Author: First Century Genesis

Numbers 25:10-13 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy....

Numbers 24:17 ER’ENU VE’LO AT’AH I see him, but not now ASHURENU VE’LO CAROV I behold him, but not nigh DARACH COCHAV MI’YA’ACOV A Star shall come forth from Jacob VE’CAM SHEVET MI’YIS’RAEL And a scepter (shall arise) out of Israel U’MACHATZ PA’A’TI MOAV (And) it (he) shall (smite) crush...

Numbers 19:11-13: He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days. He shall purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the...

Numbers 16:28-30 “Moses said, ‘Through this shall you know that HASHEM sent me to perform all these acts, that it was not from my heart. “If these die like the death of all men, and the destiny of all men is visited upon them, then it is not HASHEM Who...

Numbers 13:1-2 VA’YE’DABER ADONAI (Y”H) EL-MOSHE LEY’MOR SHE’LACH-LE’CHA ANA’SHIM VE’YA’TU’RU ET-ERETZ CE’NA’AN ASHER-ANI NO’TEYN LIV’NEI YISRAEL ISH E’CHAD LE’MA’TAI A’VO’TAIV TISH’LA’CHU KOL NASI BA’HEM   “The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Send forth men (--LE’CHA, “for you”, “to you”, “before you”: “IF YOU PLEASE”—STONE Tanakh translation), that they may search...

I wish to connect the beginning of this Parashah with the last verse of the prior Parashah to bring home a major point: the Voice that spoke with Moses in the Tabernacle is the same Voice that spoke to Samuel as a small boy while he lay in his bed...