Numbers 11:16-23  (HCSB)Seventy Elders Anointed16 The Lord answered Moses, “Bring Me 70 men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and have them stand there with you. 17 Then I will come down and speak with you there. I will take some of the Spirit who is on you and put the Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so...  Read More

Numbers 11:10-15  (HCSB)10 Moses heard the people, family after family, crying at the entrance of their tents. The Lord was very angry; Moses was also provoked.11 So Moses asked the Lord, “Why have You brought such trouble on Your servant? Why are You angry with me, and why do You burden me with all these people? 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth so You should tell me, ‘Car...  Read More

God Hears His Leaders and Sustains Them for His PurposesNumbers 11:1-9  (HCSB)Complaints about Hardship11 Now the people began complaining openly before the Lord about hardship. When the Lord heard, His anger burned, and fire from the Lord blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. 2 Then the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down. 3 So that pla...  Read More

The JourneyApply The TextBelievers can be assured that God is with them and can provide trustworthy guidance.Following God’s guidance will require believers to act on His instruction.Following God in faith means that we act on His timeframe and not our own.How might the Lord be leading your Bible study group or church into a new ministry? What can the group or church do to follow His lead?Examine ...  Read More

What are some of the times in the past that you wanted to audibly hear God answer prayer? Did He answer your prayer with scripture, prayer, circumstances or others? Or...seemingly not at all? Did you struggle with His answer? Did it have an impact on your faith and trust –positively or negatively?The environment the people in Numbers experienced is designed for a way of life that is very different...  Read More

Numbers 9:19-23 (HCSB)19 Even when the cloud stayed over the tabernacle many days, the Israelites carried out the Lord’s requirement and did not set out. 20 Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days. They would camp at the Lord’s command and set out at the Lord’s command. 21 Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning; when the cloud lifted in the mornin...  Read More

LACK OF TRUSTApply The TextBelievers can trust God even when current circumstances appear bleak.We can turn to God with our needs and concerns.Believers should recognize that ignoring God’s instructions leads to consequences.Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the Lord (v. 6). Have you experienced “facedown” situations? What advice would you offer to members of your Bible study group about how to...  Read More

Numbers 9:15-18 (HCSB)Guidance by the Cloud15 On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and it appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning. 16 It remained that way continuously: the cloud would cover it, appearing like fire at night. 17 Whenever the cloud was lifted up above the tent, the Israelites would set out; at t...  Read More

Numbers 9:13-14(HCSB)13 “But the man who is ceremonially clean, is not on a journey, and yet fails to observe the Passover is to be cut off from his people, because he did not present the Lord’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.14 “If a foreigner resides with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, he is to do so according to the Passover s...  Read More

Numbers 9:6-12 (HCSB)6 But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. These men came before Moses and Aaron the same day 7 and said to him, “We are unclean because of a human corpse. Why should we be excluded from presenting the Lord’s offering at its appointed time with the other Israelites?”8 Moses replied to them, “Wait he...  Read More

God Gives Daily Guidance to His PeopleNumbers 9:1-5  (HCSB)The Second Passover9 In the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, the Lord told Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: 2 “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. 3 You must observe it at its appointed time on the fourteenth day of this month at twilight; you are to observe it acco...  Read More

Most people like new stuff. We all go try out the new restaurant in White House; everyone likes new clothes; and many of us long for a new car or house (even if it is just new to us). This fall there are a lot of new things going on all around us. Some families are experiencing new schools; some are experiencing new realities because of changes in the family; and all of us at Temple will have NEW ...  Read More