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We have been studying the story of Balaam and Balak and how they found it difficult to defeat God’s people and the spiritual battle that they engaged in, with the hope to defeat the people of God. Despite King Balak’s pressure and Balaam’s desire to do otherwise, this false prophet consistently pronounced blessings on Israel.... Continue Reading →
In my previous post God is at work for you, we were introduced to Balak and Balaam. Numbers 23 continues with the attempts of Balak to put a curse on the Israelites through the diviner Balaam. The chapter begins with Balaam giving instructions to King Balak to build seven altars and make a sacrifice of... Continue Reading →
Numbers 22 opens with the Israelites travelling to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan with the intention to conquest Canaan. King Balak of Moab gets a glimpse of the sheer number of Israelites and is terrified. He believed that Israel was too powerful to defeat by military means and so he sought... Continue Reading →
Hi all, we are back continuing our series on the Book of Numbers. We are exactly halfway through the book now. A quick recap Numbers 1-4: Israel at Sinai, preparation of their journey towards the promised land and the order they are to follow while they will camp in the wilderness. Numbers 5-9: The Nazerite vow... Continue Reading →
In the previous chapter we saw Korah and many others rebel against Aaron and Moses’s leadership. In this chapter we see God reaffirm his chosen high priest. God instructs Moses to get a staff from each of the leaders of the tribes which had their name on it, among which was also Aaron’s staff. Moses... Continue Reading →
View of the Sunset at the place we stayed I take a break this week from my Numbers study series. Hubby and I along with our dog Buzzbe went on a short trip south of where we live. Basically, out of the city, out of suburbia into a quiet country town for some much needed... Continue Reading →
Num 16:3 “They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?” Comparison and Contentment Korah, a Levite, got together with certain Reubenites, and 250 leaders among... Continue Reading →
At the culmination of the previous chapter, we saw God declare, the current generation of Israelites who rebelled against him would not enter the promised land but instead would spend their days wandering the wilderness. Chapter 15 begins with instruction from the Lord to the people on offerings to be made to the Lord after... Continue Reading →
At the end of chapter 13 we saw that out of the 12 spies who went to explore the promised land, only two, Caleb and Joshua came back with confidence that God would carry out His promise to give them the land. The rest of the ten, doubted and spread fear among the people. A... Continue Reading →
In Numbers 13, the Lord commands Moses to send out from each tribe a leader to go and explore the land of Canaan that the Lord was giving to the Israelites. Num 13:1-2 “The Lord said to Moses, send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its... Continue Reading →
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