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Numbers 16:1-40

Numbers 16:1-40 - Korah's Rebellion

Korah, Dathan, Abiram, On, and 250 leaders rebel against Moses and Aaron's God-given offices. The Lord vindicates his chosen servants by opening the e...

Numbers 15:37-41

Daily Devotion: Finding God in Every Moment - Numbers 15 & the Power of Remembrance

God commands Israel to place tassels with a blue thread on their garments so that seeing them will remind the people to obey his commandments, resist ...

Numbers 17

The Budding of Aaron’s Rod

After Israel's rebellion against Moses and Aaron, God had each tribe submit a rod and miraculously made Aaron's dead rod sprout, blossom, and bear alm...

Numbers 16:41-50

Complaints of the People

After Korah's judgment, Israel blamed Moses and Aaron rather than recognizing God's action. God's wrath came in a plague, but Moses pleaded for the pe...

Numbers 18:1-7

Duties of Priests and Levites

God assigned Aaron and his sons responsibility for the sanctuary and priesthood, gave the Levites to assist with the tabernacle, and reserved priestly...

Numbers 15:32-36

Numbers 15:32-36 - Penalty for Violating the Sabbath

Israel finds a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath and keeps him under guard until the Lord reveals the sentence. The congregation executes him, demon...

Numbers 15:22-31

Numbers 15:22–31 - Unintentional and Intentional Sin

God provides atonement and forgiveness when the congregation or an individual sins unintentionally. In contrast, the person who sins presumptuously wi...

Numbers 15:32-36

Violating the Sabbath

An Israelite knowingly gathered sticks on the Sabbath in defiance of God's clear command. The congregation brought him to Moses, and the Lord ordered ...

Numbers 16:1-40

Leadership Conflict

Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and 250 leaders challenged the offices God had assigned to Moses and Aaron. God vindicated his chosen servants by swallowing th...

Numbers 15:11-21

Numbers 15:11-21

God gives Israel instructions for voluntary offerings and for presenting the first portion of the harvest after entering the promised land. Native Isr...

Numbers 15:1-10

Numbers 15:1-10

Numbers 14:39-45

Numbers 14:39-45 - A Futile Invasion Attempt

After mourning their judgment, Israel presumptuously tries to invade Canaan in its own strength. Moses warns that the Lord is not with them; the ark a...

Numbers 14:39-45

A Futile Invasion Attempt

After refusing to enter the promised land, Israel mourned and then attempted to invade it in their own strength despite Moses' warning. Because the Lo...

Numbers 15:1-10

Grain and Drink Offerings

After judging Israel to wander for forty years, God still spoke of the future day when they would enter the promised land. He prescribed grain, oil, a...

Numbers 14:26-38

Numbers 14:26-38

The Lord judges the unbelieving generation: everyone twenty and older who complained will die in the wilderness, while Caleb, Joshua, and the children...

Numbers 14:11-25

Numbers 14:11-25

After Israel rejects the promised land, God announces judgment, but Moses intercedes by appealing to God's reputation, character, mercy, and prior for...

Numbers 14:1-10

Numbers 14:1-10

Israel weeps, complains against Moses and Aaron, and plans to return to Egyptian slavery. Joshua and Caleb urge faith in God's good promise, but the c...

Numbers 13

Numbers 13

Moses sends one leader from each tribe to spy out Canaan. After forty days, all twelve report the land's fruitfulness, but ten focus on its fortified ...

Numbers 14:26-38

Death Sentence on the Rebels

Because Israel would not trust God's promise and enter the land, the rebellious generation would die during forty years in the wilderness. Joshua and ...

Numbers 12

Numbers 12

Miriam and Aaron challenge Moses' unique authority. The Lord defends his faithful servant, distinguishes Moses' face-to-face revelation from ordinary ...

Numbers 11:31-35

Numbers 11:31-35 - The LORD Sends Quail

God answered Israel's craving by sending an overwhelming abundance of quail, but the people desired the gift more than the Giver and despised the free...

Numbers 11:16-30

Numbers 11:16-30 - The Seventy Elders

After Moses complains that the people's burden and demand for meat are too much for him, God appoints seventy elders and places his Spirit upon them t...

Numbers 14:1-10

Stoning Moses

Israel rejects God's promise, wants a new leader to return them to slavery in Egypt, and threatens to stone Moses, Aaron, Joshua, and Caleb. As the fa...

Numbers 12

Dissension of Aaron and Miriam

Aaron and Miriam resent the authority God gave Moses and speak against him, including criticism of his Ethiopian wife. God defends Moses as his unique...