Why would the journey through the wilderness be so long. God responds with shortterm severity and longterm generosity as he leads them into the promised land. Before you attempt to answer the questions below you should read these chapters in the bible and answer the questions at the end of each chapter found at the website answer the questions below and then click ok to submit your answers. Introduction to the book of numbers learn religions. Viewing the standard cambridge king james version bible books list. God provided manna and the people complained that the food was better in egypt where they were slaves. Numbers, chapter 11 king james version christian answers. Now when the people complained, it displeased the lord. God tells moses to gather seventy elders, who will share his burden.
The english name of the book comes from the septuagint the prechristian greek translation of the ot and is based on the census lists found in. Numbers in the picture study bible the book of numbers. Numbers chapter 4 summary concerns the duties of the levite family and clan. This is a selftest on chapters 1 11 of the book of numbers. It began as god commanded moses and aaron to number the three sons of levi gershon, kohath, and merari, and to start with kohath. Moses complains about having to provide for his people. Outline of the book of numbers israel prepares for the journey to the promised land numbers 1. God promises meat so much that it will become loathsome to the israelites. Numbers with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. If most of us made a list of things we believe god hates, i doubt that grumbling would make our top 10 or even our list of top 100. Then fire from the lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. I summarised the bible on twitter between aug 2010 and nov 20 one tweet per chapter, one chapter per day. Summary of the book of numbers the story of the bible. The law includes the books of genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, and deuteronomy.
So the fire of the lord burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp. The bible book of numbers with full chapters, footnotes and bible commentary to aid your bible search, reading, and study. Then the people cried out to moses, and when moses prayed to the lord, the fire. They contain gods instructions about how his people should live. The book of numbers was named after the first key word bemidbar in hebrew scripture, which appropriately means in the desert, the place where the israelites spent forty years following the exodus. Numbers 11 kjv and when the people complained, it bible. Different grave sins of individuals or of the people of israel as a company are mentioned. David guzik commentary on numbers 11, where the israelites complain about their situation in the wilderness and god promises meat for manna. Numbers 11 niv fire from the lord now the people bible. Numbers 11, new king james version nkjv the bible app.
He told him, 2 take a census of the entire congregation of the sons of israel by their clans and families, listing the name of every man, one by one. Every chapter of the bible in 140 characters or less. This is the holy book of numbers, known as the fourth book of moses called numbers. This chapter is that simple, it is about the jobs performed by the levites for the house of aaron in the tabernacle. In these two chapters we are going to read of a number of instances of everyone from moses on down grumbling about their situation and dealing with their. My title for this lesson is what god has against grumbling. This chapter is similar to some chapters in the first part of the book, before the israelites began their journey. Bring them to the tent of meeting, so that they may stand there with you. These are all of the chapters of the book of numbers. When i read the surrounding verses it seems moses was frustrated. Numbers 11 is a chapter where the children of israel along with the mixed multitude that came out with them fell lusting and complaining about the food they had in the wilderness god burnt many of them with a fire in the wilderness in the uttermost parts of the camp. The first census was completed while the israelites were still at mount sinai chapters 12, and the second one came 38 years later when they arrived at the borders of canaan at the end.
Numbers 11 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the church of christ, presents a verse level look at the bible. Find out about the project here, or feel free to get in contact. Theyve been in this same spot for about a year and now theyre getting ready to start out on their journey to this land flowing with milk and honey that god keeps talking about. The 2011 edition of the niv mistakenly states that the drink will cause miscarriage in numbers 5.
If the lord delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey. The promised land the land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. The hebrew name for these books is the torah, which means law. The book of numbers is the fourth book of the law of moses, also known as the torah or pentateuch. This is the exact same place where the israelites have been hanging out since god freed them from slavery back in exodus. What are some of the possibilities of where the fire came from. See the sinfulness of sin, which takes occasion from the commandment to be provoking. Numbers is so named because a census of israel is taken twice in the book. Resembles the attitudes conditions of the usa today joshua chapter 24 comment. The first 5 books in the bible are called the 5 books of moses. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of numbers in the bible new international version. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of.
Numbers, chapter 11 united states conference of catholic bishops. Christian bible study resources, dictionary, concordance and search tools. Numbers 11, new international version niv the bible app. Numbers bible book with full chapters king james version.
328 882 1629 1327 1659 1609 1431 1265 1633 690 1336 1487 225 409 1353 1076 375 359 1344 213 380 1431 134 1643 896 473 540 89 29 552 856 238 1296 1156 1349 423