Notes on the Pentateuch—No. 4 (The Book of Numbers)

Visits: 30[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             The Old Testament book of Numbers is named after the four important censuses of the Israelites which it records. It could also appropriately be called “The Book of Wanderings” since…

Notes on the Pentateuch—No. 3 (The Book of Leviticus)

Visits: 25[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles-1 page.]             Leviticus is the center book of the five books of the Law of Moses, both numerically and by subject matter. Its name derives from the priestly tribe of Levi and…

Israel’s Earliest Wilderness Experiences—Exodus 15:1–18:27

Visits: 14[Note:  This MS is available in larger font on our Manuscripts  page.] Introduction This section of the book of Exodus covers the initial period of Israel’s trek through the wilderness. The faithlessness and fickleness that would characterize the Hebrews through their 40 years of…