“Just don’t rebel against Adonai. And don’t be afraid of the people living in the land — we’ll eat them up! Their defense has been taken away from them, and Adonai is with us! Don’t be afraid of them!”-Numbers 14:9 In his plea to the people to reconsider their rebellious stance toward Adonai, Joshua makes […]

“Moshe and Aharon fell on their faces before the entire assembled community of the people of Israel.  Y’hoshua the son of Nun and Kalev the son of Y’funeh, from the detachment that had reconnoitered the land, tore their clothes and said to the whole community of Israel, “The land we passed through in order to […]

“At this all the people of Israel cried out in dismay and wept all night long.”-Numbers 14:1 Yesterday’s post ended on quite a negative note, didn’t it? After the 12 scouts returned from their intelligence gathering mission in the land of Canaan, ten of the men gave a negative report which resulted in all the […]

Today we begin Numbers Chapter 14. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. “At this all the people of Israel cried out in dismay and wept all night long. Moreover, all the people of Israel began grumbling against Moshe and Aharon; the whole community told them, ‘We wish […]

We’re in the midst of discussing the story of the 12 scouts who travelled to the Promised Land (at this time known as “Canaan”) and came back to Moses with their report. Although separated from this incident by thousands of years, there are a couple of key takeaways from this scene which have direct application […]