We have practically been conditioned to expect God to be our helicopter parent. And if for some reason we don't run to God to solve every little problem, from finding our car keys to deciding on color schemes for the nursery, we are told there is something deeply wrong with us spiritually. Phooey.

You might find yourself wondering whether all this detail is really necessary, that God could really have stopped after the Ten Commandments and not gotten into leprosy, eating pork, or how to dress and ordain a priest.

Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”

And the LORD said to Moses,

“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Then the LORD said to Moses,

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

When anyone develops a skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

Then the LORD said to Moses,