Books of the Bible – Numbers
October 10, 2016

Books of the Bible – Numbers

Preacher:
Passage: Numbers 1:2;1:20;1:46;26:51;9:15;1:1;9:1;1:47-50
Service Type:

God's people in God's place receiving God's blessing

3 occasions they receive God's law / instructions about feasts
2 occasions they are travelling

1:1-10:10 - in Sinai receiving instructions
10:11-12:16 - move from Sinai to Kadesh in Paran
13:1-19:22 - in Kadesh receiving instructions (40 years)
20:1-22:1 - move to plains of Moab
22:2-36:13 - camped along the Jordan across from Jericho

Two censuses:
1:46 = 603,550 (military strength)
26:51 = 601,730 (division of the land)

People resisting God's people - making life difficult for them:
Edomites refused to let God's people through their land
Moabites tried to have them cursed by Balaam
Sihon and Og tried to attack them