| Location | Comment | Keywords | Bible | DateAdded |
| num:001:018 | the words for 'indicating ancestry' and 'records' in v.19 are the same word as 'generations' in the genealogies of Gen 1-11. (i.e., 'these are the legal RECORDS of...') | INFOFLOW | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:001:050 | these 'encamp around the tabernacle' laws must have been meant to be changed--once when they finished the Wanderings, and at least once more when the Temple was build. LAWCHANGE. | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:001:053 | a buffer of consecration, to protect the people | ZNSB (NASB) | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:002:016 | LAWCHANGE. the tribal allotments in the land were NOT the same layout as required by the law in the encampment regulations. | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:003:038 | the requirement for Aaron to live on the east of the temple--was this an 'eternal law'? LAWCHANGE | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:003:044 | this Levite-for-firstborn transaction--how permanent was it to be? The firstborn redemption was clearly a continuing rule, but do we have any indication of the Levite substitute ever again? | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:003:046 | this word 'redeem' is NOT the normal 'goel' word. | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:005:003 | LAWCHANGE. were the unclean always driven out of the city during their time of impurity? | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:005:006 | violation of /crime against a human is considered disloyalty to God. solidarity somehow. | Solidarity | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:005:015 | the accusation actually COST something, but it does seem to be a whole lot (3-4 liters). But it might have been enough so that these weren't done frivolously. | women | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:006:002 | this is not the normal word for separation (kadesh). | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:007:009 | no oxen allowed! | HCSB(NRSV) | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:008:014 | this is not the normal word for separation (kadesh). | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:008:017 | they were declared 'dead to the world' (like us in Jesus, thru the Cross) | ZNSB (NASB) | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:008:019 | Levites were a GIFT to Aaron for help. We are gifts to one another (and to Jesus) to minister, plus, we are given gifts ourselves for use in ministry | HCSB(NRSV) | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:009:009 | grace in the law--but not license (v. 13)! | grace | ZNSB (NIV) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:009:011 | God made allowance for travel and for misfortune | grace | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:009:014 | law was equal for Jew and non-Jew, within the nation of Israel. | impartial | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:009:016 | the word for 'continual' here is tamid, and not olam. | eternal | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:009:023 | it looks like 'at the command of YHWH' is the same as 'when the cloud moved', making the command of YHWH into something non-verbal (but obvious and non-ambiguous) | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:010:008 | here is an OLAM ordinance--trumpets in battle, festivals, movement of the camp, and assembly. LAWCHANGE? | eternal | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:010:031 | was there some kind of flex in where the cloud went? why did Moses ask this guy to be a guide? (KD says that it was for him to show where the springs and plots of pasture were, in the general area indicated by the cloud.) | guidance, revelation | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:010:035 | ps 68! OTNOT | OTNOT | ZNSB (NIV) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:011:006 | pleasure versus utility! (priorities, priorities) | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:011:022 | this implies their livestock was not a numerous as normal? | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:011:025 | notice how the Spirit is not 'extended'--it doesn't seem to be 'diluted' by distribution. Also notice that prophecy here was a one-time sign to show the presence of the Spirit in their lives. they were being empowered for guidance, NOT for revelation, but a sign was needed anyway. | miracle | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:011:029 | this wish of Moses would be fulfilled in the New Covt! Joel's prophecy! | NewCovt | ZNSB (NIV) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:012:007 | a precision issue in revelation (dreams versus precise) | revelation | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:012:014 | God refers to a non-biblical custom here. | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:013:019 | the quest for knowledge itself was not wrong! only the use of the results. | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:013:028 | Anak had an international reputation--INFOFLOW | INFOFLOW | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:013:032 | slander comes in many forms. They slandered the land, and God's intended blessing to them. | slander | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:013:032 | devouring the inhabitants'--a sin of overstating the negatives (i do this A LOT, I think). | slander | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:014:001 | this crowd was way too easily persuaded, especially with the big grapes there! they Must have been pre-disposed to failure, doubt, and disbelief. | rejection | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:014:001 | the power of influence--widespread despair! | leadership | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:014:002 | they pre-decided AGAINST you--after your miracles, they pre-decided that You were inadequate for this next miracle... | rejection | ZNSB (NASB) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:014:011 | another case of the leadership treating God with contempt in PUBLIC and doing massive, leveraged damage in the process! | leadership | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:014:011 | these people do not believe even though they saw the SAME miracles the Egyptians did--and the Egyptians eventually BELIEVED, remember! | rejection | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:014:020 | God specifically said that He forgave them 'at Moses request'--a responsive God. | openness | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:014:022 | the judgment here on the bad leaders is NOT because of the report, but because of their unbelief in the face of all the miracles they PERSONALLY witnessed! Judgment according to light! | leadership, rejection | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:014:026 | the wording in these verses seems to indicate that it was only the 'grumblers' who would perish (i.e., not everybody 'grumbled') | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:014:031 | a great example of social interwovenness. The kids would not be punished for the sins of the fathers (i.e., they would not die in the wilderness), but they WOULD suffer SOME consequences of the judgment on the fathers (i.e., the wilderness experience). social fabric is of one cloth, and people can suffer innocently for the sins of others. | Solidarity | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:014:035 | group dynamics and complicity against the God of their Freedom!!! | rejection | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:015:002 | here are laws that are NOT in force at the time they are given; only later when 'in the land' | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:015:023 | the instruction to obey the law of Moses is qualified by 'throughout your generations' and NOT using OLAM | eternal | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:015:024 | were the sins of ignorance due to a failure in the teaching responsibilities of the Levites? | leadership | HCSB(NRSV) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:015:024 | a small sacrifice by the whole community--a valuation on sins of ignorance? | grace | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:015:025 | serious grace | grace | HCSB(NRSV) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:015:030 | this blasphemy was NON-VERBAL! whoever 'does something' with the wrong attitude is committing blasphemy--without speaking! | behavior | ZNSB (NASB) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:015:031 | despised' indicates they KNEW VERY WELL what they were doing (sorta like 'blaspheming the Spirit' required advanced theological knowledge). | malice | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:015:038 | does the Mosaic injunction to wear tassels on the 'corners' of the garments mandate a certain dress code forever (i.e., garments with 'corners')? LAWCHANGE | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:016:005 | God is a free-agent in history, too. He can choose sovereignly and freely. | openness | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:016:010 | After being gifted by God, they were dissatisfied and became 'badly' ambitious. Its okay to aspire to higher levels of service, but some such ambition is evil. | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:016:014 | this is amazing! they misrepresent the fact (we came from a place of milk and honey), shift blame ('YOU haven't brought us into the promised land'!), and project onto Moses their own attitudes (lord it over, deceived, gouge eyes out?) | slander | HebIntr | 2003-02-18 |
| num:016:023 | another case of social interconnectedness | Solidarity | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:016:027 | Not a united revolt, those who left lived next to the rebels, but didn't join in | Revolt | CJB | 2003-02-18 |
| num:016:034 | Guilty hearts... | heart | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:016:035 | presumption and rebellion were expressed in a religious act! Just because something 'looks religious' or is done 'in the name of God' doesn't imply anything about the owner's attitude or heart! | HCSB(NRSV) | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:016:048 | stood between the dead and the living'--my Jesus! | HCSB(NRSV) | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:016:048 | in lev 21.10-11, a high priest was not supposed to do this--but the seriousness of the situation demanded it, and my Jesus came among us sinners because our need was so serious | grace | HCSB(NRSV) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:017:005 | God lessened the grumbling by miracle, instead of judgment this time! grace! | grace | ZNSB (NASB) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:017:012 | zero faith... they imagined this danger, after God's obvious acceptance of them?! | rejection | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:018:016 | prices in shekels--LAWCHANGE--would this amounts be forever, in spite of currency change and valuation changes? | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:018:017 | firstborn sacrifice as sustenance for the priest--God gave from His, to them | HebIntr | 02/26/03 | |
| num:018:022 | The prohibition for the Israelites was for their protection--a mercy. They had other, legitimate ways to approach. | Mercy | CJB | 2003-02-18 |
| num:018:032 | flow: People give to God, God gives to Levites, Levites tithe from this to God. God provides all in all, but people get blessed for obedience in the process! grace! | interaction | ESV | 2003-02-18 |
| num:019:004 | ordination of priest happened at tabernacle door. When there is no tabernacle (e.g., temple, exile), what do they do? LAWCHANGE | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:019:013 | everybody who touched a dead body required some water from the central sanctuary--this will not scale (given an eternal law perspective). | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:020:005 | did they forget already the fruit the spies brought back? (or, like me, deliberately forget God's truth... ) | slander | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:020:012 | their lack of faith was not hammered out with God BEFOREHAND, but simply accepted and acted out IN PUBLIC! | leadership | ESV | 2003-02-18 |
| num:020:012 | had they lapsed in 'magic' in this case? | ESV | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:020:024 | he was excluded for 'rebellion'--the same as the other adult males who didn't make it | rejection | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:021:006 | They were no different from Pharaoh when they sinned--they were subject to judgment too | impartial | CJB | 2003-02-18 |
| num:021:008 | look up judgment, understand, and live! look upon the effect of our sin on the person of our Lord on Calvary, understand, and live! | HCSB(NRSV) | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:021:028 | fire is used as a metaphor for judgment in this poetry-prophecy type statement. Fire is NOT literal here, and this has implications for interpreting this image in other judgment/punishment contexts | punishment, fire | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:022:006 | Balak tries to get Balaam to act like/against God -- blessing and cursing | HebIntr | 02/26/03 | |
| num:022:033 | the donkey speaking--ex of extreme grace (both seeing and speaking) | grace | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:023:007 | This foreign prophet knew BOTH names for Israel...international history must have been easily known/remembered. | INFOFLOW | ZNSB (NASB) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:023:007 | he knew WHO they were, and even their history (the change of names!) | INFOFLOW | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:023:009 | lives apart'... strangers and pilgrims | HebIntr | 02/26/03 | |
| num:023:019 | doesn't change mind--about blessing! (but does about cursing, thankfully!) | HebIntr | 02/26/03 | |
| num:024:002 | no divination used by Baalam here | CJB | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:024:003 | he saw clearly, after God overrode him several times! (and clearly is in contrast to the vagueness of divination) | revelation | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:024:004 | beautiful: God saw these whining, unfaithful, ungrateful folks as 'beautiful'!! Grace! | grace | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:025:002 | these women must have gone out to the Israelites, to extend the invitations...aggressive treachery | CJB | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:025:011 | somebody cared about God, His people, and their relationship! | leadership | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:025:015 | was this intended as a political marriage? in spite of God's clear commands otherwise? | CJB | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:025:018 | these words clearly indicate that this was no 'innocent' attack on Israel. | CJB | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:025:018 | deception is especially punished when it is accompanied by a knowledge of what is right/better | malice | HCSB(NRSV) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:025:018 | this was a deliberate DECEPTION, not just TEMPTATION by Moab... insidious | malice | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:030:008 | the vow is nullified because she didn't have the authority in that case to make the payment-part contract ALONE | women | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:031:050 | the officer uses the 'atone' word, even though it is bloodless and functions as a memorial (54). This was an interesting inclusion of YHWH into their lives and understanding--they SAW the statistical improbability of zero causalities, and sought a 'reasonable' explanation of it--in light of the Exodus!) | atonement, judgment | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:032:030 | they were given a legitimate alternative (apparently). Would God have honored either path? Probably so--what does this imply about the specifics of God's 'will'? | guidance | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:033:002 | God commanded Moses to record the travelogue--for torah... | INFOFLOW | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:033:056 | this verse shows that it was an expulsion and NOT an annihilation (because it was done later to Israel). | HCSB(NRSV) | 2003-02-18 | |
| num:034:009 | God gave them borders--not an ever-expanding, land-hungry empire! Just to be a safe place to enjoy the life and love of YHWH... | HebIntr | 02/26/03 | |
| num:035:002 | the levitical cities: implies a change of law, for where the Levites lived relative to the Ark | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:035:003 | Levites were to be cattle farmers--'olam'? | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:035:004 | the lands allocated to the Levites were FIXED... with population change, would a LAWCHANGE be required/expected? | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:035:006 | cities of refuge--for manslayer and executioner--would not be needed in the New Age (without death) | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:035:023 | the law looked at the heart, too--the issue of motive was considered | heart | ZNSB (NIV) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:035:025 | sanctuary to the mis-judged, to the slandered | slander | HCSB(NRSV) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:035:025 | not all goel-avenging is morally correct! | HebIntr | 02/26/03 | |
| num:035:028 | process of non-extradition applied until the 'death of the high priest'--w/o death in the New Age, this law cannot be used | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:035:029 | these city of refuge laws (involving aspects that CANNOT apply in the Age to Come) are said to apply 'to all generations'... | LAWCHANGE | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |
| num:035:031 | no escape from justice for the rich... | impartial | CJB | 2003-02-18 |
| num:035:033 | atonement involved justice--satisfaction--and was not simply a matter of 'flimsy forgiveness' | atonement, judgment | CJB | 2003-02-18 |
| num:035:033 | only judgment can cleanse for blood. And since hatred amounted to bloodshed, there would always have been a need for an adequate blood sacrifice to cleanse us. | atonement, judgment | ZNSB (NIV) | 2003-02-18 |
| num:036:006 | God said these women could marry whoever 'pleased their eyes'! | women | HebIntr | 02/26/03 |