“From the sons of Joseph:  From the descendants of Ephraim:  All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.  From the descendants of Manasseh:  All the men twenty […]

“Take with you from each tribe someone who is head of a clan.  These are the men to take with you:  From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur…”-Numbers 1:4-5 The census procedures outlined for us in the Book of Numbers reveal to us the typical structure of Hebrew society.  Here’s how it worked: First, the […]

Today we begin chapter one of the Book of Numbers. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. “Take a census of the entire assembly of the people of Israel, by clans and families. Record the names of all the men twenty years old and over who are subject to […]

In my last post, I discussed the correct pronunciation of the Father’s Name YHVH and came to the conclusion that Y-H-V-H should have at least three syllables. Hence, a more precise rendering of this word should be YEH-HO-VEH. Now next to the Father, if there is another word that suffers just as much identity confusion, […]

A long while back (a couple of years ago) I remember I was chatting online with a Jewish believer who was following some of my blog posts and during the chat I typed the following word: YHWH. His immediate response was “You know we’re not supposed to write that word out“. When I asked why, […]