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5 NUMBERS – DEUTERONOMY
NUMBERS & DEUTERONOMY:
- Author: Moses
- When: 1445 BC
- Numbers theme: Unbelief
oTravel log in the wilderness
o40 years in the wilderness
Location 1: Sinai (Numbers 1-10)
- Census: 603,550 men
-The tabernacle center is the of the camp
oThe visual symbol of God’s at the center of their societyholiness
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
o10 think it’s impossible; and are optimisticJoshua Caleb
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- People rebel and start a mutiny
oWant to go back to Egypt
oPunishment: this generation will not enter the Promised Land
oGod remains but will honor choices!faithful human
Travel (Numbers 20-21)
- Even Moses rebels!
oPunishment: Moses is not allowed to enter the Promised Land either
-Snake Attack!
oGod sends snakes as punishment
oThey bite and kill Israelites
oMoses prays and makes a bronze serpent on a pole
oWhen the people look up, 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, blessings happen instead
oIn his third oracle, he foresees that a through whom all nations victorious king
will be blessed will rise out of Israel
- Another census is taken at the end
- Israel is poised to go into the Promised Land at the end of Numbers
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DEUTERONOMY:
- Moses’ from Moab as Israel prepares to enter the Promised Landgoodbye sermons
- Theme: reconfirm and prepare
- To a of Israelitesnew generation
Past: History (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’s covenantobey faithful
Present: Holiness (Deuteronomy 12-26)
- Reviewing the laws: how to be holy before God
- Deuteronomy 18:15 Messianic promise (cf. Acts 3:17-22)
Future: Heritage (Deuteronomy 27-34)
- Ratification: (Deuteronomy 27-30)
oBlessings if they obey
oCurses if they disobey
▪Warning signs to repent!
oChoice of or life death (30:15-20)
- Preparation: (Deuteronomy 31-34)
oJoshua officially succeeds Moses
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oMoses dies in Moab
▪His eyes were undimmed and vigor unabated (34:7)
HISTORICAL BOOKS INTRO:
Themes:
-Pre-Exilic
oJoshua—2 Chronicles
-Post-Exilic
oEzra—Esther
