In yesterday’s post I talked about the Tribes of Reuben and Gad. These were the two tribes who decided against living inside the Promised Land and instead informed Moses they would rather live in the Trans-Jordan (the territory east of the Jordan River). The initial reason they gave Moses was because the super fertile pastureland in […]
Archives for May 2018
N32-1: Is It A Sin For A Hebrew To Settle OUTSIDE The Land Promised To Abraham, Isaac And Jacob?
Today we begin Numbers Chapter 32. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. Okay, in Numbers 32 we encounter a darn interesting and sticky situation. Even though the conquest to take the Promised Land is now underway, not one Israelite soldier has yet to step foot inside Canaanite […]
N31-12: One Of The BIGGEST Overlooked Miracles In All Of Scripture
Following the slaughter of the Midianites, we’re given an inventory of the plunder of livestock as follows: “The booty, over and above the portion which the soldiers took, came to 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 persons in all, consisting of the women who had never slept with a man.”-Numbers 31:32-35 These figures […]
N31-11: A Soldier In Ancient Israel Received A Whopping 50% Of The Booty Acquired For Risking His Life
Adonai said to Moshe, “Take all the booty, both people and animals, you, El‘azar the cohen and the leaders of clans in the community; and divide the booty into two parts: half for the experienced soldiers who went out to battle, and half for the rest of the community.”-Numbers 31:25-27 In the latter half of […]
N31-10: An Ancient Purification Ritual STILL PRACTICED By Many Jewish Households Today
“Pitch your tents outside the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed a person or touched the corpse of someone slain, purify yourselves on the third and seventh days, you and your captives. Also purify every garment, whether of skin or goat’s hair, and everything made of wood.”-Numbers 31:19-20 When the Hebrew army returned to […]
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