Israel Asks for a King - When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders. The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his
God’s Love for Israel - “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. But the more they were called, the more they went
Christian Standard BibleHearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith.Holman Christian Standard BibleHearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following Him, “I assure you: I have not ...
And here you are, about to make God furious again by disgracing the Sabbath!" New American BibleDid not your ancestors act in this same way, with the result that our God has brought all this evil upon us and upon this city? Would you add to the wrath against Israel by once more ...
7 then you shall say to them, ‘Because the awaters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So these stones shall become a bmemorial to the sons of Israel forever.” 8 Thus the...
“These are the words [devarim] which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side of the Jordan in the wilderness.” (Deuteronomy 1:1) Last week, the readings in the Book of Bamidbar (Numbers) concluded with the double Torah portion of Matot–Masei. This week, we begin the Book of Devari...
12Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants,...
But when a white man got on the bus and the driver ordered the black people in her row to move to the rear, she remembered the songs of freedom her mother sang to her and the lessons from the Bible of people standing up for their rights, such as the children of Israel, who stood ...
Let us track what we know about the Canaanites and the land of Israel by looking at the two earliest references to Canaan, both of which occur as part of the Noah account. In the first appearance of the term (Gen. 9:22), Canaan is a person—the youngest son of Ham—not a nation...
I have always been able to see beyond the moment. In terms of my faith, I am well versed in living with a view of eternity. In fact, the Bible tells us in1 Thessalonians 4to “encourage each other with these words”. That’s because we lose sight of that day when God makes every...