“The Emim used to live there, a great and numerous people as tall as the ‘Anakim. They are also considered Refa’im, as are the ‘Anakim, but the Mo’avim call them Emim.“-Deuteronomy 2:10-11 In my last post I talked about how Israel was NOT to attempt to take over any land currently being inhabited by the […]

“Give the people these orders: ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, but be very careful. Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your […]

Today we begin Deuteronomy Chapter 2. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. “Then we turned and began traveling into the desert along the road to the Sea of Suf, as Adonai had said to me; and we skirted Mount Se‘ir for a long time. Finally Adonai said […]

“Then you answered me, ‘We have sinned against Adonai. Now we will go up and fight, in accordance with everything Adonai our God ordered us.’ And every man among you put on his arms, considering it an easy matter to go up into the hill-country. But Adonai said to me, ‘Tell them, “Don’t go up, […]

“You approached me, every one of you, and said, ‘Let’s send men ahead of us to explore the country for us and bring back word concerning what route we should use in going up and what the cities we will encounter are like.’  The idea seemed good to me, so I took twelve of your […]