BRAGADAYJAH 139

Sunday, November 30, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 441

Destruction of Korah and his Followers


BRAGADAYJAH 441
Moses then spoke to the congregation and told them that they were about to see whether he was the one appointed by God to do all he had been doing or not, assuring them that whatever he did was not according to his own idea, but in accordance with what God wanted him to do.
So, said Moses, “if these men die the common death after the manner of all men, or if they suffer as men ordinarily suffer, then you will know that the Lord has not called me;”  but if the Lord does a new thing, and the earth open her mouth and swallow them up and their houses and all the men that follow them and everything they own go down into hell with them alive then you shall know that these men provoked the Lord.
And it happened that as soon as Moses had finished speaking, the earth opened up under them and swallowed them up and they disappeared and they all perished from among the congregation of Israel.
Upon seeing this those who were gathered around fled for their lives and fire came down from heaven and devoured all the two hundred and fifty men who dared to appear before the Lord with their censors of fire and incense.   

Saturday, November 29, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 440


BRAGADAYJAH 440
And so the next day, Korah and his followers gathered themselves with their censors with fire, and put incense in them before the Lord.  And the Lord spoke to Moses in the hearing of the whole congregation and told him to separate himself from them so that he may consume them in a moment.
Then the congregation fell upon their faces and besought God asking, if He was about to destroy them all because of the sin of one man; and so the Lord spoke again unto Moses and told him to peak unto the congregation advising them to separate themselves from Korah, Dathan and Abiram.
And so Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram and as he went the whole congregation followed him. And he spoke unto the congregation and told them to depart from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs less they be consumed in all their sins.
And the people departed from the presence of Korah, Dathan and

Abiram leaving them alone in their tents whereupon the three men were left alone with only their wives and their children, More.

Friday, November 28, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 439


BRAGADAYJAH 439
We Will Not Come!  If Moses had any doubt with regard to what Korah, Dathan and Abiram were up to, such doubt would have been dissipated by their blunt response.  “We will not come up!”  “Is it nothing to you,” they asked, “that you have brought us here, away from a place of plenty, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in this wilderness, and make yourself a prince over us?  Beside, this land to which you have brought us is a barren and dangerous land, it has no milk or homey and no green fields and vineyards.  Do whatever you like; but we will not come up.”
This response made Moses very angry and he spoke unto the Lord and said to Him, “Respect not their offering for I have not taken one thing from them, neither have I hurt any of them.”

And Moses said to Korah, you and your company come before the Lord tomorrow, and Aaron will also be there.  And when you come, you and your two hundred and fifty princes, bring your censors and put fire in them and Aaron will be there with fire in his censor”  More

Thursday, November 27, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 438


BRAGADAYJAH 438
Years of Wandering – Korah’s Rebellion
While wandering in the wilderness, a man by the name of Korah the son of Izhar, Levi’s grandson and two other men Dathan and Abiram two descendants of Reuben conspired and rose up against Moses, supported by some two and fifty of the prominent princes of Israel and a large number of the people.
And they as a group confronted Moses and Aaron and said, “You take too much unto yourselves, seeing all of us is holy, all of us are the Lord’s just as well; and He is with us as he is with you. What make you think that you are better than we are?  What make you think you can Lord it over us?
Upon hearing their complaint Moses fell on his knees in their presence and said, “By this time tomorrow, the Lord, will show you who are his and who is holy and will cause that one he has chosen to come near unto him. Take therefore your censors, you Korah and all your followers, and put fire in them and put incense in them before the Lord tomorrow and it shall come to pass the man whom the Lord has chosen he shall be holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon ourselves.
Do you think it is a small thing that you among the children of Israel that the Lord has separated from the congregation of Israel to bring you near unto himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?  And because the Lord drew you near unto himself do you also seek the priesthood? For what cause are you gathered together, and why are you murmuring against Aaron.

Thereupon Moses sent to summon Dathan and Abiram but they said, “We will not come.”

Phillip Joel Hughes - R I P

As I stirred in the night and opened my eyes, I looked at the time; it was 2:55; I was not surprised.  It is the time I awake most mornings.
I decided to go to ESPN Cricket News to see how young Phillip Hughes was doing; I was devastated; it was announced that he was dead.  How sad, I thought.  I had prayed for him and many thousands others also prayed for his recovery; but it was not to be.  He was gone. Prayers did not do any good I thought fleetingly; but then a voice deep within told me I was wrong.  Perhaps those prayers were all he had going for him during those last 48 hours of his unconscious life.  Maybe those prayers reached the throne of grace and helped to accompany him home.
How tenuous a thing life is, I thought; and what a thin line we walk in this life; how fragile the hold between life and death, and how monumental the decisions we make while we yet have breath.
The doctors say his death was a freakish accident. He was struck on the neck below the helmet.  The blow crushed his vertebral artery and sent blood to the area surrounding the brain, and in spite of the best on the scene and post traumatic medical attention the doctors were unable to save his life.
The truth is, whatever our age or situation in life, we are all sojourners along the dual pathway of life. 
As we go we make decisions constantly with regard to our final destination.  However much we enjoy or seek to enjoy this present life, it is but a vapor which soon floats away. And so the path we choose the way we go is all important.
Phillip loved his cricket.  It was for cricket he lived and died; and while we mourn his passing, we may take time to ponder the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death.
As he was in the middle, Hughes was no doubt eyeing another century; he was on 65 and when he saw that last short ball coming he thought no doubt, here is one I can hit out of the park.  He could have ducked or swayed out of the way, no doubt; but he decided to meet it head on.  But alas, instead of he hitting it out of the park, it hit him out of the park.
If he had a chance of facing that same delivery again, knowing its fatal trajectory, it is certain he would have used a different option; but there is no second chance after death.  This lifetime is the only chance we get as we progress each day to that boundary that has been fixed for us by the Ancient of Days.
Phillip Hughes beloved cricketer is gone.  We pray that in life he had made a choice to live a life in preparation for the world in which he now finds himself.  A world in which he shall spend all the rest of eternity.
The Prophet Isaiah by inspiration of God wrote, as rendered by the Living Bible:  “The good men perish; the godly die before their time and no one seems to care or wonder why.  No one seems to realize that God is taking them away from the evil days ahead.  For the godly who die shall rest in peace.” {Isa. 57:1-2}

May the soul of Phillip Joel Hughes, Rest In Peace.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 437


BRAGADAYJAH 437

The Border of the Blue – Reminder of Separated Walk,
And now the Lord commanded Moses to instruct the children of Israel that they make fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe a cord of blue.
God explained that the fringe and blue cord was to be a perpetual reminder to them that each time they see it, it would remind them of the commandments of the Lord and the necessity to keep them and not be led away by their shifty hearts and wandering eyes both of which led you them to playing the harlot and that they may remember to be holy unto their God.
Significantly the cord of blue betokened the heavenly color, blue, also used upon the borders of the priest’s garment; and was a reminder that the people of God were to be heavenly in obedience in character and separate themselves from earthly desires and ambitions.

So God reemphasized His commandment reminding them “I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Lord your God.”

Chin Up Bro Bill

Like Sodom and Gomorrah
A Tribute to Bro. Bill

Alas, in this Land of buggery,
There abides a strong vial of bigotry.
Like a cancer it grows,
And acutely it flows,
The devil’s own putrescent alchemy.

The Press and its minions conspire,
To set Marriage’s majesty on fire.
In place of Adam and Eve,
They’d enthrone Adam and Steve
And exalt animalistic, carnal desire.

Thus they all too avidly desire,
A man’s noble career to retire.
So four floozies they got,
To spill unfounded rot,
And rub a man’s good name in the mire.

Like in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah,
 They paid the full price for their error.
Soon the trumpet will sound,
And the whole vile lot be bound
In the fiery flames of hell forever.

At the core of this latest concoction,
Are folk’s hearts set on destruction.
So hold your head up Bro. Bill,
You will triumph o’er them still;
They’ll perish in their own sour confusion.
                                                By PJC
11/22/2014

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 436


BRAGADAYJAH 436
Once the priest receives the sin offering of the soul that sinned through ignorance, the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinned through ignorance and the atonement shall result in his sins been forgiven him; but the soul that sins presumptuously, whether he be born in the land or a sojourner, the same reproaches the Lord, and that soul shall be cut off from among the people, because he has despised the word of the Lord, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him..
And it happened that while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man who gathered sticks on the Sabbath day, and they brought him before Moses and Aaron and the congregation; and not sure what to do with him they locked him up. 


And the Lord said to Moses, the man shall be surely put to death  All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp; and so the man was taken outside the camp and stoned to death as the Lord commanded them to do.

Monday, November 24, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 435


BRAGADAYJAH 435
The Law of the Stranger
The Lord told Moses, that there were to be one law for the stranger as well as the children of the congregation. So that if any one lived among them and was of a mind to offer up an offering made by fire for a sweet savor unto the Lord, he shall be bound with regard to his offering as were the members of the congregation of  Israel.
Furthermore, the Lord told Moses, to tell the children of Israel that when they enter into possession of the land and they eat of the bread, of the land they must offer up a heave offering unto the Lord. They were to offer up a cake of the first of the dough for a heave offering of the threshing floor. The first of the dough was to be given unto the Lord.
And if anyone erred and did not keep all of those commandments given from the very first to the very last, all were to be kept, it was also given that if anything be done through ignorance, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor unto the Lord with his meal offering and his drink offering according to the ordinance and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.  

Sunday, November 23, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 434


BRAGADAYJAH 434

After this the Lord spoke to Moses and told him to instruct the people, that is to say those who were spared, that when they would have possessed the land which He would give to them, concerning the offerings unto the Lord.
That when they make any offering by fire, be it a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, a free will offering, or an offering made in one of the solemn feasts to make a sweet savor unto the Lord of the herd or of the flock, then the offeror shall also bring a meal offering, of a tenth part of flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of oil, the fourth part of a hin of wine, for a drink offering, to be offered with the offering of one lamb.
For a ram, the preparation for a meal offering was to be two tenth of flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil; and for a drink offering the third part of a hin of wine for a sweet savor unto the Lord.
When the offering for a burnt offering or a sacrifice, or a in performing a vow or a peace offering, is a bullock, the meal offering shall be three tenth part of flour, mixes with half a hin of oil; and for a drink offering a hin of wine for an offering made by fire for a sweet savor unto the Lord.
These were the commandments of the lord concerning these offerings.  

Saturday, November 22, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 433


BRAGADAYJAH 433


And Moses told all those sayings of the Lord to the people and they mourned greatly.
And they rose up early in the morning and went up into the mountain, and said, "Now we are here and we will go up unto the place which the Lord has promised for we have sinned."
And Moses said to the people, now you want to disobey the Lord by going up unto the mountain to seek his face? That would be a waste of time because the Lord has turned his back on you and going up will be to no avail.
Your advice is to not try to go before the Lord, lest He strike you all dead in the sight of all your enemies. In any event the Amalekites and the Canaanites are already in the land and if you go you shall all perish by the sword. For now you have turned away from the Lord, he has turned away from you.
Notwithstanding Moses admonition, the rebellious people presumed to go upon the hilltop to seek the Lord, while Moses remained in the camp with the Ark of the Covenant;

Accordingly the Amalekites came upon them and the Canaanites who dwelt in the hill fell upon them and smote them all. 

Like Sodom and Gomorrah - A Tribute to Bro Bill.

Like Sodom and Gomorrah
A Tribute to Bro. Bill

Alas, in this Land of buggery,
There abides a strong vial of bigotry.
Like a cancer it grows,
And acutely it flows,
The devil’s own putrescent alchemy.

The Press and its minions conspire,
To set Marriage’s majesty on fire.
In place of Adam and Eve,
They’d enthrone Adam and Steve
And exalt animalistic, carnal desire.

Thus they all too avidly desire,
A man’s noble career to retire.
So four floozies they got,
To spill unfounded rot,
And rub a man’s good name in the mire.

Like in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah,
 They paid the full price for their error.
Soon the trumpet will sound,
And the whole vile lot be bound
In the fiery flames of hell forever.

At the core of this latest concoction,
Are folk’s hearts set on destruction.
So hold your head up Bro. Bill,
You will triumph o’er them still;
They’ll perish in their own sour confusion.
                                                By PJC
11/22/2014

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Friday, November 21, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 432

 BRAGADAYJAH 432

No, said the Lord, your little ones shall indeed enter into the land; but as to you, your carcasses shall rot in the wilderness. And your little ones shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your harlotries until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness.
After the number of days wherein ye shall search the land, even forty years each day for a year, you shall bear your iniquities and you shall know my breach of promise. "For I the Lord have said, I will surely do it, unto all this evil congregation that are gathered together against me' in this wilderness they shall die."
And the men which Moses sent to search the land who returned and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, all those men that did bring up an evil report upon the land died by the plague before the Lord.

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land lived still.www.chaberbooks.com

Thursday, November 20, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 431


BRAGADAYJAH 431
The Amalekites and the Canaanites were then occupying the land; but the Lord told Moses to turn and take a route towards  the Red Sea. Also the Lord told Moses that He the Lord had heard the murmuring of the people how they murmured against Him, and promised that as truly as He lives, so they did unto him so will he do unto them; and their carcasses would fall in the wilderness; and all who were numbered of them, those of them who were numbered from twenty years and up who have murmured against Him, shall without doubt not enter the land concerning which He had promised to give to them. All except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

But the little ones whom they said would be a prey, they will He bring in, and they shall know the land which their fathers despised; but as for the rest of you, your carcass shall rot in the wilderness.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 430

BRAGADAYJAH 430

The Lord’s Response, Pardon and Rebuke.
In answer to Moses’ prayer the Lord responded and said, “I have pardoned in accordance with your word; but as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles which I did in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have put me to the test these ten times, and have not hearkened unto my voice, surely they shall not see the land which I swore to give unto their fathers, neither any of them that provoked me see it.”
“But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereto he went, and his seed shall possess it.”






Tuesday, November 18, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 429

BRAGADAYJAH 429

Moses Intercedes For the people.
Just as the people purposed in their hearts to do grievous bodily harm to Moses and Aaron and Caleb and Joshua, the Lord intervened and said unto Moses, “How long will this people provoke me? And how long will it be before they believe me for all the signs I have shown among them?  I will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.”
And Moses said unto the Lord, “then the Egyptians shall hear of it; for it was you who brought them up out of Egypt by your might. And they will tell it to the inhabitants of the land; for they have heard that you, Lord, are among them, and go before them, by daytime in a pillar of cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire.
Therefore if you kill all this people, as one man, then the nations who have heard of you will say, because the Lord was not able to bring his people into the land which He swore unto them to give them, He has slain them in the wilderness.”
“So now, I beseech you dear Lord, let your power be greater as you have spoken saying, the Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children of the third and fourth generation.”

“Pardon, therefore, I0 pray you dear Lord, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of your mercy, and as thou hast repeatedly forgiven them since they left Egypt unto now.”  

Monday, November 17, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 428


BRAGADAYJAH 428

The Rebellious Unbelief of Israel.
Upon hearing the reports of giants, the people of the congregation of Israel began to cry and lament and spent the whole night in weeping.  And as was their wont, they murmured against Moses and Aaron and in their complaint said that they wished to God they had died in the land of Egypt, or while they were in the wilderness.
Of course their murmurings were also directed against the Lord their God when they asked why the Lord had brought them to this land in the first place to die by the sword so that their wives and children should fall prey unto the enemy. In addition they were not afraid to express the ultimate ingratitude by saying once again, that they were actually better off in Egypt.
And so they began to plot to make themselves a captain to lead them back to Egypt.
And when Moses and Aaron heard of the rebellion of the children of Israel they fell on their faces and wept, joined by Joshua, the son of Nun and Caleb one of those who had searched the land, and together they wept and tore their clothes in the presence of all the congregation of the people.
And they spoke unto all the company of the children of Israel and told them that the land is a very good land; it is a land flowing with milk and honey; therefore do not rebel against the Lord nor fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us; their defenses are already departed from them; therefore fear them not.

Notwithstanding, the children of Israel gathered unto themselves stones to stone Moses and Aaron and Joshua and Caleb; but the glory of the Lord appeared unto them.   
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Sunday, November 16, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 427

BRAGADAYJAH 427

The Report of the Spies v The Report of Caleb.

“And they returned from searching the land after forty days.”
On their return, the spies appeared before Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of Israel and made their report.
First they showed them the fruit of the land, and said surely the land is a rich fertile land; it flows with milk and honey, “None-the-less the people that dwell in the land are strong; their cities are walled around and are well fortified; and in addition we saw the famed children of Anak there.
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negev, and the Hittites and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountain, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the edge of the Jordon.”
That was the report of all the spies except Caleb.  As the people started to react fearfully after listening to the report of the others, Caleb stilled the people and said, “Let us go up at once and possess the land; for we are well able to overcome it.”

But the men that went up with Caleb said, “We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. The land through which we passed and searched out is a land that eats up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people we saw in the land are giants compared to us. The sons of Anak as you well know are all giants and we would appear to them no more than tiny grasshoppers.

Saturday, November 15, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 426

BRAGADAYJAH 426
The Mission and Report of the Spies.
Now among other things, the mission of the spies was also to take back with them samples of the fruit which they found. And so they went up and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob; they also traversed the Negev and reached unto Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai the children of Anak were; and they observed that Hebron was a fairly new city, having been built only some seven years earlier than Zoan in Egypt

From Hebron they went to the brook Eshcol and cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes and they bore it between two men upon a staff, and they also gathered pomegranates and figs. The place was called the Brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which they had cut down. And after forty days they returned from searching the land.

Friday, November 14, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 425

BRAGADAJAH 425
The Spies Sent Out.
We may notice that there was no mention of the tribe of Levi; but for this there is an explanation. The tribe of the children of Levi were not counted among the armies of Israel by tribe.  Their duties were for want of a better word administrative, and some may even say domestic since God ordained duties were with regard solely to the upkeep and maintenance and transportation of the ark of the covenant and all the appurtenances thereto. 
Yet on the other hand we see that there were twelve princes sent out. This of course is explained by the fact that Joseph was represented by two halves, Ephraim and Manasseh, which accounts for there being twelve princes over twelve armies.
We note too that among those sent out was Joshua the son of Nun.
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan.  He was ordered to go up into the mountain region as well as the plain, (the Negev), and to make careful note of the people who dwelt there, whether they appeared strong or weak, few or many.

They were also to observe the nature of the land itself.  Was it rich and fertile or barren and unproductive; whether it was good or otherwise; what kind of cities they had built, what kind of houses they dwelt in, whether they dwelt in camps or fortified cities. They were to do this and report back to Moses.   

Thursday, November 13, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 424


BRAGADAYJAH 424

After arriving at Paran, the Lord told Moses to send men out to search the land of Canaan which He had given to the children of Israel of every tribe of their fathers all those who were rulers of their tribes. And so Moses in obedience to the Lord’s command sent men out.
The names of the men whom Moses sent were:
Of the Tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Succur;
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, the son of Hori;
Of the tribe of Judah, Kaleb, the son of Jephunneh;
Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, the son of Joseph;
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun;
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, the son of Raphu;
Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, the son of Sodi;
Of the tribe of Joseph, namely of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi, the son of Susi;
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, the son of Gemalli;
Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, the son of Michael;
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nabhi, the son of Vophsi;

Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel, the son of Machi.www.chaberbooks.com 

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 423

BRAGADAYJAH 423

The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron.
While at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of a Cushite woman whom he had married.  More particularly, they questioned Moses’ special relationship with God by asking whether the Lord spoke to Moses only and suggesting that He spoke also to them in like manner, and these sayings of Miriam and Aaron displeased the Lord.
Then the Lord knowing Moses was a man of great humility commanded Moses and Miriam and Aaron to go into the sanctuary of the congregation, and they all did so. And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood in the door of the tabernacle and called Miriam and Aaron unto Him and they went.
Then the Lord said to them both, “Hear now my words, if there is a prophet among you I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision and will speak unto him in a dream. I do not do so with my servant Moses. He is faithful to me in my service. With him I speak mouth to mouth; I speak to him plainly, not in dark speeches and the likeness of the Lord he beholds. “Wherefore, then, were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
The anger of the Lord still burned against Miriam and Aaron and He left them. And the cloud departed from the tabernacle and in an instant after, Miriam became leprous white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam and saw that she was leprous.
And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas my Lord, I beseech you, lay not this sin upon us, by which we have done foolishly and have sinned. And he said to Moses please don’t let her be as one dead, covered with dead flesh.  And Moses called upon the Lord and asked him to heal his sister.
And the Lord asked Moses, “If Miriam’s father had spat in her face would she not have been ashamed seven days?”  Therefore let her be shut up seven days and after that let her be readmitted into the camp. And after being shut away from the camp Miriam was readmitted and after that the people moved from Hazeroth and encamped in the wilderness of Paran. 





Tuesday, November 11, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 422


BRAGADAYJAHwww.chaberbooks.com 422

The Quails and the Plagues

And after that there went forth a wind from the Lord and brought quails from the sea which fell by the camp within a day’s journey of the camp on either side; and it was piled up more than six feet high on the ground.
And the people went out and stayed all the day and all the night and all the next day gathering the quail, all gathering as much as he was able to carry.

Then they prepared the flesh for eating and sat down to eat; but while the flesh was in their mouth between their teeth, before they began to chew it, the anger of the Lord was stirred against them; and the Lord smote them with a very great plague. And the Lord called the name of the place Kibrothhattavah because there they buried the people that lusted. So the people, therefore, left that place and journeyed to Hazeroth and abode there. 

Monday, November 10, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 421

BRAGADAYJAH 421

Eldad and Medad
It came to pass that when the men out of the camp gathered themselves with Moses before God, that two of them Eldad and Medad did not gather with the rest but remained in the camp.
However, the Spirit of the Lord rested upon them and they began to prophesy within the camp.
Then a young man ran and told Moses that those two Eldad and Medad were prophesying in the camp.  And Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant went and urged Moses to forbid them; but Moses answered him, “Are you envious of them for my sake?  Would to God that all the Lord’s people would put His Spirit upon them.”

And Moses turned away from the young man and went into the camp accompanied by the elders of Israel.  

Sunday, November 9, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 420

BRAGADAYJAH 420

From Sinai to Kadesh-Barnea
The Seventy Elders
Upon hearing Moses complaint, the Lord said unto him; “Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel whom you know to be elders of the people, and officers over them, and bring them into the tabernacle of the congregation that they may stand there with you.”www.chaberbooks.com
“And I will come down and talk with you there, and I will take the Spirit which is upon you and put it upon them and they shall bear the burden of the people with you so that you would no longer have to bear it alone.”
“Tell the people to sanctify themselves for tomorrow; and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of the Lord asking, who shall give us flesh to eat. For it was well with us in Egypt; therefore the Lord will give you flesh and you shall eat.  You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, but even a whole month, until it comes out of your mouth, until it comes out of your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you; because you have despised the Lord who is among you and have wept before him saying, Why He brought us out of Egypt!
And Moses said to the Lord, the people are six hundred thousand footmen, and you say you will give them flesh to eat for a whole month. Shall the flocks and herds be slain for them to suffice, them? Or shall all the fish in the sea be gathered to satisfy them?
And the Lord asked Moses, has the Lords hand become short? You will see now whether the Lord’s word shall come to pass or not.
And Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and set them round about the tabernacle.

And the Lord came down and spoke to him in a cloud, and took of the Spirit which was upon him and gave it unto the seventy elders; and it came to pass when the Spirit rested upon them they prophesied and did not cease.     

Saturday, November 8, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 419

BRAGADAYJAH 419
The Complaint of Moses
Here in Moses’ complaint to God, we may see the unfailing frailty of flesh.  Here Moses who was at that time closest to God, having followed Him from Egypt through the wilderness, spent time with Him on the Mountain and saw his glory, and heard His voice, now asks God, “Wherefore has thou afflicted thy servant? And what have I done in thy sight to make thee cast this heavy burden on me that I should have to console this people whom thou hast afflicted in your displeasure with them?”  “Am I the one who conceived all this people? Am I their father that you should say to me, carry them in your bosom and nurse them and carry them to the land which you swore to give them?”
“From where should I get flesh to feed all this people? For they cry out to me, “Give us flesh to eat!”

“I am not able to bear all this people alone; the burden of them is too heavy for me. And if this is the way you are going to deal with me, Lord, I ask you to kill me and let me be rid of these people; I cannot bear to see them suffer so; and I cannot bear my own wretchedness.”   

Friday, November 7, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 418

BRAGADAYJAH 418

The March from Sinai to Kadesh-Barnea.
And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed those who were at the furthest parts of the camp.  And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord the fire was quenched.
And Moses called the name of the place Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them. 

The Fleshpots of Egypt.

And the mixed multitude among them fell to lusting and they murmured and said, “who will give us flesh to eat?  We remember the fish that we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers and the melons, the leek and the onions and the garlic.  But now our soul is dried away, there’s nothing at all except this manna that is before our eyes. Now the manna was as coriander seed and the color was as the color of bdellium. And the people went about and gathered it and ground it in mills or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans and made cakes of it, and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil; and when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. 

Thursday, November 6, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 417


BRAGADAYJAH 417
The foregoing is an outline of the journeying of the children of Israel as they went forth according to the order of their armies.
And Moses said unto Hobab the son of Maguel, the Midianite who was Moses’ father-in-law.  “We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will it give to you; come you with us and it will do thee well; for the Lord has spoken good concerning Israel.”
And he said unto him, I will not go. “I will depart to my own land and to my own people.” Then Moses pleaded with him and said to him, “do not leave us because you see how we must need encamp in the wilderness you can be to us our eyes and ears. And if you go with us when the Lord blesses us, He will bless you also.”
And after that they departed and journeyed for three days, with the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord going on before them to seek out a good resting place for them. And as they journeyed the cloud of the Lord hovered over them as they went.

And it came to pass as the ark went forward, Moses said, “Rise up Lord and let thine enemies be scattered and let them that hate us flee before thee. And when the cloud rested, Moses said “Return O Lord unto the many thousands of Israel.”  

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 416


BRAGADAYJAH 416

Next after the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari went forward bearing the tabernacle, the standard of the camp was set forth according to their armies, and over the armies was the son of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
And the Kohathites set forward bearing the sanctuary and the others did set up the tabernacle for their coming.
And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies and over its host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
And over the host of the tribe of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son Pedahzur.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rear guard of all the camp throughout their hosts and over its host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. More

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 415


BRAGADAYJAH 415

From Sinai to Kadesh-Barnea
The first March and Halt
It happened that on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony; and the children of Israel took their journey out of the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.  And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies; and over its host was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.
And over the host of the tribe of Issachar was Nethanel, the son of Zuar.
And over the host of the tribe of the children Zebulun, was Eliab, the son of Helon.
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons Merari set forward bearing the tabernacle. More   



Monday, November 3, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 414

BRAGAGAYJAH 414
Order of the Host – The Guiding Cloud
On the day when the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely the tent of the testimony, and at evening there was upon the tabernacle, the appearance of fire until the morning. And so it was always. The cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night. And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed; and where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
At the commandment of the Lord, the children of Israel journeyed; and at the commandment of the Lord, they encamped; as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle, they rested in their tents.
Regardless of the length of time that the cloud rested upon the tabernacle, days, months, or a year; the children of Israel remained in their tents and journeyed not, only journeying when the cloud was taken up.



Sunday, November 2, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 413


BRAGADAYJAH 413

Order of the Host – The Guided Cloud
Now the Lord spoke unto Moses and said, “make two trumpets of silver from a whole piece they must be made to be used in the gathering of the assembly and on journeys of the camps.  And when you blow the trumpets all the assembly shall gather themselves at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
When but one trumpet is blown the princes who are heads of the
Thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
When you sound an alarm the camp that lie of the East side shall go forward; at the second alarm the camp that lie on the South side shall take their journey and they shall blow an alarm for their journeys; but when the congregation is to be gathered together you shall blow but not sound an alarm.
You shall also cause the sons of Aaron to blow the trumpets. When your enemies attack you blow the trumpet; and the Lord will deliver you and also in your days of gladness, in the days of celebration and on the beginning of each month; blow your trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of peace, that the trumpets may be a reminder of your God that He is the Lord.”



Saturday, November 1, 2014

BRAGADAYJAH 412


BRAGADAYJAH 412

So it was asked Moses, “what if a man is unclean because he has been defiled by being in contact with a dead bod?

 Moses was at the time God’s law- giver.  He was at least God’s spokesman.  God’s instructions for the children of Israel were handed down via Moses. It was to Moses that God conveyed almost all his wishes and commands to the children of Israel, even unto Aaron and his sons; and so Moses could have easily given an answer off the top of his head. But Moses the true man of God said “Frankly I don’t know; but let go and find out from God and God gave him the answer. “They shall keep the Passover unto the Lord. On the fourteenth day of the second month at evening they shall keep the Passover and eat it with unleavened breads and bitter herbs, But if a man be clean and not on a journey and does not keep the Passover he shall be cut off from among the people because he has not the offering of the Lord; he has committed sin. And if a stranger dwells among you and is willing to keep the Passover according to the ordinance of it, so shall he do; there shall be one law for both the stranger and he that is born in the land.