“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 […]

“So make models of your tumors and models of your rats that are infesting your land, and show respect to the God of Israel. Maybe he will stop oppressing you, your gods and your land.  Why be obstinate like the Egyptians and Pharaoh were? When he had done his work among them, didn’t they let […]

So the Philistines ask their top spiritual advisors what to do with the Ark in their midst. And the answer they’re given is to return the Ark back to the Hebrews… But NOT to send it back empty… They need to return it with a guilt offering. But what type of guilt offering? Now the […]

“The P’lishtim summoned the priests and soothsayers and asked them, ‘What are we to do with the ark of Adonai? Tell us how to send it back where it belongs.’ They said, ‘If you do send off the ark of the God of Israel, don’t send it back empty, but return it with some sort of […]

Today we begin 1 Samuel Chapter 6. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. “And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months.” I believe the Lord speaks to me through the number 7. When I’m concerned about something in my life, […]