1.In Genesis 24:12 we read where Abraham’s servant prayed about the tasks before him. We see him invoking the name of Abraham when he prays to G-d. He asked for chesed (loving kindness) toward Abraham. He was basically praying in Avraham’s name. Why would he do that? We as believers usually end our prayers with, “In […]
Sh’mini (The Eighth) Leviticus 9:1-11:47
Sh’mini (The Eighth) Leviticus 9:1-11:47 1.What do you think was G-d’s purpose for the kosher laws? a. The kosher laws were to set the people apart, b. to keep them from being assimilated into the pagan world around them. c. It was teaching them to live by G-d’s plan, to live in G-d’s framework. d. […]
Nasso – Numbers 4:21-7:89
The Gershonites 21 The Lord said to Moses, 22 “Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans. 23 Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting. 24 “This is the service of the Gershonite clans in their carrying and their […]
Bamidbar – Numbers 1:1-4:20
The Census 1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: 2 “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by […]