by admin | Sep 25, 2014 | Numbers, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
To Korah the Levite, the Reubenites Dathan, Abiram and On, and the 250 leaders of the community[1] who accused Moses and Aaron of exalting themselves above the community of the Lord,[2] Moses said (Numbers 16:16, 17 NET): You and all your company present yourselves...
by admin | Apr 21, 2014 | Numbers, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, who were Reubenites, took men and rebelled against Moses, along with some of the Israelites, 250 leaders of the community, chosen from the...
by admin | Mar 16, 2014 | Numbers, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
The Lord spoke to Moses: “Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan…”[1] To quote Dickens, “This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.”[2] The Lord wasn’t surprised by what happened. He knew it from the...
by admin | Feb 6, 2014 | Numbers, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Why then were you not afraid (yârêʼ)[1] to speak against my servant Moses?[2] Jehovah asked Miriam and Aaron. The rabbis who translated the Septuagint chose ἐφοβήθητε[3] here. Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married (for he...
by admin | Jan 2, 2014 | Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Each of you must respect (yârêʼ)[1] his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.[2] The Rabbis who translated the Septuagint chose φοβείσθω, a form of φοβέω[3] (fear, put to flight).[4] The note in the NET reads: “Heb ‘A man his...
by admin | Nov 29, 2013 | Exodus, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand – when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of...