Questions tagged [numbers]
Fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah, covering most of the 40 years that Israel spent in the desert.
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Why does Jesus give an action of Yahweh as an example of evil?
In Matthew 7 Jesus says,
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9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
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How do we reconcile the story of the woman caught in adultery in John 8 and the man stoned for picking up sticks on Sabbath in Numbers 15?
Jesus seems to say that only those without sin should cast a stone at the lawbreaker:
John 8 (NASB95):
3 The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the ...
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What made Moses strike the rock in Numbers 20?
We read in Numbers 20 how the itinerant Israelites run out of water.
Moses takes up the matter with God and is given the following instructions:
Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather ...
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Is the test/offering for jealousy done by a Priest in Numbers similar to divination?
Divination is described as: A widespread cultural practice that involves using signs, techniques, and visions to understand the underlying causes of situations and to foretell the future.
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Why was there a law to help when a husband had an evil spirit over him?
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29 ‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself, 30 or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man, and he becomes jealous ...
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Moses death- Numbers 27:12 [duplicate]
Why didn't God forgive Moses and Aaron for striking the Meribah rock yet He had forgiven the Israelites countless times for dishonouring Him?
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What is Numbers 18:14-17 talking about?
I'm reading the NIV. Here is the passage:
14 “Everything in Israel that is devoted[a] to the Lord is yours. 15 The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is ...
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Are there any links between Moses killing the Egyptian and striking the rock?
Is there any connection in the text between
Exodus 2:11-12
11 One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own
people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian
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Numbers 31:40 explanation of the 32 virgins
Are there references of what the 32 virgins dedicated to God delivered to Eleazar from the Midianites defeat used for?
It's understandable the ones given to the Levites that they will be married off.
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What does going "alive into Sheol" mean in Numbers 16?
Parshat Korach contains a curious phrase in Moses's admonition to Korach and the resulting consequences:
וְאִם־בְּרִיאָה יִבְרָא יְהֹוָה וּפָצְתָה הָאֲדָמָה אֶת־פִּיהָ וּבָלְעָה אֹתָם וְאֶת־כׇּל־...
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What is the significance of the word choice of Numbers 18:1?
Numbers 18:1 seems to change a lot depending on the word choice of the translation that we read. Guilt vs iniquity vs responsibility:
So the Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and your father’s ...
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Are these two separate occasions?
There are four separate accounts (in each gospel) of the woman who anoints Jesus with perfume. One identifies her as Mary, the other as a sinful woman from the city. Checked online for some commentary ...
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Why didn't the 70 elders prophesy again
In Numbers 11:25 Why didn't the 70 elders prophesy again.? it was only a one time event.
Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took
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Why were the Israelites deprived of eating meat when they had their own cattle and sheep in the desert?
When the Israelites left Egypt they were allowed to take their flocks and herds with them (Ex 12:32). They needed them for their sacrificial offerings - but they could only use those who were ...
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How to understand Numbers 18:12 in light of Leviticus 10:8?
Leviticus 10;9 KJV
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your ...
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Couldn't the Jews eat their livestock in addition to eating the manna in the Exodus period?
The Jews were tired of eating the manna day by day (Numbers 11:6-9) which the Lord had given them (Exodus 16:31-35). Yet God instituted the offering of sacrifices at the tabernacle (Leviticus 1-7). If ...
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Scholarly sources for numeric symbolism in the Old and New Testaments?
I'm wondering if anyone knows a good scholarly/academic source for the study of numbers and their significance in the Old and New Testaments? I often come across remarks about the Hebrew and/or ...
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What does it mean, "They prophesied in the camp"? (Eldad and Medad, Numbers 11:26)
We are told in the narrative of Numbers 11 that, instead of meeting with the other elders of Israel around the Tabernacle of Meeting, two (mortals) remained in the camp and there prophesied under the ...
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Why so much killing [closed]
How did God justify taking over others lands and killing all of other tribes in the process?! (Numbers, Deuteronomy)
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Any other connections with 144,000? [closed]
I have a few thoughts on 144 that I have noticed, but would like further evidence-based references from others. The 144,000 that are "sealed" and mentioned in Revelation is a number that ...
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Moses' Emotional Response to Promised Land Exclusion (Num. 20:12)
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Because you did not have confidence
in me, to acknowledge my holiness before the Israelites, therefore you
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Who are other spies that surveyed the land in Numbers 14?
“And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:” Numbers 14:6 KJV.
Numbers 13:4-16 only speaks on Caleb going, but ...
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Who is the second male that was not afraid to take the land in Numbers 14?
In the KJV, NKJV, and NLT it only mentions Caleb in Numbers 13:30, though many people, writings, and videos say there were two men. Is there other text, maybe Hebrew that states there was another spy ...
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Could those heads of the "Sons of Israel" really have encountered some "Sons of the Nephilim', when spying out the "Promised Land". Numbers 13:33
The Nephilim are only mentioned in one other book of the Bible, Gen, 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came into the daughters of men, and ...
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Did the Israelites not violate the Sabbath in Numbers 31:24?
After engaging in a battle with the Midianites Moses instructs the the Israelites to wash their clothes and purify themselves on the seventh day.The Seventh day usually was the Sabbath day which ...
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Why exactly were Aaron and Miriam denied entrance into the "Promised Land" in addition to Moses in Numbers 20:7-12?
Towards the end of the "Wilderness Wanderings", now (all) 40 years after the "Exodus", but before the entrance into the "Promised Land", the sons of Israel contended with ...
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Interpretion of apparent contradition in Numbers 16:38 in relation to fire pans of sinners becoming sacred
In the passage:
The fire pans of those who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made into hammered sheets as plating for the altar—for once they have been used for offering to יהוה,...
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Does the sentence imposed by God, during wilderness wanderings, fit the crime?? The crime: wood gathering on the Sabbath-Numbers 15:32-36
God's no nonsense judgement against working on the Sabbath of being "Stoned to death" seems awfully harsh on the post Exodus, most likely long suffering, wilderness wanderer, who was merely ...
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How did the lights of the lampstand light up only the front area? Numbers 8:1-3
Numbers 8:1-3 NIV
1 The Lord said to Moses,
2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.’”
3 Aaron did so; he set up ...
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Does offering a firstborn male child to God strip him of the sovereignty and thus inheritance of land?
My question refers to the totality of biblical domain as I suspect this rule/law was in effect even before Abraham. If it indeed existed it would be a corollary of to the rule of the first born ...
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When did God say that Moses would enter the Promised Land?
We have been told that Moses didn't enter the Promised Land because he struck the rock rather than speak to the rock. But did God ever say that Moses would enter the Promised Land? I find that Moses ...
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Are those names the same? Shuppim and Huppim - Shupham and Hupham - Shephuphan and Huram - Muppim and Huppim
The following names are said to be the same by some, and sometimes two or three of them are the same person, and the resources and dictionaries vary a lot. I read an article mentioning them, but I ...
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What Is the Difference Between 'Man' And 'Son of Man' in Num 23:19?
Numbers 23:19
God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind....
Is this merely repetition saying "God ain't a human being" twice in a row for emphasis,...
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Apparently a DOUBLE contradiction: Can this be explained?
First, God Himself provided the rules by which a Nazarite vow should be fulfilled.
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or
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Was Moses’ father-in-law a Kenite or Midianite?
Numbers 10:
29 Now Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place about which the LORD said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will ...
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Why did God still allow water to flow from the rock in Numbers 20 even though Moses directly disobeyed The LORD's command?
Note that I am not asking why Moses was punished, but rather why GOD still allowed water to flow from the rock even though Moses disobeyed
In Exodus 17, God commands Moses:
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Are we sure the Sabbath was/is always on a Saturday, and why are there not names of days in the Bible?
If we read the Bible, God's days start at sunset. God's months start with a new moon (lunar calendar). The Jews in the O.T. & N.T. followed God's lunar calendar, based on the new moon. The seventh ...
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What happened to gods share of the virgin girls in Numbers 31
In the book of Numbers, a great many bulls, goats rams etc... are killed and burned as sacrifices to God.
However, in the Book of Numbers (chaoter 31; verses 25 through 42) some human women are also ...
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Are there any surviving (extant) copies of "the book of the wars of the lord"? [closed]
In the book of Numbers, Chapter 21 verse 14, a book of war is mentioned.
many of the books written thousands of years ago have been destroyed.
Were all surviving copies of the book of war lost over ...
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Why did God punish only the Midianites but not the Moabites?
The Moabites and the Midianites were both involved in luring Israel into idolatry. But why were only the Midianites punished in Numbers 25 and Numbers 31?
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Wasn't it Balaam who was led by the Spirit to prophecy blessings over Israel?
So what does the author of this particular commentary mean when they say "Balak was led by the Spirit to utter words concerning Israel."
Numbers 22 Preacher's Commentary
Invitation and ...
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Were inquiries ever made for ordinary israelite using the Urim and Thummim? [closed]
It seems almost all inquiries made using the Urim and Thummim were made for either kings or leaders of the community
Numbers 27:18,21 NASB
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What Is The Fulfillment Of Numbers 24:24? [closed]
And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.(Numbers 24:24)
There are many different interpretations to Numbers ...
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Why did God choose healing instead of taking away the serpents in Numbers 21:6?
We are told that after children of Israel had sinned God sent serpents to bit them to death
NUMBERS 21:6 NASB
Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many ...
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How were the the duties of the Levites intergrated during the stationary Temple?
When the first mobile tabernacle was built three divisions of the Levites namely Kohathites,Gershonites and Merarites were allocated different duties.Their duties entailed carrying the mobile ...
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According to Deuteronomy 1:39 and Numbers 32:11 someone suggesting baptism should be given to only age 20 or above. What age is right for Baptism?
The argument is given that children below 20 can not be accountable as per God in Deut. 1:39. On that basis, the repentance below age 20 should not be acceptable therefore giving baptism below 20 is ...
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Does Numbers 5:27 involve an induced miscarriage/abortion?
Recently, I have come across Numbers 5:27 being used to show that abortion is not wrong and, in fact, even was advocated to test against a woman committing adultery through a certain type of drink. In ...
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Is the ram mentioned in Leviticus 16 the same as the one in Numbers 29?
Leviticus 16:3 NASB
Aaron shall enter the Holy Place with this: with a [d]bull as a [e]sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering.
Numbers 29:2 NASB
And you shall offer a burnt offering as a ...
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Plural Hebrew numbers multiple vs. tens [closed]
From what I can see, in order to make a Hebrew number tenfold, you make it plural.
שֶׁבַע (H7651) sheh'-bah is the word for seven.
שִׁבְעִים (H7657) shib-eem' is seventy.
שִׁבְעָתַיִם (H7659) shib-aw-...
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Was the sanctuary not defiled in Leviticus 10:2?
Two sons of Aaron die inside the sanctuary after offering an unholy fire
Leviticus 10:2 NASB
And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
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