The First Reading for the 4th Sunday in Lent (Numbers 21:4-9)

Send us Fan Mail Each weekday we will meditate on a prayer or a reading for the upcoming Sunday as assigned in the ELCA's hymnal. Numbers 21:4-9 Then they set out from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea to bypass the land of Edom, but the people became impatient because of the journey. The people spoke against God and Moses: “Why have you led us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!” Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the pe...