Numbers
20.1 Water From the Rock
20.12 Moses was meant to speak to the rock, and instead he struck it with the staff. His anger was seen by God as disobedience.
20.14 Edom Denies Israel Passage
20.14 Edom is the alternative name for Esau, from whom they are descended; and Israel is the alternative name for Jacob, from whom they are descended. Hence “your brother Israel”.
20.17 The king’s highway is still known and used in Jordan today.
20.22 The Death of Aaron
Psalms
Psalm 58
58.1 Psalms 57-59 all have the same tune.
58.8 I’d never thought of a slug as melting away; but it shrinks as it dehydrates, so it looks very like it’s melting away in the heat!
Psalm 59
Isaiah
9.8 The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
9.12 A wonderfully proverbial poetic phrase! “There’s more to come!” See also v 17, 21, and 10.4.
James
3.1 Taming the Tongue
3.13 Two Kinds of Wisdom
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