Num 14:11-12 God now gives up speaking to the people of Israel and speaks directly to Moses. If Israel did not listen to what God said before, they will not listen to what God will say now. Sometimes, as a believer, I wonder why God no longer speaks to me. It could be for a variety of reasons, but one …
Num 14:1-10 – The People Rebel
Num 14:1-4 The amazing word “grumbled” comes originally from the word “stay”, in the sense of “to spend the night” or “to stay permanently”. The word is used to describe how someone gets stuck in a state of complaining and being obstinate. The people of Israel are complaining about Moses and Aaron, but they are really complaining about God, because …
Num 13:1-34 – Spies Sent into Canaan
Num 13:1-3 God’s promise to give the promised land of “Canaan” to the people of Israel, the land overflowing with “milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8), had first been given to Abraham (Genesis 15:18-21), then confirmed to Isaac (Genesis 26:3) and to Jacob (Genesis 28:13). The “promised land” of the Old Testament can be symbolically likened to the “kingdom of heaven” …