of God upon it. Remember, this all happened before the Messiah had come, and only the priests had direct access to God and only priests could perform the sacrifices that could cover the sins of the people. The Ark represented a holy and awesome (in the very real sense of that word) God, and God had made it very clear how it was to be honored, because it was a reflection on how they were to honor God Himself.

So by putting the Ark on the ox drawn cart, they were guilty of transgressing God’s direct instructions. But why was Uzzah killed?

Touching the Ark was a direct violation of God’s clear instruction. It could be that God saw the condition of Uzzah’s heart, that he didn’t have the proper attitude toward it. It had been in Uzzah’s house, after all for some time, and he might have become indifferent to it. We must not become indifferent to God. He. Is. God. The creator of all that is. The One who gives us life and sustains us.

It could be that Uzzah had a cavalier attitude regarding God’s Word. He didn’t think it was important to sweat the details.

Maybe his reaching out to steady the Ark reflected a lack of faith on Uzzah’s part, that God somehow needed his help.

What we might want to draw from this is that we need to pay attention to what God says, and we should do all we can to be obedient to Him. Yes, He is loving and He is merciful. But He is also Holy, and it is important that we never forget that. It is His holiness and justice that requires payment for sin. It is His love that made a way for me and you to not have to make the payment for our sins. It is His holiness and justice and love that required the sacrifice of His Son in my place and yours. Because of His holy and just nature, he couldn’t just overlook the sin. It had to be dealt with.

I’m thankful that God made a way for me to escape His wrath, and that He has offered that way, that gift, to anyone who will receive it. Jesus said, “…I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” 

Clarification on Numbers 5:27

Sean of San Pedro sent a 1000 sat boostagram and said, “Thanks as always! Your commentary is always helpful. I’m still a bit conflicted by the jealousy ceremony. It sounds like the special clay is very similar to a Plan B pill, but with the added effect of sterilization. Quite shocking.”

Thanks for your boostagram, Sean. I’m really glad you sent it, because I should have addressed this in my commentary. You’re referring to Numbers 5:27, which in the Easy To Read Version that I read from said, “If the woman has sinned against her husband, the water will bring her trouble. The water will go into her body and cause her much suffering. Any baby that is in her will die before it is born, and she will never be able to have children.”

However, in the original Hebrew, the phrase about the baby dieing is not there. Nowhere in the entire passage dealing with how they were to address whether or not a woman had been unfaithful or not is there any language having to do with the woman’s pregnancy or lack of pregnancy. Nothing. The only thing in the original Hebrew that sounds remotely like pregnancy is where it says that the “water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell…”, but this is not referring to pregnancy. It is a visible sign that she is guilty of unfaithfulness. The other sign is that she will be unable to conceive again. Remember that the ability to bear children was considered to be a sign of God’s blessing. And remember, too, that God was teaching the entire nation how important faithfulness to the marriage vows, and faithfulness to Him was. 

If she conceived at some time in the future, then all would know that she was innocent. But if she did not, they would know that she had been unfaithful, and she was under God’s curse.

This mistranslation by the ERV translators, as well as a few other Bible translators, is a very unfortunate mistake. It is not in the original language at all. That’s another reason that having multiple translations to compare is so important. And when there are questions, consulting an interlinear Bible is imperative. 

I’m sorry I didn’t address this in my commentary yesterday, Sean. Thanks again for bringing it up. 

Today’s Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 10-11 NCV; Ch. 12-13 GNT; Ch. 14 NIRV

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Well, hi there. This is the Lifespring family Audio Bible coming to you from Riverside, California, podcasting since 2004. I’m your OG God caster Steve Webb. This is the daily show where we’re reading through the entire Bible in a year and it’s so good to see you today. Are you doing are reading today’s first Chronicles 10 through 14 After which I’ll have some comments. And I have a very important clarification of my comments on Numbers chapter five from yesterday’s show, be sure to listen to that after my comments on today’s reading. I’m calling today’s episode. What’s in your heart? You’d like to leave a comment on today’s show, please go to Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 237. You can also email me at Steve at Lifespring media.com. Are you ready? Let’s go.

First Chronicles chapter 10. The Philistines fought against Israel and the Israelites ran away from them. Many Israelites were killed on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines fought hard against Saul and his sons killing his sons, Jonathan Abinadab and Malka shuaa The fighting was heavy around Saul and the archers shot him with their arrows and wounded him. Then Saul said to the officer who carried his armor, pull out your sword and stab me. If you don’t these Philistines who are not circumcised will come and hurt me. But Saul’s officer refused because he was afraid. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it. When the officer saw that Saul was dead, he threw himself on his own sword and died. Sol Sol and three of his sons died, all his family died together. When the Israelites living in the valley saw that their army had run away, and that Saul and his sons were dead. They left their towns and ran away. Then the Philistines came and settled in them. The next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead soldiers, they found Saul and his sons dead on Mount Gilboa. The Philistines stripped Saul’s body and took his head and his armor. Then they sent messengers through all their country to tell the news to their idols and to their people. The Philistines put Saul’s armor in the temple of their idols and hung his head in the temple of Dagon. All the people in J. Besh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul. So the brave men of J. Bash went and got the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to J bash. They buried their bones under the large tree and J bash. Then the people of J. Bash fasted for seven days. Saul died because he was not faithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord. He even went to a medium and asked for her advice instead of asking the Lord, this is why the Lord puts us all to death, and gave the kingdom to Jesse son, David.

First Chronicles chapter 11. Then the people of Israel came to David at the town of Hebron and said, Look, we are your own family. Even when Saul was King, you were the one who led Israel and battle. The Lord your God said to you, you will be the shepherd for my people Israel, you will be their leader. So all the elders of Israel came to King David at Hebron, he made an agreement with them in Hebron in the presence of the Lord. Then they poured oil on David to make him king over Israel. The Lord had promised through Samuel that this would happen. David and all the Israelites went to the city of Jerusalem. At that time, Jerusalem was called jeebus. And the people living there were named Jebusites. They said to David, you can’t get inside our city. But David did take the city of Jerusalem with its strong walls and it became the city of David. David had said, the person who leads the attack against the Jebusites will become the commander over all my army Joab, son of the ruya led the attack, so he became the commander of the army. Then David made his home in the strong walled city, which is why it was named the city of David. David rebuilt the city beginning where the land was filled in and going to the wall that was around the city. Joab repaired the other parts of the city, David became stronger and stronger, and the Lord all powerful was with him. This is a list of the leaders over David’s warriors who helped make David’s Kingdom strong. All the people of Israel also supported David’s kingdom. These heroes and all the people of Israel made David King just as the Lord had promised. This is a list of David’s warriors. Just show BM was from the Hackman, ICT people. He was the head of the three David’s most powerful soldiers. He used his spear to fight 300 men at one time and he killed them all. Next was Lea aser one of the three Eliezer was dough dies son from the whole height people Eliezer was with David it passed Dammam when the Philistines came there to fight. There was a field of barley at that place

The Israelites ran away from the Philistines. But they stopped in the middle of that field and fought for it and killed the Philistines. The Lord gave them a great victory. Once three of the 30 David’s chief soldiers came down to him at the Rock by the cave near a Dahlem. At the time the Philistine army had camped in the valley of her fame. At that time, David was in a stronghold. And some of the Philistines were in Bethlehem. David had a strong desire for some water. He said, Oh, I wish someone would get me water from the well near the city gate of Bethlehem. So the three broke through the Philistine army and took water from the well near the city gate in Bethlehem. Then they brought it to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out before the Lord saying, May God keep me from drinking this water. It would be like drinking the blood of the men who risked their lives to bring it to me. So David refused to drink it. These were the brave things that the three warriors did. A by Shai brother of Joab was the captain of the three by Shai fought 300 soldiers with his spear and killed them. He became as famous as the three and was more honored than the three. He became their commander, even though he was not one of them. But Neha son of Jehoiada was a brave fighter from cab zo who did mighty things. He killed two of the best warriors for Moab. He also went down into a pit and killed a lion on a snowy day. Binay a killed an Egyptian, who was about seven and one half feet tall, and had a spear as large as a weaver’s rod. But Neha had a club, but he grabbed the spear from the Egyptians hand and killed him with his own spear. These were the things Binay a son of Jehovah did did. He was as famous as the three. He received more honor than the 30 but he did not become a member of the three. David made him leader of his bodyguards. These were also mighty warriors, as they held brother of Joab l Hainan son of dodo from Bethlehem, Sham off the hero, right? He Lez the pillow night, Ira son of IK ash from Tekoa. A by ease or the Anima fight syba Chi that you should fight. I lie the whole height may arrive in a tougher fight. He led son of bayyinah than a tougher fight. If I send a ribeye from Libya in Benjamin banana the paratha night he arrived from the ravines of gay Ash ablv, Arbor, thight. Asma veth. The Behera might Elia the CHE Alba night, the sons of Heysham, the guest tonight, Jonathan, son of Shaggy, the heritage site, a Hiam, son of say, car, the heritage site, a lightful, son of earth, He further McCarthyite, a hija the peeler Knight has row the Carmelite nearby Son of ezbuy Joel, brother of Nathan midbar, son of hag Ray Zelich, the Ammonite Neha re the Bira thight, the officer who carried the armor for Joab, son of Zeruiah. Ira the birthright Ghareeb the birthright Uriah the Hittite is a bad son of ally, Adena son of shizer, the Reubenites who was the leader of the Reubenites and it’s 30 soldiers, Hainan son of may occur. Joshua fat the midnight Uzziah the Astra fight Shaimaa and Gentile sons of Hawthorn, the Aurora right, Judah al son of Shivraj Jolla, Judah ales brother the TOS ight, a Lyle the May of eight, Jeremiah and Joshua via l names sons IFMA, the Moabite, a Lyle Obed, and j as to the mosquito bites.

First Chronicles chapter 12. David was living in Ziklag, where he had gone to escape from King Saul. There he was joined by many experienced reliable soldiers members of the tribe of Benjamin to which Saul belonged. They can shoot arrows and sling stones either right handed or left handed. They run to the command of AI easer in Joash, sons of Shemaiah from Libya. These were the soldiers GZ L and Pilet, sons of Asma. veth Barraca and GU from Anna, Thoth, Ishmael from Gibson, a famous soldier and one of the leaders of the 30 Jeremiah J. Hazel, Johanna and jhaza bed from Madeira l us I, Jeremiah, B Elia Shem, Araya and shefa Taya from Harith al Cana is Shi’a as a rel joeytsa and just Showbie him of the clan of Cora, Joe Isla and Zebedee, Jaya sons of Jerome from Vidor. These are the names of the famous experienced soldiers from the tribe of Gad who joined David’s troops when he was at the Desert fort. They were experts with shields and spears is fierce looking as lions and as quick as mountain deer. They were ranked in the

following order easer Obadiah Eliab mish mana Jeremiah at high a Lyle, Joe Hainan, el ze bad Jeremiah and Mack ban I. Some of these men from the tribe of Gad were seeing your officers in command of 1000 men and others were junior officers in command of 100. In the first month of one year, the time when the Jordan River overflowed its banks, they crossed the river scattering the people who lived in the valleys both east and west of the river. Once a group of men from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah went out to the fort where David was, David went to meet them and said, If you are coming as friends to help me, you’re welcome here, join us. But if you intend to betray me to my enemies, even though I have not tried to hurt you, the God of our ancestors will know it and punish you. God’s Spirit took control of one of them. I’m a sigh, who later became the commander of the 30 and he called out David son of Jesse, we are yours, success to you and those who help you. God is on your side. David welcomed them and made them officers in his army.

Some soldiers from the tribe of Manasseh went over to David’s side when he was marching out with the Philistines to fight King Saul. Actually, he did not help the Philistines for their kings were afraid that he would betray them to his former master Saul, so they sent him back to Ziklag. These are the soldiers for Manasa, who went over to David’s side when he was returning adna jhaza Bad Jedi al Michael jhaza Bad ally Hugh and Zillah phi in Manasa. They had all commanded units of 1000 men. They served David as officers over his troops because they were all outstanding soldiers. Later they were officers in the Israelite army. Almost every day new men join David’s forces so that his army was soon enormous.

When David was at Hebron, many trained soldiers joined his army to help make him king in place of Saul as the Lord had promised. Their numbers were as follows Judah 6800 well equipped men armed with shields and spears, Simeon 7100, well trained men, Levi 4600 Men, followers of Jehoiada descendant of Aaron 3700 Men, relatives a doc enable young fighter 22 leading men, Benjamin Saul’s own tribe 3000 Men, most of the people of Benjamin had remained loyal to Saul II frame 20,800 Men famous in their own clans, West Manasa 18,000 men chosen to go and make David King is a car 200 leaders together with a man under their command, these leaders knew what Israel should do in the best time to do it. Zamberlan 50,000 loyal and reliable men ready to fight train to use all kinds of weapons nafed Ally 1000 leaders together with 37,000 men armed with shields and spears, Dan 28,600 Men, Asher 40,000 men ready for battle tribes east of the Jordan, Reuben Gad and East Manasa 120,000 Men trained to use all kinds of weapons. All these soldiers ready for battle went to Hebron determined to make David King over all Israel. All the rest of the people of Israel were united in the same purpose. They spent three days there with David feasting on the food and drink which their relatives had prepared for them. From as far away as the northern tribes of Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali people came bringing donkeys camels, mules and oxen loaded with food, flour, figs, raisins, wine and olive oil. They also brought cattle and sheep to kill and eat. All this was an expression of the joy that was felt throughout the whole country.

First Chronicles chapter 13. King David consulted with all the officers in command of units of 1000 men in units of 100 men. Then he announced to all the people of Israel, if you give your approval and if it is the will of the Lord our God. Let us send messengers to the rest of our people and to the priests and Levites in their towns and tell them to assemble here with us. Then we will go and get God’s covenant box which was ignored while Saul was king. The people were pleased with the suggestion and agreed to it. So David assembled the people of Israel from all over the country from the Egyptian border in the south to Heyworth paths and the North in order to bring the covenant box from Curiosity grm to Jerusalem. David and the people went to the city of baila that is to carry F grm in the territory of Judah to get the covenant box of God which bears the name of the Lord enthroned above the winged creatures at Hubin. adapts house they brought out the covenant box and put it on a new cart Uzza and Ohio guided the cart while David and all the people danced with all their might

To honor God. They sang and played musical instruments, harps, drums, cymbals and trumpets. As they came to the threshing place of Caiden, the oxen stumbled, and does or reached out and took hold of the Covenant box. At once the Lord became angry with us and killed him for touching the box. He died there in God’s presence. And so that place has been called P res. Uzza. Ever since David was furious because the Lord had punished us in anger. Then David was afraid of God and said, How can I take the covenant box with me now? So David did not take it with him to Jerusalem. Instead, he left it at the house of a man named Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath. It stayed there three months and the Lord blessed Obed Edom, his family, and everything that belonged to him.

First Chronicles chapter 14, Hiram was king of Tyre, he sent messengers to David, he sent cedar logs along with them. He also sent skilled workers to build a palace for David. They worked with stone and wood. David knew that the Lord had made his position his king secure. He knew that he had made him king over the whole nation of Israel. He knew that the Lord had greatly honored his kingdom. The Lord had done it because the Israelites were his people. In Jerusalem, David got married to more women. He also became the father of more sons and daughters. Here is the list of the children who were born to him in Jerusalem. Their names were SHA MEWA show Babb. Nathan, Solomon iPAR, lsua, LP let Noga nee fig. Jaffa, Alicia Ma. B Eliana and Alisa let the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over the entire nation of Israel. So their whole army went to look for him. But David heard about it. He went out to where they were, the Philistines had come and attack the people in the valley of Irfan. So David asked God for advice. He said, Should I go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me? The Lord answered him go, I will hand them over to you. So David and his men went up to Baal Paradism. There, David won the battle over the Philistines. He said, God has broken through against my enemies, just as water breaks through a dam. That is why the place is called bale Paradism. The Philistines had left the statues of their gods there, so David gave orders to burn them up. Once more, the Philistines attack the people in the valley. So David asked God for advice again, God answered him, do not go straight up. Instead, circle around them, attack them in front of the Balsam trees. Listen for the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then move out to fight. The sound will mean that I’ve gone out in front of you, I will strike down the Philistine army. So David did just as God had commanded him, he and his men struck down the Philistine army. They struck them down from Gibson all the way to geezer. So David became famous and every land, the Lord made all of the nations afraid of him.

What was your thought when God killed Uzza in chapter 13, this can be a difficult story for some people. So what I’m going to do is go over my comments from Episode s 12, e 127, which was titled follow the directions where we read about this same event in Second Samuel chapter six. If you are with me, then please bear with me. It doesn’t hurt to review sometimes and new Lifespring family members might not have heard it. It’s important, I think, to have a better understanding of why God reacted as he did. So why would God kill us for merely reaching out to study the Ark of the Covenant or the covenant box in the Good News Translation that we read today? As it did it to keep the Ark from falling off the cart? Right? So why did God react that way? Well, let’s dig into it. To some God’s reaction to us his actions seem extreme to say the least, David thought so since we’re told that he became angry at God. So what happened? First off, when God gave His instructions to the Israelites on how they were to build the ark, he was very clear about the most minut detail, including how it was to be transported, who was allowed to move it, and who was allowed to touch it. It was never to be put onto a cart, but it was to be carried by Kohathites only. There were two poles that went through two loops on each side of the arc. And these poles were to be placed on the coat with heights shoulders bearing the arc between them. Now, no one but a priest was to touch the arc because the arc had the very presence of God upon it. Remember, this all happened before the Messiah had come in only the priests had direct access to God, and only priests could perform the sacrifices that could cover the sins of the people. The Ark represented a holy and an awesome God, and I mean awesome in the very real sense of that word, something that inspires or, or commands ah, and God had made it very clear how it was to be honored because it was a reflection on how they were to honor God himself. So by putting the ark on the ox drawn cart, they were guilty of transgressing God’s direct instructions. But why was as a killed? Well, touching the ark was a direct violation of God’s clear instruction. It could be that God saw the condition of us as heart, and that as it didn’t have the proper attitude toward the Ark or toward God, it had been in us His house after all, for some time, and he might have become indifferent to it. You know how that is, the more you are around something or around someone, the less impressed you are with him sometimes, well, we can’t become indifferent to God, He is God, after all, the creator of all that is the one who gives life and sustains it. And it could be that as I had a cavalier attitude regarding God’s word, he didn’t think it was important to sweat the details, maybe is reaching out to study the Ark reflected a lack of faith on us as part were that God somehow needed his help. So what we might want to draw from this is that we need to pay attention to what God says, and we should do all that we can to be obedient to him. Yes, he’s loving, and he’s merciful, but he’s also holy. And it’s important that we never forget that it is His Holiness and justice that requires payment for sin. And it is his love that made a way for me and you to not have to make the payment for our sins. It’s his holiness and His justice in his love, that required the sacrifice of His Son, in my place, and in yours. Because of His holy and just nature. He couldn’t just overlook the sin. It had to be dealt with. I’m just so thankful that God made a way for me to escape his wrath, and that he’s offered that way that gift to anyone who will receive it. Jesus said, I am the way in the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you haven’t accepted that gift yet, I’d like to hear from you. Write me an email at Steve at Lifespring media.com. If you got any questions about that, you have a comment? Let me know Lifespring media.com/s 12 e 237. Scroll to the bottom of the page and leave your comment there. Here’s your cue to boost.

Well, I got a boostagram this morning from Sean of San Pedro. He said thanks. As always, your commentary is always helpful. I’m still a bit conflicted by the jealousy ceremony. It sounds like the special clay is very similar to a plan B pill, but with the added effect of sterilization. Quite shocking. Well, Sean, thank you for your booster. Gram. Brother, I’m really glad you said it. Because I should have addressed this in my commentary yesterday, you’re referring to numbers 527, which in the easy to read version that I read from yesterday said, if the woman has sinned against her husband, the water will bring her trouble, the water will go into her body and cost her much suffering. Any baby that is in her will die before it is born. And she will never be able to have children. All right. So that’s what it said in the easy to read version. But in the original Hebrew, the phrase about the baby dying, isn’t there. Nowhere in that entire passage that deals with how they were to address whether or not a woman had been unfaithful. Nowhere does it say anything about a woman’s pregnancy or lack of pregnancy. There’s nothing in the original language at all about that. The only thing in the original Hebrew that sounds remotely like pregnancy is where it says that the quote, water that causes the curse shall enter her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell. But this is not referring to pregnancy. It’s a visible sign that she’s guilty of unfaithfulness. And the other sign is that she’ll be unable to conceive again. Remember that the ability to bear children was considered to be a sign of God’s blessing. And remember, too, that God was teaching the entire nation how important faithfulness to the marriage vows and faithfulness to him was in drinking this water and looking for the sign of either guilt or innocence. God had to personally be involved in the outcome. There was nothing magic about the water or the things that they put into it. God Himself was going to intervene and either show her innocence by there being no ill effects or her guilt by making it so that she would blow it up in her stomach and have her womb be unable to conceive. So this is not something that would happen immediately. This is something that the people, the nation would be able to watch the effects on the woman. If she conceived at some time in the future, then all would know that she was innocent. But if she did not, they would know that she had been unfaithful, and she was under God’s curse. But again, I just want to make it clear. There is not one word in that section in the original Hebrew that had anything to do with a baby dying or with a spontaneous abortion or anything like that. This mistranslation by the easy to read version translators, as well as a few other Bible translators is a very unfortunate mistake. And that’s another reason that having multiple translations to compare is so very important. And when there are questions, consulting an interlinear Bible is imperative. You can find interlinear Bibles for free online. I’m really sorry, I didn’t address this in my commentary yesterday. So Sean, thank you for bringing it up.

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