Living Room Study

Numbers 27

“When the community quarreled in the Wilderness of Zin, both you and your brother Aaron rebelled against My command to uphold My holiness in their sight at the waters.  Those were the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.  So Moses appealed to the Lord, ‘May the Lord, the God of [...]

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Numbers 25

“The Lord spoke to Moses, ‘Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites because he was zealous among them with My zeal, so that I did not destroy the Israelites in My zeal.  Therefore, I grant him My covenant of peace.  It will be a [...]

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Numbers 23

“God is not a man who lies, or a son of man who changes His mind. Does He speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill? I have indeed received a command to bless; since He has blessed, I cannot change it.” Numbers 23: 19-20

Balaam tried his best to curse Israel, to do [...]

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Numbers 22

“Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and she asked Balaam, ‘What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?’  Balaam answered the donkey, ‘You made me look like a fool.  If I had a sword in my hand, I’d kill you now.’  But the donkey said, ‘Am [...]

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Numbers 21

“The people then came to Moses and said, ‘We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you.  Intercede with the Lord so that He will take the snakes away from us.’  And Moses interceded for the people.  Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a snake image and mount it to [...]

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Colossians 2

“If you died with Messiah to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world?  Why do you submit to regulations: “Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch”?  All these things refer to what is destroyed by being used; they are human commands and doctrines.  Although [...]

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Numbers 20

“The entire Israelite community entered the desert of Zin in the first month, and they settled in Kadesh.  Miriam died and was buried there.”  Numbers 20:1

“The Lord spoke to Moses, ‘Take the staff and assemble the community.  You and your brother are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it [...]

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Numbers 19

“For the purification of the unclean person, they are to take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and add fresh water to them.  A person who is clean is to take hyssop, dip it in the water and sprinkle the tent and all its furnishings, and [...]

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Numbers 18

“The Lord told Aaron, ‘You will not have an inheritance in the land; there will be no portion among them for you.  I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.”  Numbers 18: 20

Zionism is basically the belief that Jews have a birthright to the land of Israel. That is, by virtue of [...]

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Numbers 16

“Just as he (Moses) finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split open.  The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, all of Korah’s people and their possessions.  They went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them.  The earth closed over them and they vanished from [...]

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