Numbers 26:12-27:11 ; Proverbs 8:12-21 ; Luke 7:36-50 "Aristotle, II" © by Terri L. Stricker - Original Fired Clay Sculpture Today’s readings reflect the theme of expressing our gratitude to God .  In Numbers 26:12-27:11, we notice that after the plague (which we read about yesterday), God instructed “Moses and Eleazar to “take a census of the whole Israelite community” (verse 1).  This would be the second census of the people.  Earlier, we saw that the first census yielde