Category Archives: Numbers

Lines in the Sand

Posted on September 12, 2014 by wamplerp

Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries:   “ ‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along … Continue reading →

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Stages in the Journey

Posted on September 11, 2014 by wamplerp

Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey … Continue reading →

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The wrong side of the Jordan

Posted on September 10, 2014 by wamplerp

Then they came up to him and said, “We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children. But we will arm ourselves for battle and go ahead of the Israelites until we … Continue reading →

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Do not make us cross the Jordan

Posted on September 8, 2014 by wamplerp

If we have found favor in your eyes,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”   Moses said to the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your fellow Israelites go … Continue reading →

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The Promised Land

Posted on September 7, 2014 by wamplerp

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up this mountain in the Abarim Range and see the land I have given the Israelites. After you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron … Continue reading →

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Planted by the River

Posted on September 6, 2014 by wamplerp

How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!  Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the Lord has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters.  Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed … Continue reading →

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God Believes in Us!

Posted on September 5, 2014 by wamplerp

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing about it, about the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank— the nobles with scepters and staffs.” Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah. … Continue reading →

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Matters of Grace

Posted on September 4, 2014 by wamplerp

From there they continued on to Beer, the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.”  Numbers 21:16 Apparently there are blessings, i.e. the water from the passage, that God can … Continue reading →

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Do you need that…or do you just want it?

Posted on September 3, 2014 by wamplerp

They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out … Continue reading →

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The “Meribah Test”

Posted on September 2, 2014 by wamplerp

At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Aaron will be gathered to his people. He will not enter the land I give the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against my command … Continue reading →

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