The Levites did not receive any properties of their own due to the privilege they had been granted to serve the Lord and have Him as...
Meal offerings. The meats that were sacrificed to idols in pagan rituals were then sold in the local market. The people of Corinth also served and...
The cities of refuge were part of political and civil system of order. They housed murderers who had killed either accidentally or unintentionally, as a form...
Marriage or celibacy? In this chapter, Paul answers Several questions from the Christians in Corinth. When considering the difficulties of that time, including the growing persecution...
An example. Once Joshua had finished the distribution of the land to all the tribes, it was now his turn. As the leader and authority among...
Lawsuits. The letter to the Corinthians contained a series of rebukes. Paul had already condemned divisions, pride, and immorality. Now he condemns lawsuits that is, disagreements...
Other lands. These two chapters show each portion given to the seven remaining tribes that had not yet received their inheritance – Benjamin, Simeon, Zebulun, Issacharm...
Sexual Immorality. Paul rebuked the Corinthians for the immoral behavior that was commonly found within the church. Sexual immorality includes adultery, prostitution, sexual depravity, incestuous intercourse,...
The daughters of Zelophehad would not accept being left out of their inheritance, much less for their father’s name to be removed from the list of...
Servants of Christ. The etymology for the Greek term “hyperetes, meant “servant” or “minister,” and is the same term for the rowers of warships who were...
A double portion. Even though Joshua did not lead his own tribe in Israel, his two sons received their portions of the inheritance. Joshua was doubly...
The inheritance: The Most High, as the true Owner of the earth, gave Israel its inheritance. He asked for nothing other than for His people to...
Caleb was a bold man, a warrior, and a hard worker, which was why he did not want to give his daughter Achsah to a lazy...
I have given it into your hand. Jericho was a military fortress and virtually impossible to defeat. Yet the Most High had decreed victory for the...
A living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. The sacrifice of the Levites that consisted of the death of an animal, typified the redemptive Work of...
