Monday: Pass the grapes

From Numbers 4-6:

1. It is interesting that God puts the Kohathites in charge of carrying certain items, yet they are not allowed to go into the most holy place or they will die. I wonder why they could not go in. I am relatively certain they wondered why also, but if they had gone against God's command, they would die just as Adam and Eve were punished for trying to see why God had commanded them not to eat from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

2. In Numbers 5:21-22 it talks about the curse that the woman will receive if she is not faithful to her husband and he suspects it and brings her before the priest. It states that her thigh will waste away and her abdomen will swell. I suppose if you ate ice cream every night before bedtime, it would cause both thigh and abdomen to swell.

3. Regarding the above passage, it seems pretty harsh, especially if the woman has been entirely faithful. I mean, if she had a particularly jealous and spiteful husband, he could use this just to torture her or out of a lack of care for her. I don't recall the guys having to do this if they were suspected of being unfaithful.

4. Pass the grapes - It is interesting that Nazirites could not eat anything relating to grapes. I always thought it was just wine or fermented types of things. I did not realize that even grapes, grape juice and raisins were off limits. So it would seem that God would not want anyone to be a Nazirite today. Otherwise, you would be sinning when you partook in Holy Communion!