“The people of Israel are to set up camp by clans, each man with his own banner and under his clan’s symbol; they are to camp around the tent of meeting, but at a distance.“-Numbers 2:2 Let’s take a quick look at how the 12 tribes of Israel were grouped around the Tabernacle. Again, understand […]

“The Jews’ belief in God threatened more than their neighbors’ gods.  It challenged many of their fundamental values.  The world to which the Jews have introduced God and His moral demands has often resented this theological and moral challenge.”-Why the Jews: The Reason for Antisemitism-By Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin In my last post I […]

Today we begin Numbers Chapter Two. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. In Numbers Chapter Two, the Lord continues to prepare Israel for Holy War by giving instructions on how the tribes are to be positioned when they set up camp. Keep in mind that all together […]

“Instead, give the Levites charge over the tabernacle of the testimony, its equipment and everything else connected with it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its equipment, serve in it and set up their camp around it. When the tabernacle is to be moved onward, it is the Levites who are to take it down and set […]

“But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that no anger will come upon the assembly of the people of Israel. The Levites are to be in charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.” -Numbers 1:53 In my last post I just got done explaining why the Levites were not included in the census […]