The book focuses on the difficulties of the Israelites due to their lack of faith, rebellion, and apostasy. It also records God's protection of his people from ...

[31:35] sn Here again we encounter one of the difficulties of the book, the use of the large numbers. Only twelve thousand soldiers fought the Midianites ...

It provides a record of the experience of the Israelites during the wilderness wanderings, and records the laws for the camp as they traveled from place to ...

The book makes a fitting contribution to the collection of holy writings as it shows the spiritual and physical progression of the company of the redeemed ...

In the Babylonian account of creation Marduk killed the goddess Tiamat (the salty sea) and used her carcass to create heaven and earth. The form of the Hebrew ...

The Hebrew word simply means “darkness,” but in the Bible it has come to symbolize what opposes God, such as judgment (Exod 10:21), death (Ps 88:13), oppression ...

The Hebrew word simply means “darkness,” but in the Bible it has come to symbolize what opposes God, such as judgment (Exod 10:21), death (Ps 88:13), oppression ...

The Hebrew text of the book of Numbers has been preserved fairly well. It has not been preserved as well as Leviticus, which was most important to the ...

The canonicity of the book was questioned by some in ancient Judaism and early Christianity. It is one of five OT books that were at one time regarded as ...

The name Christ is the rough equivalent of the Hebrew "Messiah"or "Anointed One."In the Old Testament it refers generally to people anointed for a special ...