Day 58: A Chosen People (2026)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Mike breaks down the purpose of the various offerings during the dedication of the tabernacle. We are also reminded that the people of Israel are God's chosen people because they have a key mission. Today's readings are Numbers 7, Deuteronomy 7, and Psalm 92
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name's Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, |
| 0:07.5 | where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. |
| 0:11.5 | The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:14.7 | Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, |
| 0:19.3 | discovering how the story of salvation unfolds |
| 0:21.4 | and how we fit into that story today. It is day 58. So we are reading today, keep on with our |
| 0:27.8 | numbers, reading Numbers Chapter 7 and Deuteronomy Chapter 7. We're also going to be praying |
| 0:32.5 | from Psalm 92. As always, I am reading from the Bible translation of called the revised standard version, |
| 0:38.5 | the second Catholic edition. As always, I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. |
| 0:42.5 | If you want to download your own Bible in the year reading plan, you can visit |
| 0:46.1 | ascensionpress.com slash Bible in the year. And if you have not yet subscribed in your |
| 0:50.2 | podcast app, please do that. That way you can receive all of your daily updates. Today, |
| 0:56.0 | once again, it's day 58. We're reading Numbers chapter 7, Deuteronomy chapter 7, and Psalm 92. |
| 1:03.4 | Numbers Chapter 7. Offerings of the Leaders |
| 1:06.3 | On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings |
| 1:13.5 | and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils, the leaders of Israel, heads of their father's houses, the leaders of the tribes, who were over those who are numbered, offered and brought their offerings before the Lord. |
| 1:25.7 | Six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every |
| 1:29.5 | two of the leaders and for each one an ox. They offered them before the tabernacle. Then the Lord |
| 1:35.6 | said to Moses, accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting, |
| 1:42.6 | and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service. So Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service, and four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Marari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. But to the sons of Kohath according to their service under the direction of Ithamar the son of |
| 2:00.9 | Aaron the priest but to the sons of Kohath he gave none because they were charged with the care |
| 2:06.2 | of the holy things which had to be carried on the shoulder and the leaders offered offerings |
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