The Jewish festival of Shavuot, which celebrates God’s giving of the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai, begins Thursday evening. The rule of law that defines democracies around the world can be ...

Moses is the most famous, influential, and revered figure in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, surpassing King David by the ...

Q: I was taught in religious school that the reason Moses was not allowed by God to enter the Holy Land was his killing of the taskmaster in Egypt. Recently, I was told that I was wrong. Who is ...

God became angry with Moses because Moses didn’t follow his instructions, and because Moses gave himself the glory rather than giving it to God ...

The message I find echoed in all of them is a call to approach God with humility—and the surprising idea that God approaches ...

Why was Moses punished because he doubted water would arise in the desert? It seems like such a trivial reason for punishment after being a faithful servant for such a long time. -- L., Ocala, Fla.

God responds by giving Moses a plan. God tells him to gather 70 of Israel’s elders—those who he knows to be leaders or officers, and bring them to the Tent of Meeting.

This Monday and Tuesday, Jews worldwide will celebrate Shavuote, the Festival of Weeks, marking the season when the Israelites gathered beneath Mount Sinai and Moses ascended to receive the Torah ...

God did not give Moses an aide as a mitzvah project; He gave him the help he needed in order to use his talents and to make the immense difference he made in our history, in human history.

Each 80-minute episode explores a stage of Moses' life, starting with his time as a prince in Egypt and concluding with God giving him the Ten Commandments.