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Forty years of wandering in the wilderness

Numbers 13:17ff

A lack of faith at the root

Background: Psalms 106:24-26; 78:24-41; 95:6-11; Hebrews 3:7-19

  1. How did the people respond to the report of the twelve spies (Numbers 14:1-4)? ______
  2. Which spies said that ‘God will bring us into the land’ (Numbers 14:6-9)? _____
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  3. Were the people strengthened by their confidence? ______
  4. What sentence did God pronounce against Israel (Numbers 14:27-34)? ______
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  5. Who would live to see the promised land (Numbers 14:30-31; Deuteronomy 1:36-39)? ______
  6. How did the children of Israel react to the sentence (Numbers 14:39)? ______
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  7. Did the children of Israel fail to comprehend the seriousness of their lack of faith? And what did they determine to do (Numbers 14:40-45)? ______
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  8. The man picking up stones of the Sabbath day (Numbers 15:32-36):
  9. Why was there confusion on what to do with the man guilty of violating the Sabbath day (Nehemiah 9:13-14)? ______
  10. What was the Sabbath a memorial of (Deuteronomy 5:15)? ______
  11. The rebellion of Korah (Numbers 16:1-50):
  12. How were Moses and Korah related (Exodus 6:16-18; Numbers 16:1)? ______
  13. Who does Jude number Korah with (Jude 11)? ______
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  14. The cost of Korah’s rebellion can be numbered in lives.How many died because of Korah’s actions (Numbers 16:31-35)? ______
  15. Did Israel learn the needed lesson (Numbers 16:41-50)? ______How many more died? ______
  16. How did God end any controversy (Numbers 17:5; 10)? ______
  17. Where was Aaron’s rod placed (Hebrews 9:4)? ______
  18. Who chose Moses and Aaron (Psalms 105:26)? ______
  19. What portion was given to the tribe of Levi (Numbers 18:20-24)? ______
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  20. What portion did the tribe of Levi give to the Lord (Numbers 18:26)? ______
  21. How long would one be ceremonially unclean if they touched the body of a dead person (Numbers 19:11)? ______
  22. Where did Miriam die (Numbers 20:1)? ______
  23. What was missing and what was sadly present in Kadesh (Numbers 20:2-4)? ______
  24. What did God tell Moses to do (Numbers 20:8)? ______
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  25. What did Moses do (Numbers 20:10-11)? ______
  26. What consequences followed (Numbers 20:12)? ______
  27. Who, besides Moses, suffered for the disobedience (Numbers 20:24; Deuteronomy 32:50-52)? ______
  28. How long did the people mourn Aaron’s death (Numbers 20:28-29)? ______
  29. Who fought against Israel (Numbers 21:1)? ______
  30. What did Israel vow unto God (Numbers 21:2)? ______
  31. Did God hear their vow (Numbers 21:3)? ______
  32. From victory to what (Numbers 21:4-5)? ______
  33. How does God respond to the murmuring (Numbers 21:6-9)? ______
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  34. Who did Israel come running to (Numbers 21:7)? ______
  35. How did the people escape death? ______
  36. What did Israel do with the brass serpent (II Kings 18:4)? ______
  37. Unto whom did Israel send a message (Numbers 21:21-22)? ______
  38. What did they promise? ______
  39. Did Sihon, the king of the Amorites, act wisely or foolishly (Numbers 21:23)? ______For background on the Amorites – see Genesis 10:6-20
  40. What emotion did Balak feel toward Israel (Numbers 22:1-3)? ______
  41. From whom did Balak seek help (Numbers 22:5-6)? ______
  42. Did the words of Balaam accurately reflect his heart (Numbers 22:18; II Peter 2:15)? ______
  43. Can a dumb animal talk (Numbers 22:28-31; II Peter 2:16)? ______
  44. The end of Balaam is recorded in Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:22
  45. For the character of Balaam (Nehemiah 13:2; II Peter 2:15; Jude 11: Revelation 2:14)
  46. Is God a man – has he ever been a man (Numbers 23:19; Hosea 11:9; Malachi 3:6)? ______
  47. What did the children of Israel do with the daughters of Moab (Numbers 25:1)? ______
  48. What did that lead to (Numbers 25:2-3)? ______
  49. God’s warning went unheeded (Deuteronomy 7:2-4)
  50. How many died as a result (Numbers 25:5-9)? ______
  51. On the Moabites and Ammonites see (Genesis 19: 37-38; Deuteronomy 23:3; Nehemiah 13:1-2)
  52. Who wrote of the wandering in the wilderness (Numbers 33:1-2)? ______

Thought question

What lesson does God want us to learn (I Corinthians 10:8-11)?