OnlythevirginsleftaliveamongtheMidianites
Numbers31:17-18·(Numbers31:17-18)-"Nowtherefore,killeverymaleamongthelittleones,andkilleverywomanwhohasknownmanintimately.18"Butallthegirlswhohavenotknownmanintimately,spareforyourselves."TheMidianitesweredescendedfromAbrahamandKeturah(Gen.25:1).TheyinhabitedthelandofMoabandwereapparentlyinvolvedinseducingIsraelintogoingafterfalsegods.B...[
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Godisnotaman
Numbers23:19·(Numbers23:19)-"GodisnotamanthatHeshouldlie,norasonofman,thatHeshouldrepent.HasHesaid,andwillHenotdoit?OrhasHespoken,andwillHenotmakeitgood?"AcommonobjectiontoJesusbeingGodinfleshisraisedbycitingNum.23:19whereitsaysthatGodisnotaman.Inlightofthisverse,howcouldJesusbebothGodandman(havetwonatures)?Thesolutionissimple.
Firstofall,theversesaysthatGodisnotamaninthesens...[
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MankilledforgatheringsticksontheSabbath
Numbers15:32·(Numbers15:32)-"‘NowwhilethesonsofIsraelwereinthewilderness,theyfoundamangatheringwoodonthesabbathday.33AndthosewhofoundhimgatheringwoodbroughthimtoMosesandAaron,andtoallthecongregation;34andtheyputhimincustodybecauseithadnotbeendeclaredwhatshouldbedonetohim.35ThentheLordsaidtoMoses,"Themanshallsurelybeputtodeath;allthecongregati...[
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Youmaybuyslaves
Leviticus25:44(Leviticus25:44)-"‘Asforyourmaleandfemaleslaveswhomyoumayhave—youmayacquiremaleandfemaleslavesfromthepagannationsthatarearoundyou."Inthefallenworldthatmankindhadcreated,slaverywasareality.Godpermitteditsexistenceandworkedwithinitssystem.Slavesweremoredomesticservantsthanoppressedfieldworkers.Slavescouldbethecaptivesofwar(Num.31:25-47),subjectsofdebttobeworkedoff...[
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Isabatabird?
Leviticus11:13-19·(Leviticus11:19)-"These,moreover,youshalldetestamongthebirds;theyareabhorrent,nottobeeaten:theeagleandthevultureandthebuzzard,14andthekiteandthefalconinitskind,15everyraveninitskind,16andtheostrichandtheowlandtheseagullandthehawkinitskind,17andthelittleowlandthecormorantandthegreatowl,18andthewhiteowlandthepelicanandthecarrionvulture,19andthestork,theheroni...[
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Dothebadgerandrabbitchewcud?
Leviticus11:5-6·(Lev.11:5-6)-"‘Likewise,therockbadger,forthoughitchewscud,itdoesnotdividethehoof,itisuncleantoyou;6therabbitalso,forthoughitchewscud,itdoesnotdividethehoof,itisuncleantoyou."Theproblemhereisthatcudisfoodthatisregurgitatedfromthestomachintothemouthsothatitcanbechewedagainandneithertherockbadgerortherabbitregurgitatetheirfoodintotheirstomachstochew....[
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DoestheLordchangeornot?
Malachi3:6;andGenesis6:6,7;Exodus32:14;Jonah3:10GoddoesnotchangeA.(Malachi3:6)-"ForI,theLord,donotchange;thereforeyou,OsonsofJacob,arenotconsumed."Goddoeschange.(Genesis6:6,7)-"AndtheLordwassorrythatHehadmademanontheearth,andHewasgrievedinHisheart.7AndtheLordsaid,"IwillblotoutmanwhomIhavecreatedfromthefaceoftheland,frommantoanimalstocreepingthingsandtobirdsofthesky;forI...[
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Aslaveisproperty
Exodus21:20-21
·(Exodus21:20-21)-"Andifamanstrikeshismaleorfemaleslavewitharodandhediesathishand,heshallbepunished.21If,however,hesurvivesadayortwo,novengeanceshallbetaken;forheishisproperty."GodpermittedslaverytoexistinbothOldandNewTestamenttimes.ButthisdoesnotmeanthatslaverywasaGod-ordainedsystem.Slaverywasaninventionoffallenman,notofGod.Nevertheless,Godallowedittoexist...[
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DidGodspeakaboutsacrificesornotattheExodus?
Exodus20:24andJeremiah7:22Godspeakaboutsacrifices(Exodus20:24)-"YoushallmakeanaltarofearthforMe,andyoushallsacrificeonityourburntofferingsandyourpeaceofferings,yoursheepandyouroxen;ineveryplacewhereIcauseMynametoberemembered,Iwillcometoyouandblessyou."Goddidnotspeakaboutsacrifices(Jeremiah7:22)-"ForIdidnotspeaktoyourfathers,orcommandtheminthedaythatI...[
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ShouldwekeeptheSabbathornot?
Exodus20:8;23:12;31:15;Deuteronomy5:12;Leviticus26:2
andandRomans14:5;Colossians2:16
1.KeeptheSabbathA.(Exodus20:8)-"Rememberthesabbathday,tokeepitholy.9"Sixdaysyoushalllaboranddoallyourwork,B.(Exodus23:12)-"Sixdaysyouaretodoyourwork,butontheseventhdayyoushallceasefromlaborinorderthatyouroxandyourdonkeymayrest,andthesonofyourfemaleslave,aswellasyourstranger...[
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