Category Archives: Numbers

Did Moses Goof Early On?

Posted on June 23, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

Derek Leman is a Messianic Jewish rabbi, and I subscribe to his free Daily D’Var, in which he comments on passages in the Torah and the Gospels from a religious and a scholarly perspective.  I would like to share here … Continue reading →

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A Goal and a Mission

Posted on February 21, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I read the itinerary in Numbers 33 for my daily quiet time.  What I’d like to write about today is the goal of life. I started by thinking about the broad-sweeping history in the Hebrew Bible.  When did it come … Continue reading →

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Going Out on Your Own

Posted on February 20, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I recently read Numbers 32, in which the tribes of Reuben and Gad prefer to settle in the Transjordan rather than the land of Canaan.  They agree, however, to assist the rest of Israel in conquering Canaan. The first time … Continue reading →

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Numbers 31: God as Judge

Posted on February 19, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I read Numbers 31 for my daily quiet time through the Book of Numbers.  God commanded the Israelites to go to war against Midian to execute God’s wrath against her, for the Midianites, on the advice of Balaam, had sent … Continue reading →

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Phinehas and Corpse Contamination

Posted on February 18, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

Phinehas was a son of Aaron, the High Priest.  In Numbers 25:7-8, Phinehas kills with a javelin an Israelite man who brazenly brought a Midianite woman into the presence of Moses and the congregation of Israel, along with the Midianite … Continue reading →

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Forgiving Each Day in Prayer

Posted on February 15, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

When I was doing my daily quiet time recently in the Book of Numbers, studying Numbers 28, I checked my notes on that chapter that I took a few years ago.  Numbers 28-29 is about the sacrifices that are offered … Continue reading →

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Cleansing Others, and the Thankless Job

Posted on February 13, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have two items for today, both of them related to my daily quiet time in the Book of Numbers: 1.  In Numbers 19, we see the law concerning the red heifer, whose ashes are mixed with water to purify … Continue reading →

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Joshua: God Saves

Posted on January 16, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

It’s interesting that Hoshea’s name was changed to Joshua in Numbers 13:16, when the Israelite spies are being sent to the land of Canaan.  When they see the giants and the fortified towns, the spies, with the exception of Joshua … Continue reading →

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Genesis 29:31-30:24 and the Clusters of Tribes in Numbers

Posted on January 10, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In the Book of Numbers, certain tribes of Israel are clustered together.  We see this in Numbers 2, which places three tribes on each of the four sides of the Tabernacle.  The same clusters appear in Numbers 7, in which … Continue reading →

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Numbers 5:1-4: Different Law, Intolerant God?

Posted on January 3, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In Numbers 5:1-4, God tells Moses to put out of the camp those who have a skin disease, those who had a discharge, and those who have become impure due to contact with a corpse, so that they would not … Continue reading →

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