Category: Numbers

Honestly, this is one of the hardest chapters I have read. Korah, from the tribe of Levi (one of the servants of the Lord at the tabernacle) along with two lieutenants, leads a rebellion of 250 chiefs against Moses and Aaron (against God, really). They claim the Levites are just as holy as they, and…

This chapter contains some more laws around sacrifices, as well as an accord of a Sabbath-breaker being executed (stoned for breaking God’s sacred commandment). That being said, we’ll look at the last few verses. “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of…

This chapter is not Israel’s finest moment. Ten of the twelve spies reported the Canaan could not be invaded, and what appears to be the entire nation rebels against God (except Moses, Aaron, Joshua and Caleb). Unfortunately, there are far too many topics here to cover them all (eg. intercessory prayer, intermittent obedience, accepting responsibility,…

In this chapter, which is really part 1 of 2, God commands 12 spies to be sent into Canaan (the promised land) to asses the land and its inhabitants. “Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, ‘Go up into the Negeb and go up into the hill country,…

This is an odd chapter in the sense that it doesn’t seem to fit with the rest of the book – however it has some very important takeaways. “Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. And they said, ‘Has the…

There are far too many points of interest in this chapter to cover them all. Please feel free to read the whole chapter for more context. “Then a wind from the Lord sprang up, and it brought quail from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side…

The second part of the chapter describes Israel setting out after camping at Mount Sinai for nearly two years. The first part describes the silver trumpets and their signals. “The Lord said to Moses: ‘Make two trumpets of hammered silver… When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance…

This chapter has two topics – the keeping of the Passover celebration, and the cloud (presence of God) over the tabernacle, though we’ll only look at the latter. “On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And at evening it was over the tabernacle…

” ‘Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering. For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. Instead of…

“This was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes, each silver plate weighing 130 shekels and each basin 70, all the silver of the vessels 2,400 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, the twelve golden…