Balaam lays aside omens and, by the Spirit, blesses Israel with images of water, trees, and a rising ruler. Numbers 24 lifts our eyes to God’s planted people and the promised King whose rule secures their future.
Bible Themes and Doctrines
Balaam lays aside omens and, by the Spirit, blesses Israel with images of water, trees, and a rising ruler. Numbers 24 lifts our eyes to God’s planted people and the promised King whose rule secures their future.
Balak hires Balaam to curse Israel, but God turns every attempt into blessing and reaffirms his unchanging promise in Numbers 23. From the heights we learn to trust the Lord’s faithful word, not human techniques or omens.
Leviticus 13 trains Israel to protect nearness with truthful diagnosis and patient processes. The chapter’s “outside the camp” geometry points to Christ, whose word makes clean and restores worshipers to the community of joy.
Leviticus 10 unfolds a crisis after glory: unauthorized fire, holy judgment, sober priests, and a mercy-shaped obedience that still honors God’s word. The chapter warns against self-invented worship while pointing to Christ, the perfect Priest who secures safe nearness for His people.
Leviticus 8 publicly consecrates Aaron and his sons with washing, clothing, anointing, and sacrifice. The ceremony prepares Israel for holy service and points forward to Christ’s final priesthood and a priestly people made near by His blood and Spirit.
Leviticus 7 gathers regulations for guilt, sin, and fellowship offerings and assigns perpetual priestly portions. Its holy boundaries around table fellowship teach ordered joy now and foreshadow the church’s worship under Christ our High Priest.
Leviticus 5 addresses failures of truth, unnoticed uncleanness, and rash oaths with confession, graded offerings, and, where needed, restitution plus a fifth. The chapter prepares us for Christ as the true guilt offering who cleanses consciences, repairs loss, and forms a truthful, merciful people.
Leviticus 4 addresses unintentional sins that still defile God’s dwelling and community life. Through scaled offerings, inner blood rites, and outside-the-camp removal, the Lord provides real cleansing and pardon that foreshadows Christ’s once-for-all work.
Leviticus 3 describes the fellowship offering that celebrates God-made peace and shared communion. Its reserved fat and ban on blood teach consecrated best and the holiness of life, pointing to Christ who secures our peace and gathers His people to a holy table.
Leviticus 2 turns daily bread into worship: fine flour with oil and incense, a memorial portion for God, and provision for priests. Its rules about yeast, honey, and salt train sincere, faithful gratitude that points to Christ and a promised harvest to come.
Leviticus 1 opens a God-given path of nearness through the burnt offering, teaching substitution, purity, and total consecration. In Christ the pattern reaches its fullness, calling believers to approach by atonement and live as a holy priesthood.
Exodus 2 moves from a fragile basket to a faithful God who hears Israel’s cry. See how He preserves Moses, forms him in Midian, and remembers His covenant.
The Old Testament’s many names for God are revelation in shorthand—Elohim, YHWH, El Shaddai, and more—each disclosed in moments that advance God’s promises. Read how the names shape prayer, ethics, and hope, and consult the included book-by-book reference index.
“LXX” points to the Greek Old Testament widely used in the first century and often quoted by the apostles. Seeing how the Septuagint and Hebrew streams meet will deepen confidence in Scripture and clarify tough notes for modern readers.
Hebrews 1 lifts our eyes to the Son as God’s final word and the Lord of an unending throne. Angels serve, creation changes, but Jesus remains the same.