BIBL105: Old Testament Survey
5 NUMBERS – DEUTERONOMY
NUMBERS & DEUTERONOMY:
-Author: Moses
-When: 1445 BC
-Numbers theme: ___________
oTravel log in the wilderness
o_____ years in the wilderness
Location 1: Sinai (Numbers 1-10)
-Census: 603,550 men
-Tabernacle as the _______ of the camp
oVisual symbol of God’s _________ at the center of their society
oCloud by day; fire by night
-Aaronic blessing: a blessing for the people of Israel
Numbers 6:24-26
“The LORD bless you and keep you;
the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.”
Travel (Numbers 10-12): the people complain, including Aaron and Miriam!
Location 2: Paran (Numbers 13-19)
-12 spies are sent to scout Canaan
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o10 think it’s impossible; _____________ and ___________ are optimistic
-People rebel and start a mutiny
oWant to go back to ____________
oPunishment: this generation will not enter the _____________ __________
oGod remains ____________ but will honor human’s choices!
Travel (Numbers 20-21)
-Even Moses _________
oPunishment: Moses is not allowed to enter the Promised Land either
-____________ _____________!
oGod send snakes as punishment
oThey bite and kill Israelites
oMoses prays and makes a bronze serpent on a pole
oWhen the people look u, they will live
oCompare with John 3:14-15
Location 3: Moab (Numbers 22-36)
-Balak (King of Moab) hires Balaam to pronounce curses on the Israelites
-Balaam pronounces 3 oracles
oEvery time he tries to curse Israel, out comes _______________
oIn his third oracle, he foresees that out of Israel will rise a __________ ________
through whom all nations will be blessed
-Another census is taken at the end
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-Israel is poised to go into the Promised Land at the end of Numbers
DEUTERONOMY:
-Moses’ ______________ ___________ from Moab as Israel prepares to enter the
Promised Land
-Theme: reconfirm and __________________
-To a _________ ___________________ of Israelites
Past: ______________ (Deuteronomy 1-11)
-Based on God’s covenantal faithfulness (Deut 1:32; 4:7; 7:6, 8)
-The Shema (Deut 6:4-5)
oNot just to hear, but to __________ and be ______________ to God
Present: ______________ (Deuteronomy 12-26)
-Reviewing the laws: how to be holy before God
-Deuteronomy 18:15 Messianic promise (cf. Acts 3:17-22)
Future: (Deuteronomy 27-34)
-Ratification: (Deuteronomy 27-30)
o______________ if they obey
o______________ if they disobey
_______________ _____________ to repent!
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oChoice of __________ or _________ (30:15-20)
-Preparation: (Deuteronomy 31-34)
o____________ officially succeeds Moses
o______________ dies in Moab
His eyes were undimmed and vigor unabated (34:7)
