Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Numbers 36:13--"These are the commandments and the judgments which the L ORD commanded the children of Israel by the hand of Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho." Moses not only saw fit to give the Lord's commands to the children of Israel but also to write them down for... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Murder Manifests Enmity
Numbers 35:15-16,21--"These six cities shall be for refuge for the children of Israel, for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills a person accidentally may flee there. But if he strikes him with an iron implement, so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Son Of. . . .
Numbers 34:18-20--"And you shall take one leader of every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance. These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; from the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of of Ammihud...." What do all of the tribe leaders... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Irritants In The Midst
Numbers 33:55-56--"But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell. Moreover it shall be that I will do to you as I... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
An Arrangement For Reuben And Gad
Numbers 32:16-19--"Then they came near to him and said: 'We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones, but we ourselves will be armed, ready to go before the children of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones will dwell in the... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Vow Not With Rashness, But Let Your Yea Be Yea
Numbers 30:2--"If a man makes a vow to the L ORD, or swear an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth." This is the second verse in a whole chapter addressing vows as it deals with the old covenant law.... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
No Promised Land For Moses
Numbers 27:12-14--"Now the L ORD said to Moses: 'Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel. And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered. For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Statistics and Lists
Numbers 26:64-65--"But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in the Wilderness of Sinai. For the L ORD had said of them, 'They shall surely die in the wilderness.' So there was not left a man of them, except... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
A Picture Of Zeal
Numbers 25:7-11--"...Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest... rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand; and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Balaam's Foretelling Of The Messiah
Numbers 24:17--"I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult." The more Balak pressed Balaam to curse Israel, the more Balaam revealed the special blessed... Sign in to see full entry.