Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” (Numbers 20:12) Bible students have long struggled with how...

Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank. (Numbers 20:11) Just before this occurred, Moses asked the people, “Are we to bring forth water for you out of this rock?”...

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation...

Now there was no water for the congregation; so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron. And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying: “If only we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!" (Numbers 20:2-3) Immediately after the death of Miriam,...

A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a grave. (Numbers 19:18) Looking at things strictly from an Old Testament...

A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a grave. (Numbers 19:18) Thus far, we have looked at the waters of...

This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days; and every open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean. (Numbers 19:14-15) It would be one thing to encounter a corpse out in...

Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; his uncleanness is still on...

He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days. He shall purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. (Numbers 19:11-12) In this passage we see the primary purpose for the ashes of the Red Heifer and...

Then a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and store them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for the water of purification; it is for purifying from sin. And the one who...

Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood seven times directly in front of the tabernacle of meeting. (Numbers 19:4) It is obvious in the passage that Eleazar wasn't the one who slaughtered the heifer or else he...

You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, that he may take it outside the camp, and it shall be slaughtered before him. (Numbers 19:3) As we continue discussing the message embedded within the rites of the Red Heifer, it is clear that the primary intent is to point us...