Numbers 5:11-31
In this chapter of Numbers the people are being prepared for their journey to the Promised Land. Because the Lord is among them, they must be holy and steps are being taken to ensure that holiness. The chapter began with a selective or representative…
The Burial of Jesus, Mark 15:42-47
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v.43
For the sake of his Gentile readers, Mark, as was his custom in the Gospel, explains the Jewish idiom of Preparation Day. It was also the Jewish custom, based on Deut. 21:23, to grant even to criminals a …