#048 Numbers 11-13

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Day 48 of the podcast, reading Numbers 11-13 NET, read along at:
https://netbible.org/bible/Numbers+11-13/

This is day 48 of our journey.

Again we see the complaints of the hard hearted Israelites. They beg for meat and are given quail by God, more than they can imagine for over 30 days. But this blessing ends up being a curse as many are made sick as a result of the quail they are eating. Then, we see Moses' sister, Miriam, and his brother, Aaron, make a charge against Moses for the right to lead the people. God displays his mighty power and makes it clear that Moses is the one who he has chosen to lead the people of Israel. Finally, as the Israelites reach the border of the promised land, Moses sends spies to check out the land and bring back a report. Forty days later they bring a discouraging report that, while Caanan is rich and bountiful, the people of the land appear too big and strong to be defeated.

Join me in Numbers 11-13 to see continued examples of sinfulness and God's response to humanity's stubborn disobedience.

Key verses:

Numbers 11:18
“And say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing of the Lord, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat, for life was good for us in Egypt?” Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you will eat.

Numbers 12:7
My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.

Numbers 13:2
“Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them.”

All Scriptures are from the NET.