Deut 11-16 - FACT: God loves a party

The readings - Days 62 and 63 - Deuteronomy 11-16

...And the dilemma continues. I'm still more or less enjoying Deuteronomy, and the chapters are just whizzing by, largely because they're a little like deja vu, with a lot of repetition.

Now, though, it seems that we're getting into the meat of the book. That's good.

However, the "meat" of the book is starting to closely resemble Leviticus, what with all the laws, regulations and details. That's bad. Well... not bad... I think you know what I mean.

There were two things that struck me over the past two days of reading, though.

Num. 18-22 - On keeping clean, fetching water and talking to donkeys

The readings - Days 50-51 - Numbers 18-22

Well, I'm only just reaching the two-thirds mark of Numbers, and I have to say, it's not so bad. Don't get me wrong, it started off with an almost unbelievable lack of pace, but this has been several sustained chapters of actual story - something I wasn't expecting at all.

It also turns out that I did know some stories from Numbers, I just didn't know they were from Numbers. Huh.

That said, however, there are still some dry bits, but even those tend to not be so bad. 18 starts off with, shades of Leviticus, instructions for priests as far as their duties, roles and dinner portions following sacrifices, but what struck me about this was not any of the particulars, but rather the downright casual approach to the concept of "unclean" demonstrated throughout.