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Numbers 25:10–30:1: Losing your first love

Post author By Jeff
Post date July 30, 2016
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A Qashqai nomad tent in Isfahan Province. Photo by Ninara shared via Creative Commons License.

Adultery is seen as no big deal in today’s society. Consider, though, how the hurt person in the relationship feels. That’s why Israel’s running after false gods and treating YHWH with contempt or apathy is compared to adultery many times in Scripture. This kind of unfaithfulness and rebuilding of the relationship between Creator and created is the subtext of the Torah reading פינחס Pinchas (“Phinehas”).

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Accounting for light and righteousness in Israel (Numbers 26–27)

Post author By Richard
Post date March 10, 2007

After various plagues and judgments over the 40 years of wandering in wilderness, God called for Israel to be counted again. It was also time to divide the Promised Land among the 12 tribes, based on the wisdom of God’s light and righteousness.