“Tell the people of Israel, ‘When you have come into the land where you are going to live, which I am giving to you, and want to make an offering by fire to Adonai — a burnt offering or sacrifice to fulfill a special vow, or to be a voluntary offering, or at your designated […]

Today we begin Numbers Chapter 15. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. “Adonai said to Moshe, ‘Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘When you have come into the land where you are going to live, which I am giving to you…’”-Numbers 15:1-2 In our study of the last […]

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 […]