If you’ve been studying the Scriptures along with me the past couple of years… Or heck, even just a few months… One thing should be pretty crystal clear by now… It is the height of idiocy to think we can just lift the Bible characters out of their ancient Middle Eastern context… And then set […]

Today we begin 1 Samuel Chapter 7. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. “So the men of Kiryat-Ye‘arim came and brought back the ark of Adonai. They took it to the home of Avinadav on the hill and appointed his son El‘azar to guard the ark of […]

“…for [Adonai] struck the people of Beit-Shemesh for looking at the ark of Adonai. He killed 50,070 of the people; the people mourned because Adonai had struck them with such a terrible slaughter.”-1 Samuel 6:19 Okay, we’ve got another translation error we gotta contend with… So we’re told the Lord struck down 50,070 people at […]

“…and the gold rats also corresponded to the number of all the cities of the P’lishtim that belonged to the five leaders — fortified cities and country villages. [The rock] is a witness to this day of the great mourning [which resulted from] putting the ark of Adonai on it in the field of Y’hoshua […]

“Now take and prepare yourselves a new cart and two milk-cows that have never been under a yoke. Harness the cows to the cart, but put their calves back in the shed.  Then take the ark of Adonai and lay it on the cart. In a box next to it, put the gold objects you […]