Numbers 14:
v. 1-4 Do the people of Israel really want to return to slavery? What is the lesson for us as Christians?
v. 8 Who is it really up to?
v. 16-19 What's at stake here?
v. 21-23 What's the consequence?
Numbers 15:
v. 17-21 Is the teaching about tithing, thankfulness for God's provision, both, or neither?
v. 30-31 Do we take from this God being ungracious?
v. 37-41 The tassels are for what?
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Num. 14:16-19 What's at stake here?
ReplyDeleteNum. 14:21-23 What's the consequence?
I think these are related. What's at stake in verses 16-19 is God's reputation, especially among those who are not of the nation of Israel. What's at stake in verses 21-23 is God's integrity in dealing with His chosen people. He must punish wrongdoing, but He will also keep His promise to make Abraham's line into a great nation. He can do both by making the nation out of the people who had not sinned through their rebellion and disbelief.