Verbatim entry of Numbers 16 from the King James version of the Bible:
1) Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
2) And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
3) And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?
4) And when Moses heard it he fell upon his face:
5) And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
6) This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
7) And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
8) And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
9) Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
10) And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
11) For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
12) And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
13) Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
14) Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
15) And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
16) And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
17) And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
18) And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
19) And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation.
20) And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
21) Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
22) And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
23) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
24) Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
25) And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
26) And he spake unto the congregations, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
27) So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
28) And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
29) If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.
30) But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
31) And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them.
32) And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
33) They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
34) And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
35) And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
36) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
37) Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
38) The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
39) And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
40) To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.
41) But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
42) And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
43) And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
44) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
45) Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
46) And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.
47) And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
48) And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49) Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
50) And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
God Speaks of Commandments
A search of Numbers 15:
God spoke to Moses about laws the children of Israel were to follow once they entered the Promised Land (15:2). The laws pertained to offerings to the Lord which were to be followed by Israel and any stranger among them (15:15). If the laws were broken out of ignorance, there was a way for forgiveness; however, if broken presumptuously "...that soul shall be cut off from among his people" (15:28-30). Observance of the laws applied to "...all that the Lord commanded...by the hand of Moses, from the day the Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among [their] generations" (15:23) [.]
"And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses" (15:32-36).
"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God" (15:37-41).
Personal note: Today, we have forgiveness for our sins through the death of Jesus Christ. If we love Jesus, we keep His commandments (John 14:21). We have the Holy Spirit to teach us and to remind us of Jesus' sayings (14:26).
God spoke to Moses about laws the children of Israel were to follow once they entered the Promised Land (15:2). The laws pertained to offerings to the Lord which were to be followed by Israel and any stranger among them (15:15). If the laws were broken out of ignorance, there was a way for forgiveness; however, if broken presumptuously "...that soul shall be cut off from among his people" (15:28-30). Observance of the laws applied to "...all that the Lord commanded...by the hand of Moses, from the day the Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among [their] generations" (15:23) [.]
"And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses" (15:32-36).
"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God" (15:37-41).
Personal note: Today, we have forgiveness for our sins through the death of Jesus Christ. If we love Jesus, we keep His commandments (John 14:21). We have the Holy Spirit to teach us and to remind us of Jesus' sayings (14:26).
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Continuation of 'Israel Provokes the Lord'
Today's entry is word for word from Numbers 14:25-45 with a brief personal note following.
"(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die" (14:25-35).
"And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord. But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still" (14:36-38).
"And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned" (14:39,40).
"And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper. Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you" (14:41-43).
"But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwell in that hill, smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah" (14:44,45).
Personal Note: When others say things are impossible, we should be like Caleb with a different spirit and keep our faith in the Lord, with Whom, all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). The children of Israel acted without the Lord which left them beaten by the Amalekites and Canaanites. Today, as then, we should not presume to do anything without the Lord!
"(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die" (14:25-35).
"And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord. But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still" (14:36-38).
"And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned" (14:39,40).
"And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper. Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you" (14:41-43).
"But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwell in that hill, smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah" (14:44,45).
Personal Note: When others say things are impossible, we should be like Caleb with a different spirit and keep our faith in the Lord, with Whom, all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). The children of Israel acted without the Lord which left them beaten by the Amalekites and Canaanites. Today, as then, we should not presume to do anything without the Lord!
Friday, September 24, 2010
Israel Provokes the Lord
A search of Numbers 14:1-24:
Caleb delivered words of certainty to the children of Israel that they would be able to take over the land of Canaan; however, the others who travelled with Caleb delivered a report that they would not be "...able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we" (Numbers 13:30,31). This negative report overshadowed Caleb's words and left the children of Israel lifting up their voices--crying, weeping and murmuring against Moses and Aaron (14:1,2). Israel asked, "And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives, and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt" (14:3)? The people talked of making a captain and returning to Egypt (14:4).
"Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel: And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh which were of them that searched the land [tore] their clothes: And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not" (14:5-9).
"But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they" (14:10-12).
"And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. And now, I beseech thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now" (14:13-19).
" And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word: But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it" (14:20-24).
Caleb delivered words of certainty to the children of Israel that they would be able to take over the land of Canaan; however, the others who travelled with Caleb delivered a report that they would not be "...able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we" (Numbers 13:30,31). This negative report overshadowed Caleb's words and left the children of Israel lifting up their voices--crying, weeping and murmuring against Moses and Aaron (14:1,2). Israel asked, "And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives, and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt" (14:3)? The people talked of making a captain and returning to Egypt (14:4).
"Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel: And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh which were of them that searched the land [tore] their clothes: And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not" (14:5-9).
"But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they" (14:10-12).
"And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. And now, I beseech thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now" (14:13-19).
" And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word: But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it" (14:20-24).
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Israel Spies on Land of Canaan
A search of Numbers 13:
Moses followed God's command to send a ruler from each tribe of the children of Israel to search the land of Canaan which God gave to them (13:1-3). The names of the rulers with the tribes they represented in parentheses were as follows: Shammua (Reuben), Shaphat (Simeon), Caleb (Judah), Igal (Issachar), Oshea (Ephraim), Palti (Benjamin), Gaddiel (Zebulun), Gaddi (Joseph or Mannasseh), Ammiel (Dan), Sethur (Asher), Nahbi (Naphtali), Geuel (Gad) (13:4-15). Oshea, son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim was called Jehoshua by Moses (13:16).
Moses gave the rulers travel plans for their search of the land of Canaan (13:17). They were to "...see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; [a]nd what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; [a]nd what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not" (13:18-20). Moses said for the men to "...be...of good courage, and to bring of the fruit of the land" (13:20).
After a forty day venture into the wilderness, the men reported back to Moses, Aaron and the congregation of Israel about their travels (13:25,26). The men returned with fruit of the land to show (13:26,27). "And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan" (13:27-29).
"And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight" (13:30-33).
Moses followed God's command to send a ruler from each tribe of the children of Israel to search the land of Canaan which God gave to them (13:1-3). The names of the rulers with the tribes they represented in parentheses were as follows: Shammua (Reuben), Shaphat (Simeon), Caleb (Judah), Igal (Issachar), Oshea (Ephraim), Palti (Benjamin), Gaddiel (Zebulun), Gaddi (Joseph or Mannasseh), Ammiel (Dan), Sethur (Asher), Nahbi (Naphtali), Geuel (Gad) (13:4-15). Oshea, son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim was called Jehoshua by Moses (13:16).
Moses gave the rulers travel plans for their search of the land of Canaan (13:17). They were to "...see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; [a]nd what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; [a]nd what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not" (13:18-20). Moses said for the men to "...be...of good courage, and to bring of the fruit of the land" (13:20).
After a forty day venture into the wilderness, the men reported back to Moses, Aaron and the congregation of Israel about their travels (13:25,26). The men returned with fruit of the land to show (13:26,27). "And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan" (13:27-29).
"And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight" (13:30-33).
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
God Angered at Miriam and Aaron
A search of Numbers 12:
Moses had married an Ethiopian woman which caused Miriam and Aaron to speak against him (12:1). "(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth" (12:3)). So, Miriam and Aaron seemed to uplift themselves when they said, "Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us?" Their words were heard by the Lord (12:2). "And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out" (12:4).
"And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth. And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses" (12:5-8)?
"And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he departed. And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous" (12:9,10).
"And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb" (12:11,12).
"And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran" (12:13-16).
Moses had married an Ethiopian woman which caused Miriam and Aaron to speak against him (12:1). "(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth" (12:3)). So, Miriam and Aaron seemed to uplift themselves when they said, "Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us?" Their words were heard by the Lord (12:2). "And the Lord spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out" (12:4).
"And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth. And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses" (12:5-8)?
"And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and he departed. And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous" (12:9,10).
"And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb" (12:11,12).
"And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran" (12:13-16).
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
God Relieves Moses' Burden
A search of Numbers 11:11-36:
Moses turned to the Lord for the children of Israel. Moses asked the Lord, Why have You afflicted me, Your servant (11:11)? Why do you not favor me, that You place the burden of all the people on me (11:11)? "Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers" (11:12)?
When shall I have flesh to give to the people (11:13)? "...for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness" (11:13,14,15).
"And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt" (11:16-20)?
Moses asked the Lord if the food for the six hundred thousand people among him was to come from the flocks, herds, or fish from the sea (11:21,22). "And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord's hand [grown] short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not" (11:23).
As the Lord commanded, Moses gathered the seventy elders around the tabernacle (11:24). "And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease" (11:25).
"But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them! And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel" (11:26-30).
"And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth" (11:31-35).
Moses turned to the Lord for the children of Israel. Moses asked the Lord, Why have You afflicted me, Your servant (11:11)? Why do you not favor me, that You place the burden of all the people on me (11:11)? "Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers" (11:12)?
When shall I have flesh to give to the people (11:13)? "...for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness" (11:13,14,15).
"And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt" (11:16-20)?
Moses asked the Lord if the food for the six hundred thousand people among him was to come from the flocks, herds, or fish from the sea (11:21,22). "And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord's hand [grown] short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not" (11:23).
As the Lord commanded, Moses gathered the seventy elders around the tabernacle (11:24). "And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease" (11:25).
"But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them! And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel" (11:26-30).
"And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth" (11:31-35).
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