SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 Numbers 21:5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” Earlier in Israel’s journey out of Egypt, the Bible says that a mysterious grain-like substance appeared […]
SEPTEMBER 25, 2022 Numbers 21:1 The king of Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt in the South, heard that Israel was coming on the road to Atharim. Then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners. As the people continued on their journey, they once again came under attack, this time from a people who lived in […]
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022 Numbers 20:24-25 Aaron shall be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My word at the water of Meribah. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor. When the people arrived at Mount […]
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 Numbers 20:14-17 Now Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. “Thus says your brother Israel: ‘You know all the hardship that has befallen us, how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers. Please let us pass through your country.” In spite […]
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 Numbers 20:12 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” Bible students have long struggled with how the consequences of Moses’ actions fit the […]
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 Numbers 20:11 Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank. Just before this occurred, Moses asked the people, “Are we to bring forth water for you out of this rock?” hinting that he was already perturbed […]
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 Numbers 20:7-8 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” Even […]
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 Numbers 20:2-3 Now there was no water for the congregation; so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron. And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying: “If only we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!” Immediately after the death of Miriam, the congregation gathered against Moses and Aaron, this time complaining about the […]
SEPTEMBER 18, 2022 Numbers 19:18 A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a grave. Looking at things strictly from an Old Testament view, the ashes of the […]
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 Numbers 19:18 A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a grave. Thus far, we have looked at the waters of purification in relation to […]
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 Numbers 19:14-15 This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days; and every open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean. It would be one thing to encounter a corpse out in the open; there is a […]
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 Numbers 19:13 Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; his uncleanness is still on him. Continuing in the vein we were discussing in the […]
