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things are possible to him who believes.” greatly, and came out of him. And he became
24 Immediately the father of the child cried as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.”
out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted
my unbelief!” him up, and he arose.
25 When Jesus saw that the people came run- 28 And when He had come into the house,
ning together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could
saying to it, “Deaf and dumb spirit, I command we not cast it out?”
you, come out of him and enter him no more!” 29 So He said to them, “This kind can come
26 Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”

DAY 5:What was the purpose of Jesus’Transfiguration?
Matthew and Mark place the Transfiguration “six days”after Jesus’promise that some disciples
would “see the kingdom of God present with power”(Mark 9:1).Peter,James,and John,as the inner
circle of Jesus’ disciples, were allowed to witness this great event on “a high mountain” (Mark 9:2),
most likely Mt. Hermon, the highest mountain in the vicinity of Caesarea Philippi (see 8:27). Jesus
was “transfigured,” meaning “to change in form” or “to be transformed,” in front of them. In some
inexplicable way, Jesus manifested some of His divine glory to the 3 disciples (see 2 Pet. 1:16).The
divine glory emanating from Jesus made even His clothing radiate brilliant white light (Mark 9:3).
Light is often associated with God’s visible presence (see Ps. 104:2; Dan. 7:9; 1 Tim. 6:16; Rev. 1:14;
21:23).
Also appearing with Jesus were “Elijah…with Moses” (Mark 9:4). They were symbolic of the
Prophets and the Law,the two great divisions of the Old Testament.They “were talking with Jesus,”
and the subject was His coming death (Luke 9:31).Then “a cloud…overshadowed them”(v. 7).This
is the glory cloud, Shekinah, which throughout the Old Testament was symbolic of God’s presence
(Ex. 13:21; 33:18–23; 40:34,35; Num. 9:15; 14:14; Deut. 9:33). And “a voice came out of the cloud,”
which was the Father’s voice,saying,“This is My beloved Son”—repeating the affirmation of His love
for the Son first given at Jesus’ baptism (Mark 1:11).“Hear Him!” says the Father. Jesus, the One to
whom the Law and Prophets pointed (see Deut. 18:15), is the One whom the disciples are to listen
to and obey (see Heb. 1:1,2).

MARCH 6 offering of the LORD at its appointed time
among the children of Israel?”
8 And Moses said to them, “Stand still, that I
may hear what the LORD will command con-
Numbers 9:1–10:36
cerning you.”
Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the 9 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
9 Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of 10 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If
the second year after they had come out of the anyone of you or your posterity is unclean
land of Egypt, saying: “Let the children of because of a corpse, or is far away on a jour-
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Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time. ney, he may still keep the LORD’s Passover.
3 On the fourteenth day of this month, at twi- 11 On the fourteenth day of the second month,
light, you shall keep it at its appointed time. at twilight, they may keep it. They shall eat it
According to all its rites and ceremonies you with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
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shall keep it.” So Moses told the children of 12 They shall leave none of it until morning, nor
Israel that they should keep the Passover. break one of its bones. According to all the or-
5 And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth dinances of the Passover they shall keep it.
day of the first month, at twilight, in the 13 But the man who is clean and is not on a jour-
Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the ney, and ceases to keep the Passover, that
LORD commanded Moses, so the children of same person shall be cut off from among his
Israel did. people, because he did not bring the offering
6 Now there were certain men who were de- of the LORD at its appointed time; that man
filed by a human corpse, so that they could not shall bear his sin.
keep the Passover on that day; and they came 14 ‘And if a stranger dwells among you, and
before Moses and Aaron that day. And those would keep the LORD’s Passover, he must do
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men said to him, “We became defiled by a human so according to the rite of the Passover and
corpse. Why are we kept from presenting the according to its ceremony; you shall have one

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