Chapter twenty seems to skip most of Israel’s wandering years. Although some commentators believe that Israel came to Kadesh only once and stayed near there (based on Deuteronomy 1:46), it seems clear that this “first month” is a return to Kadesh in “the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of […]
Chapter twelve records the third of three specific complaints, this time against Moses personally. Not only was Moses a leader in Israel, so were his siblings, Aaron and Miriam. As is often the case, a jealousy arose between them against Moses, and they grumbled against him, which displeased God greatly. Like children before a school principal,
Chapters eleven and twelve record three specific events during which a complain arose in Israel. While they were at Sinai, things were good, but as soon as they began to move, discontentment set in and the complaints began. The first complaint was general. Although this first leg was only three days (Numbers 10:33), it wore
