Questions tagged [moses]
Leader and prophet of Israel from the exodus from Egypt to their entry into the promised land. Considered by Judaism to be the greatest of the prophets.
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Why did God ask Moses to speak to the rock the second time the Israelites needed water?
Why did God ask Moses to speak to the rock instead of striking it the second time the Israelites needed water? Why did God forbid him from entering the Promised Land because of his disobedience?
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Is abstaining from food a law in the written torah? [duplicate]
I can find no law in the written law of Moses to tell the Israelites to abstain from food. Some websites give a list of verses but when those verses are looked up it says to do no work on the day of ...
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Were Moses and Aaron cut off from their own people?
In Leviticus 18:29 NIV, it states as follows:
Everyone who does any of these detestable things—such persons must be cut off from their people.
And in Exodus 6:20, it states as follows:
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What did Jesus mean by saying: " Moses gave you circumcision ", in Jn 7:22?
We see Jesus questioning the scrupulosity of the Jews in John 7:22 (NIV):
Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you ...
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What does the light symbolize on the 1st day of God's creation, in Moses' Cosmology?
Specifically, I'm not asking what this light was (This would be very difficult), but what does this light symbolize on the 1st day of God's creation, in the cosmology of Moses?
It would also be ...
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What actually happened to Moses’ body, given that Deuteronomy says no one knows his burial place but Jude mentions a dispute over it?
Deuteronomy 34:5–6 says that Moses died in Moab and that “He [the LORD] buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows his burial place to this day.”
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What did Moses Mean When He Said to God: "Show me Thy glory"?
What did Moses mean when he said to God: "Show me Thy glory"?
See, ``And he said: shew me thy glory.'' (Exod. 33:18) (DR)
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Did Moses really get a pair of horns in Exodus 34:35? [duplicate]
Exodus 34:35 has a piquant twist in some versions like DRA:
And they saw that the face of Moses when he came out was horned, but he covered his face again, if at any time he spoke to them.
The ' ...
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What is the " it " refered to in 2nd Cor. 3:16?
2nd Cor. 3:16
Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
What is the "it" here and how can an it turn to the Lord?
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Did Moses break the 6th commandment thou shall not kill by killing innocent people? [duplicate]
There appears to be a number of passages where it seems that Moses has broken the commandment thou shall not kill, against inoccent people.
Deuteronomy 2:34
At that time we captured all his cities ...
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Is it possible Balaam is one of the sons of Moses? [closed]
numbers 22.30 And the ass said unto Balaam: ‘Am not I thine ass, upon
which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever
wont to do so unto thee?’ And he said: ‘Nay.’
the donkey is ...
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What does it mean Abraham knew me as El shaddai but my name I made not known to him [duplicate]
Exodus 6.3 and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name YHWH I made Me not known to them.
What is the difference?
Genesis 18.26 And the LORD said: 'If I ...
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Is the Book of Joshua considered part of the Torah?
Joshua 24. וַיִּכְתֹּב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת-הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה, בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרַת אֱלֹהִים; וַיִּקַּח, אֶבֶן גְּדוֹלָה, וַיְקִימֶהָ שָּׁם, תַּחַת הָאַלָּה אֲשֶׁר בְּמִקְדַּשׁ יְהוָה. {פ}
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Does the brother who performs the Levirite duty lose his right to having a tribe?
Genesis 38.8 And Judah said unto Onan:
'Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's
brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.'9 And Onan knew
that the seed would not ...
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Is Exodus 15 speaking about Sinai or Jerusalem or Shiloh?
Exodus 15.1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto
the LORD, and spoke, saying: I will sing unto the LORD, for He is
highly exalted; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the ...
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