AUGUST 20, 2022 Numbers 15:30 But the person who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one brings reproach on the Lord, and he shall be cut off from among his people. What does it mean to act presumptuously? In Hebrew, the language used could literally be rendered as “with a high hand,” meaning that the […]
AUGUST 19, 2022 Numbers 15:27-28 And if a person sins unintentionally … the priest shall make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally, when he sins unintentionally before the Lord, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. This verse is among several which acknowledges that we, as His people, will commit sins in […]
AUGUST 18, 2022 Numbers 15:18-20 When you come into the land to which I bring you, then it will be, when you eat of the bread of the land, that you shall offer up … a cake of the first of your ground meal as a heave offering. First of all, considering all that had transpired, that God mentioned […]
AUGUST 17, 2022 Numbers 14:40 And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Here we are, and we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned!” After being informed that all those who had come out of Egypt would perish in the […]
AUGUST 16, 2022 Numbers 14:27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. That is the question isn’t it — how long will He bear with those who continually resist and walk contrary to Him? In this section of Scripture, […]
AUGUST 15, 2022 Numbers 14:12-13 I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they. And Moses said to the Lord: ‘Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them.’ At this point […]
AUGUST 14, 2022 Numbers 14:10 Now the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel. In the midst of all the clamor surrounding the spies’ evil report, the two faithful spies — Joshua and Caleb — had tried to dissuade the people from making this tragic mistake. And is most […]
AUGUST 13, 2022 Numbers 14:2 And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!” The Bible says that, upon hearing the report of the spies, the people […]
AUGUST 12, 2022 Numbers 13:30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” When the spies came back with their report, the people were dismayed and gave into fear and doubt. This was the sense in spite of […]
AUGUST 11, 2022 Numbers 13:17-20 Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains, and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many; whether the land they dwell in is good or bad; […]
AUGUST 10, 2022 Numbers 13:16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. Looking at the Biblical text in Hebrew almost always provides insight into what is going on that might otherwise be overlooked just reading it in English. Case in point: the Hebrew […]
AUGUST 9, 2022 Numbers 13:1-2 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.” At this point in their journey, Israel was at the threshold […]