Numbers 15
This is another chapter of religious rules that are really not applicable these days,
There are a couple of slightly uncomfortable items in the chapter - a guy gets executed for working on the Sabbath (collecting wood)
The chapter recommends, or insists, that people should put tassels on their clothes to remind them of the laws.
I guess it is a bit like tying a knot in a handkerchief.
Numbers 16
This is a lot more interesting- Three guys oppose Moses and Aaron, Korah, Dathan and Abiram, their argument is that the whole community is Holy to God and Moses and Aaron have set themselves up as more holy
Moses tells Korah, Dathan and Abiram to bring incense at the Tabernacle and let God Choose.
They point blank refuse to turn up - Moses has taken them out of the land flowing with milk and honey into the wilderness and now is giving them orders.
Moses asks God not to accept their offerings and insists that they bring incense.
Moses then tells the community to move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, then suggests that if they die of natural causes that God has not chosen Moses and Aaron.
Suddenly the ground opens up beneath the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram and swallows up their entire families and that is the end of that particular argument.
Personally I think it is a bit harsh that the whole family should die for the sins of the head of the family.
This is another chapter of religious rules that are really not applicable these days,
There are a couple of slightly uncomfortable items in the chapter - a guy gets executed for working on the Sabbath (collecting wood)
The chapter recommends, or insists, that people should put tassels on their clothes to remind them of the laws.
I guess it is a bit like tying a knot in a handkerchief.
Numbers 16
This is a lot more interesting- Three guys oppose Moses and Aaron, Korah, Dathan and Abiram, their argument is that the whole community is Holy to God and Moses and Aaron have set themselves up as more holy
Moses tells Korah, Dathan and Abiram to bring incense at the Tabernacle and let God Choose.
They point blank refuse to turn up - Moses has taken them out of the land flowing with milk and honey into the wilderness and now is giving them orders.
Moses asks God not to accept their offerings and insists that they bring incense.
Moses then tells the community to move away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, then suggests that if they die of natural causes that God has not chosen Moses and Aaron.
Suddenly the ground opens up beneath the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram and swallows up their entire families and that is the end of that particular argument.
Personally I think it is a bit harsh that the whole family should die for the sins of the head of the family.
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