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After the pouring of the Holy Spirit on the elders in chapter 11 comes the leadership crisis for Moses. 👉 Read Numbers 12:1-16 Why did Miriam and Aaron accuse Moses?   What was God’s reason for defending Moses from their accusation? (7-8)   What happened to Miriam?   Answers and Meditation Moses took a Cushite woman as a wife. It is not clear if Moses’ violated God’s will. However, probably, people didn't accept their leader’s marriage to a foreign woman. Miriam meant, ‘We also are God’s prophets and know the will of God. Your marriage was not right.’ The event in chapter 11 might have encouraged Miriam to challenge Moses. Moses’ complaint -> prophesying of the elders -> Aaron and Miriam’s opposition.   My servant Moses is more intimate with me than other prophets. How dare you sepak against him? God didn’t say Moses’ marriage was legitimate. Instead, He explained how special Moses was in the way he communicated with God.  T...

God gave them what they wanted but struck them. Why? 👉 Read Numbers 11:21-35 What was Moses’ response to God’s words of feeding them with meat for a month? (21-22) When Joshua wanted to stop two elders who had not come to Moses’ summon but prophesying in their camps, Moses said, “Are you (             ) for me? I wish the Lord put his Spirit all (               ).” When the wind from (              ) brought quail to their camp, they gathered it for (          ) hours without sleep. But before they ate the meat, the Lord struck them with a (             ) plague. The place was called (                 ...

It didn’t take long for them to start complaining after experiencing God's glory in Mt. Sinai. The desire for strong-flavored food made them complain about the food from God 👉 Read Numbers 11:1-20 When people complained, it (               ) the Lord. When the Lord heard it, his (            ) burned, and so the fire of (             ) burned among them. What was the reason for their complaint? (6-9, 20) Moses also complained to the Lord. “Did I give (         ) to them? Why did you lay the (             ) of this entire people on me? I am not able to bear this entire people (           ), because it is too heavy. If you deal with me like this, (       ...

Sometimes, the Lord’s guidance comes precise and decisive. Sometimes, it comes in undetermined ways, and we must earnestly seek His will. 👉 Read Numbers 10:18-36 These are the order of their caravan. Judahites & Issacarites & Zebulunites – Gershonites and Merarites of the Levites – (                 ) & Simeonites & Gadites – Kohathites of the Levites – (               ) & Manassehites & Benjaminites – (               ) & Asherites & Naphtalites. What was the real reason that Moses asked Hobab to go with them? When the ark traveled, Moses would say, (           ), O Lord.”. When it came to rest he would say, (             ), O Lord.”   Answers an...

After the stay of one year at Mt. Sinai, they resumed their journey to Canaan. The Lord led them by trumpet and clouds. 👉 Read Numbers 10:1-17 When two trumpets are blown, (                 ) must come to the Lord. One trumpet blow will call for (               ). An alarm blow of one trumpet indicates the departure of the three tribes of the (              ) side. The next blow of an alarm will be for the tribes of the South side and so on. Who will blow the trumpets? On what other occasions did they blow the trumpet? (verses 9 – 10) They started the journey in the order of the Judahites – (                  ) – the Zebulunites – the Gershonites and the Merarites carrying (       ...

In the first month of the second year of Exodus, the Lord asked them to keep the Passover for the first time after leaving Egypt. 👉 Read Numbers 9:1-23 In the Jewish calendar, the Passover was 1/14. God allowed those who could not participate in the 1/14 Passover to keep the second Passover. When is the second Passover? What will happen to those who intentionally don’t keep the Passover? How did God guide their travel in the wilderness? They camped at the (            ) of the Lord, and at the (             ) of the Lord, they traveled on. Answers and Meditation The fourteenth day of the second month   He must be cut off from his people. Excommunication is the second most severe punishment. If you don’t keep the Passover without reason, you don’t take the importance of God’s deliverance from Egypt as much as you should. The Passover deliverance made the Israelite community exist and identified them as God’s pe...

The ordination of the priests was recorded in Leviticus 8. The separation of the Levites is in Numbers 8. Leviticus deals with the priesthood and holiness statutes. Numbers focuses on the wilderness life of the common people and the works of the Levites. 👉 Read Numbers 8:1-26 This is the procedure of the separation of the Levites. 1) They took the Levites and purified them. 2) The Israelites had laid their (           ) on the Levites, and (           ) offered them as a wave offering to the Lord. 3) The Levites laid their hands on two bulls, and Moses offered a (              ) offering and a (              ) offering. 4) Moses will offer the Levites and the priests as a (             ) offering. “I ...

The leaders’ offering could be interpreted as the nation agreeing on the terms for the Lord’s residence (Tabernacle) among them. 👉 Read Numbers 7:1-17, 78-89 Each tribal leader presented (       ) ox and 1/2 cart. Moses gave two carts to the (               ) of the Levites and four to the Merarites. No cart for the Kohathites because they carried the holy things by their (              ). Each tribal leader brought a silver platter of (               ) shekels and a silver bowl of (         ) shekels full of olive oil, and a gold pan of (      ) shekels full of incense. Each leader brought one bull, one ram, and one male lamb for a burnt offering. For a purification offering, they brought one male goat. For peace offerings, they brought (   ...

After the regulatory statements of previous chapters, the Lord prescribes the statute of the Nazarite vow, a voluntary commitment. 👉 Read Numbers 6:1-27 The Nazarite vow was made to God for a man to consecrate a certain period, for example, a month, a year, or several years, for God. What are the three forbidden things for a Nazarite? When the days of separation are fulfilled, he must offer (            ) offering, purification offering, (           ) offering, grain offering, and drink offering.  He also must shave his head and burn his (           ) on the altar. After that, the priest must (          ) him together with the bread and the boiled shoulder of the peace offering on his hand. This is how the priests blessed the people. “The Lord bless you and (      ...

After the role of the Levites, the Lord announced the statutes for lay people on how to keep their camp, life, and heart clean from any uncleanness. For the Lord was with them 👉 Read Numbers 5:1-31  and answer the following questions Why should they expel those of uncleanness outside the camp?   “He must confess his sin that he has committed and must make full reparation, add (           ) to it, and give it to whomever he wronged.”   If a husband doubts his wife’s fidelity, he must bring her to the priest. The priest lets her stand before (                ) and reads the curse for cheating aloud. She must say, (                   ). Then, the priest let her drink the water of (           ...