He Walks With Us

Category: Tanakh

  • God’s Oral Commandments

    If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. Deuteronomy…

  • There is Hope

    And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:10 (KJV) The gathering together – The word here in Hebrew is mikveh ( מקוה ) which you may recognize. It is often used in reference to a pool of…

  • Everything is a Commandment

    And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. Numbers 1:54 (KJV) Commanded – This word in Hebrew is tsavah ( צִוָּה ) which is the primitive root of mitzvah (commandment). It is used about 500 times in the Old Testament. Commands are given from a father to a…

  • What is Your Sin?

    How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. Job 13:23 (KJV) Know – Job is the figure we all think about when in turmoil. We might liken his suffering to our own and reason that if we maintain our faith, we will surely overcome. However the text…

  • Water Baptism

    And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. Leviticus 8:6 (KJV) Washed – Baptism is frequently thought of as a Christian event. The first form of New Testament baptism is found in the story of John the Baptist. But John wasn’t a Christian, he was a Jew. Why would John practice…

  • COVID-19 and the plagues

    And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. Exodus 12:13 (KJV) Where ye are – The first quarantine…

  • Quarantine

    All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be. Leviticus 13:46 (KJV) Without the camp shall his habitation be – God teaches the method of quarantine when it comes to infectious diseases. He doesn’t say that…

  • Silent Reading

    And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: Deuteronomy 17:19 (KJV) Read – In the early 400s AD, St. Augustine wrote about…

  • A Lying Spirit

    A couple of months ago, I had a great conversation with an older fellow believer. He was concerned that I had become too legalistic in my obedience to the laws of God. Although, he didn’t outright say that, I could tell based on his attempt to have me reconsider not fasting from leaven during Passover.…

  • Lech Lecha

    Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: Genesis 12:1 (KJV) Get thee out – God tells Abram, lech lecha (לֶךְ-לְךָ), get thee out. As is much of the Hebrew Bible, this is…