The politics of fear wins over faith
Exploring Canaan: Numbers 13–15 The 12 scouts came back from Canaan with a two-part report. One was positive, showing that …
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Complain and consequence
Complaints: Numbers 11–12 Despite everything the people had seen God do, they didn’t cope with the hardship of desert life: …
Who finds the campsites?
The silver trumpets and leaving Sinai: Numbers 10 Moses seems to have wanted to have it both ways. On one …
To wrong a person is to betray the Lord
Purity in marriage and vows: Numbers 5–6 Doing wrong to another person was the same as betraying the Lord: Numbers …
The army that never was
A count of Israelite fighting men and Levites: Numbers 1–4 A census of fighting men gave the following: Numbers 1:45-46 They were …
Unvowing a vow
Offerings and their values, tithes: Leviticus 27 Following earlier warnings about not making rash vows, God gave a way out for …
Idols? Don’t go there
Obedience and the price of disobedience: Leviticus 26 No idols. Keep the Sabbath. No worries: Leviticus 26:1-2 Do not make …
Social responsibility for farmers and business everywhere
Sabbaths: Leviticus 23–25 Right in the middle of a list of Sabbaths and feasts and festivals and fasts, there’s an …
Who chose the High Priest?
More rules for priests and offerings: Leviticus 21–22 The short answer? God. The position of High Priest in ancient Israel started …
On child sacrifice
Rules for moral and holy living: Leviticus 18–20 The first child sacrifice was a near miss: Abraham’s hand was stayed …
Life after atonement for sin
Day of atonement and ban on eating blood: Leviticus 16–17 It wasn’t a death threat; it was a warning: Leviticus …
What does it mean: clean and unclean?
Explanation of clean and unclean: Leviticus 11–15 Clean can mean different things to different cultures, and even to different people …
Learning about the sacred through separation
Aaron and his sons are ordained: Leviticus 8–10 The point of these complex rituals—sacrifices, blood, burnt offerings, strict rules for priests (including not …
Does God need animal sacrifices?
Rules for offerings: Leviticus 1–7 Does God need the blood and fat of animals? God created the heavens and the …
The first desert Passover
Dedicating the Levites, the second Passover: Numbers 8–9 The Passover was an important celebration of God’s relationship with His people: it was …
God’s voice from the Tabernacle
Offerings of dedication: Numbers 7 Imagine this: in the middle of the wilderness, there’s a camp of hundreds of thousands if …
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