by Justin Marple | Jul 24, 2009 | Numbers Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
In Num 10:11 the people of Israel begin to “set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai” where they have been since Exodus 19:1. Following the cloud by day first to the wilderness of Paran (Num 10:11, 34). Next, following the quail incident,...
by Justin Marple | Jul 17, 2009 | Numbers Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers are tied together because the Israelites arrived at Sinai with Exo 19:1 and began their journey from Sinai with Num 10:11. Thus the beginning of Numbers is meant to be read as a continuation of the story of Exodus and Leviticus. The...
by Justin Marple | Jul 2, 2009 | Leviticus Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The Book of Leviticus is a book of good news because it teaches the forgiveness of sins through the appointed blood of atonement. Not that the blood of bulls and goats actually takes away sins (cf. Heb 10:4), but it points us to the blood that does — that of...
by Justin Marple | Jun 20, 2009 | Leviticus Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Lev 17:10-12 makes an interesting point worth quoting: “If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people. For the life...
by Justin Marple | Jun 16, 2009 | Leviticus Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
What follows is a list of some New Testament texts that assume information learned in Lev 11-16:Matt 8:2-4 [Mark 1:40-45][Luke 5:12-15]Matt 15:11, 17-20 [Mark 7:18-19, 20-23]Matt 9:20 [Mark 5:25ff] [Luke 8:43ff]Matt 10:8, 11:5 [Luke 7:22]Matt 23:25-26Matt 23:27Mark...
by Justin Marple | Jun 14, 2009 | Leviticus Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
As the chart of Lev 8-10 reveals, the third panel (Lev 10) does not tell of Moses or Aaron offering sacrifices but instead says, “You are to distinguish between the holy and common, and between the unclean and the clean. And you are to teach the people of...
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