Now it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him as commandments to them. (Deuteronomy 1:3) In addition to the points we have made...

Now it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him as commandments to them. (Deuteronomy 1:3) Building on the issue we discussed in the...

It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea. (Deuteronomy 1:2) Two hundred years ago, before the invention of automobiles and other modern modes of transportation, a pilgrim to the Holy Land decided to make the journey from Horeb to the...

These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side of the Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain opposite Suph, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. (Deuteronomy 1:1) In the Jewish world, the book we call Deuteronomy is known officially...

They shall be cities of refuge for you from the avenger, that the man slayer may not die until he stands before the congregation in judgment. (Numbers 35:12) There is something very interesting about the "avenger" or "avenger of blood" mentioned here. We can...

Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint six cities of refuge, to which a man slayer may flee. (Numbers 35:6) Six cities were appointed to serve as "cities of refuge" -- a temporary asylum for those who committed involuntary homicide....

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying: “Command the children of Israel that they give the Levites cities to dwell in from the inheritance of their possession, and you shall also give the Levites common-land around...

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance—the land of Canaan to its boundaries." (Numbers 34:1-2) This chapter is devoted to...

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell. Moreover it shall be that I will...

Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: “When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all...

They departed from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai. They moved from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah. (Numbers 33:15-16) For the next several verses, the Bible lists numerous places where the children of Israel camped for varying...

They moved from Marah and came to Elim. At Elim were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there. (Numbers 33:9) The second stop made by Israel after they had passed through the sea was a place known as Elim which means "palms." Obviously,...