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Numbers 8-9
This started as a bonus post about the Lampstand that I’ve been promising for a while. But since Numbers 8 begins with God giving instructions to Moses about the lamps, I thought I’d drop it in here. And this is all I’m going to cover in this post. I think we’ve talked sufficiently about the…
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Numbers 7
Up to this point in Numbers, the LORD has been giving Moses instructions on how to organize the camp. We’ve had the directions on the arrangement of the camp and how to set up and pack up the tabernacle. There are 2 basic views of how the camp may have looked. Both fit the text…
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Numbers 6
Most of us are familiar with the story of the Bible’s most famous Nazarite – Samson. And because of his story, we might think that a Nazarite vow was a permanent thing. It wasn’t. A quick bit of semantic housekeeping to get out of the way: Nazarite and Nazareth/Nazarene are completely unrelated. They’re as related…
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Numbers 5
In 1952 Hank Williams warned country music listeners that “your cheatin’ heart will tell on you.” 🎸🎶 In the case of the ancient Israelites, it was a swollen abdomen after drinking conditionally cursed water. We haven’t quite made it to this verse in Numbers yet, but this is basically the OT version of Hank Williams’…
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Numbers 4
Even if you’re familiar with the Tabernacle, you might not have ever thought about how exactly it got disassembled and packed up. I love that it’s so organized and systematic. There are teams. They know what they’re in charge of. In a way, the disassembly and set up of the Tabernacle reminds me of the…
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Numbers 3
I’ve never before compared the Tabernacle to “Area 51” but after reading this chapter, I kinda think that might be a helpful comparison. 😉 The Ark of the Covenant is above top secret. Authorized personnel only. Unauthorized attempted entry will get you killed. Wrong procedures get you killed. There are supernatural phenomenon associated. And the…
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Numbers 1-2
Noooo…. Not a bunch of genealogies! 😭 Hold on. What have learned in this blog? Come on. You know this… “We don’t skip genealogies.” That’s right. And I’m about to show you why. (Rubs hands together excitedly…) 😁 What do kids do on the playground before playing a team sport? They pick teams. And how…
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Leviticus 27
In case I forgot to mention it, the book of LEVITicus is named for the Levites- the descendants of Jacob’s 3rd son, Levi- which we pronounce in English as LEE-vye, but in Hebrew it’s lay-vee or leh-vee (like the wall of earth that keeps the river from flooding). That’s why we don’t call this book…
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Leviticus 26
The blessings and the curses… I’ve got good news. And I’ve got bad news. The good news is – this is a short post. The bad news is – this is a short post. 😏🤔 This chapter is incredibly prophetic. And that’s mainly the curses. All of this horrible stuff – even down to cannibalism…
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Leviticus 25
This post is going to be super calendar-oriented. And I am going to use dates from both the common Gregorian calendar and also the (recently rediscovered) Dead Sea Scroll calendar (hereafter referred to as DSS), rather than the modern Jewish calendar invented by the Pharisees. The reasons for this can be found by studying the…
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Leviticus 24
Oil, Bread, and Blasphemy. I’m working on a bonus post about the Menorah. 🕎 I’ll get it posted as soon as I can. I want to share a brain-bending picture. We all have some idea of what the “showbread” or “bread of the presence” looked like. I always pictured something like Naan bread or Pitas.…
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Leviticus 23
This chapter is critical. If you want to grasp what God is doing in the earth and what is next on His calendar, it’s right here. And it’s so simple. God has scheduled “appointed times” to have “holy assemblies.” The terms “feast” and “festival” are a bit misleading because of what those words have come…
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