The scriptures read are Numbers 9-11, Psalm 43, and Luke 1.
Numbers 9. The alternate time for celebrating Passover if you're ritually unclean or on a trip. Also following the Cloud.
Numbers 10. Bugles to signal the people. And Israel on the march.
Numbers 11. The people whine for meat. Manna isn't good enough. God blows a bunch of quail off course so the people have meat. Also Moses gets 70 helpers (or leaders). I love his attitude when 2 of the leaders are prophesying in camp. Joshua wants Moses to stop them but he says, "Don't be jealous for me. I'm not. I wish all God's people had God's Spirit." Foreshadowing Pentecost?
Psalm 43. Last part of the previous psalm. Read them together and it will be obvious.
Luke 1. Luke is my favorite gospel. And you get a few reasons why in the first chapter: a focus on underdogs and the poor and poetry/songs. Gabriel announces a couple of conceptions. Luke is the only evangelist to tell us that Jesus and John the Baptist are relatives. He's the only one to tell us about John before he started immersing people. Everything's set up for the arrival of Jesus.
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