非利士人

The Philistines (Hebrew: פלשתים, plishtim) were an ancient people who lived on the southern coast of Canaan. Their territory was located in what is now the Gaza Strip and the area to its north, and it was later referred to in documents as “Philistia.” However, the Philistines were not indigenous to the land of Canaan. […]

律法

The Law is God’s decree given to humanity, so people may know what sin is. In the Old Testament, the Law was a body of statutes, ordinances, and rules that God gave to the Israelites through Moses. It included regulations for worshipping God, civil laws for society, rules for daily life, and everything that constituted […]

约柜

[Exodus 37:1-9] Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; two cubits and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it. And he cast for it four […]

《申命记》背景及简介

Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the entire Bible and the fifth book of the Pentateuch. It is one of the four Old Testament books most frequently quoted in the New Testament (the others are Genesis, Psalms, and Isaiah). After wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, the children of Israel were once again at […]

施洗约翰

John the Baptist (Hebrew: יוחנן המטביל‎) is a significant figure in both Israeli history and Christianity. He was a prophet who appeared 400 years after the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi, was written. He is called “John the Baptist” because he preached repentance and baptized people in the Jordan River. About 700 years […]

旷野中的42站

In Numbers 33, Moses, at the Lord’s command, recorded the stages of their journey. Over the forty years from their departure from Egypt to the plains of Moab, the Israelites camped at many places, but God only instructed Moses to record some of them. Some stops, like Taberah, were omitted, while others, like the “Red […]

巴兰的诡计

In Numbers chapters 22-25, we find the greatest crisis the Israelites faced on the plains of Moab. They had been on a winning streak, having defeated several enemies, and their morale was high. King Balak of Moab was terrified, so he hired a sorcerer from Aram named Balaam to curse Israel in the name of […]

《民数记》中的耶稣之巴兰的预言

Numbers chapter 21 records that when the Israelites arrived on the plains of Moab, they had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan along the way, boosting their morale. They camped on the plains of Moab, east of the Jordan River, looking down at the river and gazing at the Promised […]

巴兰和会说话的驴

Balaam is one of the main characters recorded in chapters 22 to 24 of the Old Testament Book of Numbers. He was not an Israelite but a foreign sorcerer and prophet. Balak, the king of Moab, believed that whoever Balaam blessed would be blessed, and whoever he cursed would be cursed. Therefore, he hired Balaam […]

《民数记》中的耶稣之铜蛇

In Numbers chapter 21, the Israelites set out from Mount Hor along the road to the Red Sea to bypass the land of Edom (Numbers 21:4). They entered the Arabah Valley, a deep, terrible gorge known as the Valley of Scorpions and Snakes. It was a place of drought, darkness, and swarming with snakes and […]