Good Morning. But the person who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one brings reproach on the Lord, and he shall be cut off from among his people. (Numbers 15:30) What does it mean to act presumptuously? In Hebrew, the...

Good Morning. And if a person sins unintentionally ... the priest shall make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally, when he sins unintentionally before the Lord, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. (Numbers 15:27-28) This verse is...

Good Morning. When you come into the land to which I bring you, then it will be, when you eat of the bread of the land, that you shall offer up ... a cake of the first of your ground meal as a heave offering. (Numbers 15:18-20) Considering all that had transpired,...

Good Morning. And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, “Here we are, and we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned!” (Numbers 14:40) After being informed that all those who had come out of...

Good Morning. How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me. (Numbers 14:27) That is the question isn't it -- how long will He bear with those who continually resist...

Good Morning. I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they. And Moses said to the Lord: "Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them."...

Good Morning. Now the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel. (Numbers 14:10) In the midst of all the clamor surrounding the spies' evil report, the two faithful spies -- Joshua and Caleb -- had tried to dissuade the...

Good Morning. And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!" (Numbers 14:2) The Bible says that, upon hearing the report...

Good Morning. Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” (Numbers 13:30) When the spies came back with their report, the people were dismayed and gave into fear and doubt. This...

Good Morning. Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains, and see what the land is like: whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, few or many; whether the land they...

Good Morning. These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. (Numbers 13:16) Looking at the Biblical text in Hebrew almost always provides insight into what is going on that might otherwise be...

Good Morning. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.” (Numbers 13:1-2) At this point in their...