32 Isreal rejects God's Provisions
Numbers 11:1-12:16
Numbers 11:1-12:16
What did the Israelites do in Numbers 11:1?
They grumbled about their perceived "misfortunes".
What did God command Moses to do?
God told Moses to choose a man from each tribe of Isreal to spy out the land of Canaan.
Who rebelled against Moses?
The families of Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and On, along with 250 leaders.
What did the Israelites complain about?
Who was the king of Moab?
Balak
What did God do when He heard the Israelites' grumbling?
He sent fire to consume some of those living near the edges of the camp.
What kind of report did the spies bring back?
They reported that the land was rich and good. However, the men thought that the people who lived in the land were too strong to be conquered.
What was the reason they rebelled against Moses as their leader?
They accused Moses and Aaron of exalting themselves over the congregation.
What did Moses do?
He disobeyed God. He spoke harshly to the people and struck the rock instead of speaking to the rock.
Why was the king of Moab afraid of Israel?
The king of Moab, Balak, had seen how Israel had destroyed the Amorites.
What did God give the people because of their complaining about not having meat?
God graciously provided quail. He provided more than enough quail and punished the people with a severe plague.
What was the Israelites' response to the negative report?
They were afraid. They wept. They questioned why God had brought them out of Egypt. They desired a new leader to take them back to Egypt. They rejected God.
What was the consequence of Korah's rebellion?
The ground split and swallowed the families of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, along with all their possessions. Then fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense to the Lord.
What was God's response to Israel's impatience and grumbling?
He punished them by sending venomous snakes. Many of those who had been bitten died.
What did Balak want Balaam to do?
Curse the people of Israel.
What did Moses do when he saw that Miriam had been afflicted with leprosy?
He prayed to God on her behalf. He had mercy on Miriam and wanted God to heal her.
What stopped the Israelites from stoning the four men?
The Lord stopped them. He appeared in the tabernacle before the Israelites.
What did God tell Moses to do so that He could vindicate His leaders?
God commanded Moses to get twelve staffs, one from each tribe, and to write the name of each leader on his respective staff, and to place them inside the Holy of Holies.
What did the Israelites do when they saw people dying from the snakebites?
They went to Moses and confessed their sin and asked Moses to pray to God on their behalf.
What was learned through the first and second oracle?
God elected Israel and promised to bless Israel in the first and God would not change His mind and make Israel to be a strong nation in the second oracle.
What was God's answer to Moses' prayer?
God would heal Miriam, but first she would have to be sent outside the camp for seven days.
The Lord forgave Israel, but what was his punishment for their sin?
The entire rebellious generation would have to wander the wilderness for 40 years before the younger generation could enter the Promised Land.
How did God show the Israelites that Aaron was His chosen priest?
Aaron's rod not only had sprouted the next morning, it had also produced ripe almonds. God had clearly chosen Aaron as high priest.
What did God tell Moses to do?
God told Moses to make a perpent out of bronze. Moses was to set this serpent up on a pole so the Israelites could see it and be healed.
What did God promise through Balaam's third and fourth oracle.
God would bless Israel with prosperity and victory in the third oracle and God would raise up the Messiah from Israel, and He would rule the nations in the fourth oracle.