Daily Bread — Sunday, September 17, 2023
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...
Daily Bread — Saturday, September 16, 2023
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...
Daily Bread — Friday, September 15, 2023
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...
Daily Bread — Thursday, September 14, 2023
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...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, September 13, 2023
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...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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...
Daily Bread — Monday, September 11, 2023
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...
Daily Bread — Sunday, September 10, 2023
Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never...
Daily Bread — Saturday, September 9, 2023
Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never...
Daily Bread — Friday, September 8, 2023
Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never...
Daily Bread — Thursday, September 7, 2023
Then the Lord said to Aaron: “You shall have no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel." (Numbers 18:20) In this verse, God establishes a very important concept as it...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, September 6, 2023
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and your sons and daughters with you as an ordinance forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord with you and your descendants with...