Numbers (1-35)

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Numbers (1-35)

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Numbers(1-35)

God spoke to Moses to take a census of Israelites by their tribes and families.

God commanded Moses to gather Israelites at some distance from meeting camp under their banners and flags.

God addressed specifically about Levites, revered them as His special servants.

God instructed Moses to gather Kohathites, The Gershonites, and The Merarites to count them and assign them their religious duties.

God gave instructions for the restitution of the people who have wronged and want to repent by admitting their sins.

God instructed Moses to teach Aaron and his sons how to give blessings to Isrealists by putting His name while salutation so that he will bless them. “The Lord bless you    and keep you ” (Numbers 6:24)

Heads of tribes presented their gifts including utensils, animals, and carts. God ordered Moses to accept the gifts from them and use them in the tent of meeting.

Moses was commanded by God to hold a ceremony for cleaning of Levis and to present them at the tent of meeting’s front in the presence of Israelites to set them apart from others as they are His special children.

Moses was instructed by God to celebrate Passover on the fourteenth in the first month of the second year.

For calling out Israelites to the camp of meeting. The sons of Aaron and the priests were commanded by God to have trumpets blown

People complained to Moses about their hardships and fire erupts which consumed some of the camp's outskirts. This frightened them and they cried to Moses. Moses prayed to God to eliminate the fire.

God summoned Aaron and Miriam for speaking against Moses and cleared the superiority of Moses over others.

Moses was commanded to send members of Israelites tribes to the place of Canaan, so He sent them from the Paran desert.

God expressed his anger towards Israelites for not following Moses and Aaron to fight the enemy as they refused to enter into the place to fight rather cursed Moses for putting them in trouble.

God ordered Moses to tell Israelites to give supplementary offerings to please their Lord, as He has given them the land as their home.

God showed his wrath over Korah, Abiram, and Dathan for rising up against Moses by splitting apart earth to swallow them and their household.

God commanded Moses to place Aaron’s staff in from of the ark as a sign for the rebels amongst Israelites and Moses followed the command.

God assigned Aaron and his sons, the responsibilities of the offenses related to the sanctuary and also bring Levites to assist you by joining the tent of the covenant law.

God gave commands of cleaning and stated that if someone touches cleansing water, it would become unclean and also if an unclean person touches something, it becomes unclean too. “For the unclean person, put some ashes from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water over them ” (Numbers 19: 17)

God denied the entering of Israelites in Meribah because they would not trust his commands at first go and demand miracles. Moses performed a miracle by striking the rock to get water out of the rock.

God gave victory to Moses by defeating his enemies at Erdai and gave the glad tiding of success before fighting. “So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors ” (Numbers 21: 35)

God spoke to Balaam and commanded him not to put a curse on Israelites and do not go with Balak son of zipper who is against my blessed servants.

God blessed Israelites and gave Balaam’s commands not to curse Moses and his men. When he was forced by Balak to offer curse, he offered them blessings.

Balaam when he saw the army of Israelites, started blessing them rather than cursing. On Balak's anger, he said, I told you that God is with Israelites.

God admired the son of Aaron, the priest and son of Eleazar for killing the man and Midianite women who wanted to commit adultery.

God again commanded Moses to make a census of all Israelites of all the people above twenty years of age to serve in the army.

God ordered Moses to bring Joshua in front of Israelites and give him some authority so that the Israelite community obeys him.

God gave instructions about daily offerings, monthly offerings, Sabbath offering and commands related to festivals.

Israelites were commanded by God to observe their duties of theology law on festivals Tabernacles.

A person must not turn away from any pledge, he made to God and must do everything he said in pledge.

Moses was commanded by God to take vengeance on the people of the Midianites for the people of Israel.

Gadites and Reubenites deny Moses’s command to fight which aroused god’s anger and the Children of Israel were made to wander in the wilderness for forty years.

God commanded Moses and Aaron to take Israelites from Egypt to Cannan and drive their enemies out from their new place.

God commanded Joshua and a man from all the tribes to assign the inheritance to the people of Israel from Cannan.

God gave instructions to the people of Israel which they had to abide while entering Cannan related to murder, ransom, bloodshed and other matters of law.