From Numbers 3-4 Moses conducts a census to claim a number of firstborn from the people of Israel for himself. The whole levite tribe is traded in instead. But there is a small number unaccounted [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 24-25 Today’s passage describes a special event in Israel’s calendar. The Jubilee. Every fifty years there would be a special year where all debts were repaid and people could return to their homeland. [ Read More … ]
From Leviticus 24-25 Fellow Israelites who fell on hard times were in potentially dire situations. They could starve to death. Not a good way to go. During this time they were vulnerable to exploitation. In [ Read More … ]