Archives for November 2020

Balaam’s Adversary: Jesus in Numbers 22 (the One With the Talking Donkey)

This article is part of a series on Old Testament Christophanies.  For important background information, see An Introduction to Old Testament Christophanies–with Justin Martyr.  In Numbers 22, the Israelites came to camp in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, opposite Jericho. The Moabites feared their new neighbors, so Balak the son of Zippor, the king […]

The Form of Yahweh: Jesus in Numbers 12

This article is part of a series on Old Testament Christophanies.  For important background information, see An Introduction to Old Testament Christophanies–with Justin Martyr.  At the opening of Numbers 12, we read that Miriam and Aaron spoke against their brother Moses because he had married a Cushite woman.[1] The Lord heard the siblings question if He […]