In my last post, I talked about how some folks have difficulty accepting that a God of love would singlehandedly order the extermination of an entire race of people. I went on to explain that because people have difficulty accepting this harsh characteristic of God, they create this false and totally man-made doctrine that says […]

Before we get into our text study of Numbers 31, there’s a major elephant in the room concerning the contents of this chapter that needs to be addressed. It concerns the fact that we’re dealing with a tremendous amount of killing and bloodshed in this chapter. Not only are we dealing with a tremendous amount […]

“They fought against Midyan, as Adonai had ordered Moshe, and killed every male.  They killed the kings of Midyan along with the others who were slain — Evi, Rekem, Tzur, Hur and Reva, the five kings of Midyan. They also killed Bil‘am the son of B‘or with the sword.  The people of Israel took captive […]

Today we begin Numbers Chapter 31. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. Numbers Chapter 31 is all about the holy war between Israel and Midian. When I say “holy war”, by definition I mean a war initiated per the orders of the God of Israel. Why did […]

Today we’re gonna finish up Numbers Chapter 30 which was all about vows and oaths and how to handle the different situations that could and would arise in the case of a female making a vow. In ancient Israel, making vows became so widespread that eventually a system of redeeming a vow was established. We […]