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3. Reinder Bruinsma Principal Contributor

4. People on the Move: The Book of Numbers Contents Chapters 1. A New Order 1–4 2. Preparing a People 5, 6 3. Worship and Dedication 7, 8 4. Trumpets, Blood, Cloud, and Fire 9, 10 5. From Complaints to Apostasy 11–14 6. Planning Ahead 15 7. Power Struggle 16, 17 8. Priests and Levites 9, 18, 19 9. The Sin of Moses and Aaron 20, 21 10. The “Madness” of the Prophet 22–24 11. Immorality on the Border 25, 31 12. The Second Generation: Admonitions 26–32 13. Cities of Refuge 33–36

5. People on the Move: The Book of Numbers Our Goal {181} AS A people on the move, as a people seeking to reach the Promised Land, as a people called out by God, we could learn from the book of Numbers. The most important lesson is that God will fulfill His promises.

6. People on the Move: The Book of Numbers Lesson 6, November 7 People on the Move: The Book of Numbers Lesson 6, November 7

7. Planning Ahead Key Text Ezekiel 20:18, 19 NKJV “BUT I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols. I am the L ORD your God: Walk in my statutes, keep my judgments, and do them.”

8. Planning Ahead Initial Words {248} THE MASSES are now on their way back into the wilderness. The Lord communicates with Moses: “Speak to the children of Israel…. ‘When you have come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving to you….’ ” Despite the major setback, the promise was still sure: God would bring His people into the Promised Land. Of that there was no question!

9. Planning Ahead Quick Look 1. THANKFUL Israelites (Numbers 15:1-21) 2. THANKFUL Non-Israelites (Numbers 15:16) 3. THANKFUL for Sins Atoned (Numbers 15:25)

10. Planning Ahead 1. Thankful Israelites Numbers 15:1-21 NKJV “ ‘AND YOU make an offering by fire to the L ORD, a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or in your appointed feasts, to make a sweet aroma to the L ORD …; a drink offering … a grain offering … a heave offering throughout your generations.’ ”

11. 1.Thankful Israelites Thankfulness {249} IN THE context of Numbers 15, these directions really carried a promise to the younger generation that one day they would plant fields of wheat, barley, and other grains in their new home in Canaan. They would with their own hands establish vineyards on the hills and orchards of olive trees and other fruits such as fig and pomegranates.

12. 1.Thankful Israelites Thankfulness {249} These nonbloody offerings helped point them to the material blessings that were to be theirs were they to remain faithful. The Lord wanted His people to cultivate an attitude of praise and gratitude for what He had done for them and what He promised to do for them in the future. Should not we do the same?

13. 1.Thankful Israelites Tassels of Blue {257} Every time an Israelite saw the tassels he or she was to “remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God” (vs 40). When tempted to go after other gods— spiritual adultery—the blue tassels would call him or her back to their sworn loyalty to God, the God who brought the nation out of Egyptian slavery (vs 41).

14. Planning Ahead 2. Thankful Non-Israelites Numbers 15:16 NKJV “ ‘ONE LAW and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.’ ”

15. 2. Thankful Non-Israelites Stranger Within your Gates {251} THE “STRANGER” or foreigner would be a person who settled among the Israelites and who fully accepted the faith. They were to be treated and loved as if they were Israelites. Talk about inclusiveness!

16. Israel had to maintain its distinctive teaching and truths, the teaching and truths that made them God’s special representatives to the pagan world. Yet at the same time, they needed to be open and receptive to pagans who wanted to learn about their God and follow Him. 2. Thankful Non-Israelites Stranger Within your Gates {251}

17. In many ways, our church today must do the same thing. We have specific truths to teach the world, truths that we need to guard and protect, and yet at the same time, we have to be willing to embrace those who are seeking to know the Lord and His message for this time. 2. Thankful Non-Israelites Stranger Within your Gates {251}

18. Numbers 15:25 NKJV “ ‘SO THE priest shall make atonement for the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, for it was unintentional; they shall bring their offering, an offering made by fire to the L ORD, and their sin offering before the L ORD, for their unintended sin. Planning Ahead 3. Thankful for Sins Atoned

19. Sins of Ignorance {253} THE SIN offering atoned for their sin. The burnt offering represented a renewal of the congregation’s consecration to God. The Lord would distinguish between things done intentionally and that which was deliberate. However, even things done unintentionally were deemed “sin” and needed to be atoned for.

20. “But the person who does anything presumptuously … shall be cut from among his people.” (verse 30) Evidently God was attempting to show His people the seriousness of sin. Perhaps, too, He sought to show them the corporate nature of their community and that what they did influenced others around them. 3. Thankful for Sins Atoned Sins of Defiance {255}

21. The Desire of Ages 347 Final Words {259} “OUR CONFESSION of His faithfulness is Heaven’s chosen agency for revealing Christ to the world. … We are witnesses for God as we reveal in ourselves the working of a power that is divine. … These precious acknowledgments to the praise of the glory of His grace, when supported by a Christ-like life have an irresistible power that works for their salvation.”