He says to gather manna every day except the Sabbath, which is the Hebrew name for the seventh day of the week—what we call Saturday.

Second, it’s about the element of substitution. Something else is covering the debt for your sins.

Psalm 14 shows up in Paul’s letter to the Romans. David and Paul both say humans aren’t good people; we have nothing to offer God.

Psalm 27 is also a song of lament and of confidence in God.

Others say the switching back and forth is a subtle way of indicating the direction in which Jacob-Israel’s heart is focused at the time: Jacob is the old man, who looks to himself, but Israel is the new man, who looks to God.

Balaam sets out on his journey, then the Angel of the LORD shows up (likely Jesus), but He’s only visible to Balaam’s donkey.

a concubine, which is basically a household servant with fewer rights and less permanency than a wife and whose main job is to sleep with the boss and have his kids.

God calls for three different censuses.

Census number three tallies men aged thirty to fifty who can carry items when the tabernacle is transported to a new spot.