Before moving on to Numbers Chapter 15, I want to expound a little bit more on the Principle of Vertical Retribution and SALACH (forgiveness that only God can offer). We have learned that Vertical Retribution is the idea that a punishment due a sinner is pardoned and then transferred over to the next generation. If […]

We’ve covered a lot of territory in Numbers Chapter 14 so far. We went over the rebellion of the Israelites against the Lord and how because they hesitated and refused to trust the Lord’s promise that they would be successful in taking the land of Canaan, they were sentenced to 40 years of wandering in […]

“When Moshe told these things to all the people of Israel, the people felt great remorse.  They arose early the next morning, came up to the top of the mountain and said, “Here we are, and we did sin, but now we’ll go up to the place Adonai promised.”  Moshe answered, “Why are you opposing what […]

“Every single one of you who were included in the census over the age of twenty, you who have complained against me, will certainly not enter the land about which I raised my hand to swear that I would have you live in it — except for Kalev the son of Y’funeh and Y’hoshua the […]

“Adonai is slow to anger, rich in grace, forgiving offenses and crimes; yet not exonerating the guilty, but causing the negative effects of the parents’ offenses to be experienced by their children and even by the third and fourth generations.’  Please! Forgive the offense of this people according to the greatness of your grace, just […]