Numbers

Numbers 15

Chapter fifteen is a chapter of grace. During the years of wandering God continued to give his laws to the nation. The fact that the first of these begin with “When you enter the land where you are to live, which I am giving you” (Numbers 15:2) shows that God had not and would not […]

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Numbers 14

Chapter fourteen shows Israel’s response to the spies’ report. Shocked and scared, the people began to wail for their lives, wondering again why God had brought them to this place, only to die (Numbers 14:1-4). They feared for their wives and children, and even considered replacing Moses as their leader and returning to Egypt. Seeing

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Numbers 13

Chapters thirteen and fourteen contain one of the most famous stories in Numbers – the spies enter Canaan. Unfortunately, it is also the most disastrous, the event that caused the second half of Numbers and all of Deuteronomy to even take place. Had the spies and the nation handled this one event differently, they could

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