“But after Moshe and Aharon had assembled the community in front of the rock, he said to them, ‘Listen here, you rebels! Are we supposed to bring you water from this rock?‘ Then Moshe raised his hand and hit the rock twice with his staff. Water flowed out in abundance, and the community and their […]

Today we begin Numbers Chapter 20. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. “The people of Israel, the whole community, entered the Tzin Desert in the first month, and they stayed in Kadesh. There Miryam died, and there she was buried.”-Numbers 20:1 The events we’re about to study […]

“The person who remains unclean and does not purify himself will be cut off from the community because he has defiled the sanctuary of Adonai. The water for purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.”-Numbers 19:20 Okay, today we’re going to wrap up Numbers 19 (hopefully). The concluding statement of this chapter […]

“For the unclean person they are to take some of the ashes of the animal burned up as a purification from sin and add them to fresh water in a container.  A clean person is to take a bunch of hyssop leaves, dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent, on all […]

One important key that unlocks a deeper understanding of the Red Heifer ritual is to notice what the Torah calls this sacrifice. Recall the five different sacrifices we’ve studied so far. They are the… OLAH (Burnt Offering) MINCHAH (Grain Offering) HATA-AT (Purification Offering) ASHAM (Reparation Offering) ZEVAH (Peace Offering) Now which one of these five […]