In Numbers 13, a famous chapter, the spies are sent out from Israel to survey the territory of Canaan, which God had said he was giving to the Israelites. They go and spy out the land and then bring back their report: 26 They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole...
In Numbers 9, Moses gives the Israelites instructions on how to celebrate the Passover meal in remembrance of their deliverance from the clutches of Egypt’s Pharoah. This is how it reads: 9 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the...
In Numbers 8 the priestly tribe of the Levites are consecrated for service to the Lord. They are sprinkled with the water of cleansing, they have to shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes to purify themselves. Then this is commanded: 11 Aaron is to present...
Reading in Numbers 5 this morning, I came across this interesting verse: 5 The Lord said to Moses, 6 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the Lord is guilty and must confess the sin they have committed. They...
The man who fashions a visionary ideal of community demands that it be realized by God, by others and by himself. He enters the community of Christians with his demands, sets up his own law, and judges the brethren and God himself accordingly. He stands adamant, a...
Two bare bottoms… I went along for a ride-along with a police officer friend of mine today, in the fair city of Anaheim. Eventually, he arrested a guy, who proceeded to have an anxiety attack just before he was booked into the jail. Accordingly, we had to divert...
