God Dwells With Us: A Devotional on Numbers 35:22–34 for Young Adults

What It Means to Live Where God Dwells

7-Step QT

  1. 🙏 Quiet Time
  2. 📅 June 10, 2025
  3. ✝️ Numbers 35:22-34
  4. 📖 “You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, for I the LORD dwell in the midst of the people of Israel” (v. 34)
  5. 📝 God is saying, “I live with you—so your space, your community, your life—it matters. Keep it clean, keep it just.”
  6. 💬 What does this passage speak to you today?
  7. 🙏 Share below, and let’s encourage one another in prayer!

7-Step QT Notes

✝️ Scripture Summary: Numbers 35:22–34

This passage talks about what to do when someone accidentally kills another person. It’s not just about legal rules—it’s about how to keep the land pure because God, who is holy, lives among His people.

📖 Key Verse (v.34)

“Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the Lord, dwell among the Israelites.”

God is saying, “I live with you—so your space, your community, your life—it matters. Keep it clean, keep it just.”

📝 Main Message & Life Application

1. God wants to live right in the middle of your life

  • God isn’t distant. He wants to be present in your everyday life—your apartment, your job, your relationships.
  • That means how we live matters. Our choices shape the space where God dwells.

2. Your actions affect more than just you

  • Even accidental harm had consequences in this passage. Why? Because what we do impacts our community.
  • In today’s terms: your words, your decisions, your silence—they ripple out.

3. Justice and restoration go hand in hand

  • Even when someone didn’t mean to cause harm, there were steps to make things right.
  • In our lives, when we mess up, we’re called not to hide it—but to own it and work toward healing.

💬 What is God saying to you today?

Here are some reflection questions:

  • Is my life a space where God would feel at home?
  • Have I hurt someone—intentionally or not—and what can I do to make it right?
  • How does knowing God is with me change the way I live, work, and relate to others?

Scriptures

📖 22 “But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him without lying in wait 23 or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm, 24 then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules. 25 And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled, 27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood. 28 For he must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession. 29 And these things shall be for a statute and rule for you throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. 

30 “If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. 31 Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death. 32 And you shall accept no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest. 33 You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, for I the LORD dwell in the midst of the people of Israel” (Num 35:22-34, ESV).

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