Tag: Moses
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Wrath and judgment – did God command genocide in the Old Testament
When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you, and when the Lord your God…
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Christians too often settle for less
In Numbers 32, the Israelites are pursuing the Promised Land when some of the tribes decide that they would prefer to stay outside the land. The chapter begins with: “Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the…
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Meaning of the bronze serpent: the gospel in Numbers
In Numbers 21, the Israelites experience victory over the Canaanites but soon fall back into grumbling and complaining. God brings a plague of snakes upon the people. It’s a divine judgment. Their grumbling against God was to their downfall. But the people beg for mercy. 8 And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and…
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Not taking the Lord’s name in vain – more to it than just bad words
The Third Commandment “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. -Exodus 20:7 The third commandment involves more than just not using God’s name in profanities. That’s part of it but it’s not the whole picture.…
Josh Benner 