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Category Archives: Numbers

Murder pollutes the land

March 11, 2015

Setting boundaries and cities for the Israelites: Numbers 34–36 Murder wasn’t something God wanted to see in a community. Murder attracted a …

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Trading wealth for destiny

March 10, 2015

Gad, Reuben and Manasseh stay, recounting the Israelite’s travels: Numbers 32–33 It’s hard not to see a parallel with Lot’s choice of …

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Almost a scorched-earth approach

March 9, 2015

Making vows and revenge on the Midianites: Numbers 25–26 It wasn’t quite a scorched-earth strategy, but it was close. The …

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Authority transferred to Joshua

March 8, 2015

Inheritance, Joshua and Sabbaths: Numbers 27–29 Joshua had been Moses’ assistant for more than 40 years. With Caleb, he’d seen the …

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Food sacrificed to idols in Moab

March 7, 2015

Mixing with Moab and the final census: Numbers 25–26 We’re not entirely sure how it happened, but some Israelite men fell for …

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A failed curse over Israel

March 6, 2015

Balak asks Balaam to curse Israel, blesses instead: Numbers 22–24 Israel’s start as a nation wasn’t all easy. Already the …

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A bronze snake

March 5, 2015

Wandering in the wilderness, water, snakes, unexpected battles: Numbers 19–21 The story about snakes, and the cure for snakebite, is …

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Hopeless

March 4, 2015

The Levites complain: Numbers 16–18 The reality of their situation was starting to bite: there would be no promised land for …

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The politics of fear wins over faith

March 3, 2015

Exploring Canaan: Numbers 13–15 The 12 scouts came back from Canaan with a two-part report. One was positive, showing that …

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Complain and consequence

March 2, 2015

Complaints: Numbers 11–12 Despite everything the people had seen God do, they didn’t cope with the hardship of desert life: …

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Who finds the campsites?

March 1, 2015

The silver trumpets and leaving Sinai: Numbers 10 Moses seems to have wanted to have it both ways. On one …

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To wrong a person is to betray the Lord

February 28, 2015

Purity in marriage and vows: Numbers 5–6 Doing wrong to another person was the same as betraying the Lord: Numbers …

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The army that never was

February 27, 2015

A count of Israelite fighting men and Levites: Numbers 1–4 A census of fighting men gave the following: Numbers 1:45-46 They were …

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The first desert Passover

February 16, 2015

Dedicating the Levites, the second Passover: Numbers 8–9 The Passover was an important celebration of God’s relationship with His people: it was …

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God’s voice from the Tabernacle

February 15, 2015

Offerings of dedication: Numbers 7 Imagine this: in the middle of the wilderness, there’s a camp of hundreds of thousands if …

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Aside

Manna

March 14, 2014

Manna has become the symbol of God’s miraculous provision to the Israelites, and generally. In Deuteronomy, Moses explained the reason …

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