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
Chapter ten records God’s final instruction to Moses before Israel first started out from Sinai. While they were still camped at God’s mountain, there was no reason to signal the people. However, as they began their trek, Moses would need a way to communicate with the nation, so God instructed him to have two long trumpets
