Introduction to Numbers In Hebrew the name of this book is בְּמִדְבַּר (bemidebar) which means “in the wilderness.” This is not only appropriate as it describes where “the LORD spoke to Moses” (Numbers 1:1), it is also the story of the Israelite people for the first forty years after the Exodus. The English title comes […]
Chapter three contains the first, and possibly the most famous, of several personal conversations Jesus had that were recorded by John. Many people have speculated that Nicodemus approached Jesus at night because he was afraid of the other Pharisees or other people, but the text does not offer that picture. In fact, Nicodemus himself admitted,
Chapter fourteen begins the record of how Canaan was divided among the western tribes. Although Joshua 14:1 says that the territories were assigned by Eleazar, Joshua, and the tribal leaders, Joshua 14:2 clarifies that they determined the boundaries “by drawing lots,” which was a way to hear from God. It is also clarified that Joseph did not
