Numbers
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Title: Wills and Deeds INTRODUCTION Many people are very concerned with what happens to their property after they die. They not only write wills and pass on deeds, they do all they can to obtain the result they wish after they are gone. They can’t take it with them but they know where they want
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Title: Crime and Punishment INTRODUCTION Having given directions for the dividing and purifying of the Promised Land God now reveals through Moses directions for the sanctification of the land . As you will recall the descendants of Levi were not given a territory of their own like the other tribes. Instead they are spread through
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Title: Life Is Not Unlimited INTRODUCTION This Scripture deals with a topic which is very much discussed today in the news. When Britain established the modern state of Israel with the Balfour declaration they set certain boundaries in Palestine to be repatriated for the Jewish people. In a subsequent war with Arab neighbors in 1967
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Title: The Stages of Life INTRODUCTION Here are recorded the stages of Israel’s journey to the promised land. They are comparable in a unique way to the stages of our lives. This chapter does not report on the happenings at these stages for the most part. It just lists where they were. Very few of
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Title: Keeping the Fellowship INTRODUCTION The question settled here is whether we will support our brethren or leave them in the lurch. The promised land lay on the far side of the Jordan river. The tribes had to cross it in order to enter and conquer the Canaanites. The tribes were still on the east
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Title: Divine Distribution INTRODUCTION As God gave instructions for the battle, He now gave instructions for the distribution of the plunder. It was His battle and His right to order the way in which the captured people, creatures, and goods were to be distributed. This is no small matter. The things taken in battle were
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Title: A Holy War INTRODUCTION This is Moses’ last hurrah. He has already been warned of his departure before Israel enters the promised land. But he goes out with a bang. He gets to see the vengeance of the Lord visited on an archenemy, the Midianites. Verses 1 and 2, The Lord said to Moses,
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Title: Promises Matter INTRODUCTION This whole chapter is about vows. Most of the chapter refers to vows women make, and the relationship of the men in their life to those vows. Unfortunately we are likely to spend an inordinate amount to time and energy on the issue of women’s rights because of the political and
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Title: Sacrifices INTRODUCTION In these Scriptures we have a complex delineation of the great multiplicity of offerings prescribed for Israel under God’s law. It is the sheer volume of these offerings that should astound us. In addition to these there were offerings with vows, and free will offerings of thanks. The list is indeed overwhelming.
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Title: True inheritance INTRODUCTION In the Bible God’s people are spoken of as His inheritance, Deuteronomy 32:9 For the LORD’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance. But He is also their inheritance, Jeremiah 10:16, He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things,
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Title: Preparing For War INTRODUCTION This is a chapter which you would expect to find in the book of Numbers and from which it draws its English name, “Numbers.” Remember, the Hebrew name is “In The Wilderness” Undoubtedly most of us reading it are extremely thankful that the whole book isn’t like this. So here
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Title: No Other Gods INTRODUCTION The first commandment is the greatest. We often focus on the sins of the flesh as being the worst, sins like fornication, stealing, murder etc. But the primary sin in the Bible is denying God. “Thou shall have no other gods before me.” Thus God spoke to Israel at Sinai
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Title: Impenitent Miracle Workers ? INTRODUCTION Numbers 22-24 contain a story about a man named Balaam and should be considered as a unit. Therefore we will consider them together and use a different approach in this study. But, who was Balaam? There is a consensus that Balaam was of the same ilk as Melchizedek, outwardly
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Title: The Path to Victory INTRODUCTION In this chapter we see the beginning of the conquest of Canaan. We therefore also see the prerequisites for success in battle. By implication we see from the physical realm what we need in our spiritual struggles. This narrative naturally divides into three stages. As believers we pas through
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Title: Who’s In Charge? INTRODUCTION This is the last chapter in Part one of Numbers. Israel is again at Kadesh where they sent forth the spies into the promised land 40 years earlier. They have been wandering the entire time, and no doubt everyone is stressed to the point of being short tempered. The passage
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