Israel is underway again. And they fall back into complaining again. They call the bread of Heaven “worthless food” and God strikes back with fiery serpents. I want to remind you that this complaining is on the heels of God giving the people a great victory over Arad. After He returned their captives. And after […]
Israel is at Mt. Hor. The neighbors have heard they are coming their way. The King of Arad says, “Don’t you dare come this way!” Israel is coming anyway. I have to admit to a little confusion here. I’m wondering if the people were on the move when they encountered this attacking army, or if […]
Moses and Aaron are not allowed to go into the Promised Land. Aaron’s death isn’t from disease or old age. It’s from God calling him home. How would you like to know the exact time of your death? Unless you choose death by your own hands, most of us will not know when it is […]
The people are in their final year of their wandering. They ask to go through Edom but the king says, No. They will have to find another way to enter the Promised Land. We are not given much information about the 40 years Israel spent wandering in the wilderness. In Numbers 33 we do see […]
God gave Moses specific directions regarding the people. Moses deviated from His command, and because of Moses’ sin, he and Aaron would both die before reaching the Promised Land. The people of Israel have been denied entry into the Promised Land because they refused to trust in the Lord. They are on their 40 year […]