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Numbers chs. 18-21 By: Edward Short© 1.Numbers 18: God Uses Sacrifices to Provide for the Priests: Num. 18:1-7: Aaron was from the tribe of L_____. Priests were all descendants of A_____; all priests were descendants of A_____, but not all Levites were p_____. Other Levites helped the p_____. Vs. 5: God did not want his w_____ to fall on the Israelites. Vs. 7: God saw serving “in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain” as a g_____ that he gave the priests. Num. 18:8-32: The community contributed o___-tenth to God; God gave to the priests most of all that was presented. The priests contributed to God o___-tenth of what they received. (The priests could not say, “I am a priest, so I need not contribute to God.”) To whom were the first-born animals given? However, God allowed the priests to e___ those [first born animals]. What about first-born sons? What about first-born ox, sheep and goats? What portion [of the animals] was to be burned? What portion was to be eaten? What about olive oil? In this way, then, God enabled the community to supply the needs of the p_____. Vs. 29: “You must present as the LORD'S p_____ the b____ and h______ part of e_________ given to you.'” [The Easy-to-Read Chinese Version (Putonghua) is also given.] How does Numbers 18 help us understand the meaning and use of words like “sacred,” “holy and pure,” “set aside as holy” etc? How does Numbers 18 help us understand [the command] not to “defile the holy offerings of the Israelites” otherwise you will die (v. 32)? 2.Numbers 19: Hope in the Midst of Death: Death is a part of life, so eventually everyone will come in contact with a corpse and/or bones of a dead person, etc. Because a corpse rendered an Israelite “unclean,” a regulation was needed that would enable one to become clean again. How to make oneself (ceremonially) “clean” is the subject of Numbers 19. Note: the animal was a heifer (a female cow, female bovine) and not a lamb or a male cow (ox). Verse five is atypical in the Old Testament, said only here: “While he watches, the heifer is to be burned--its hide, flesh, blood and offal.” Other Old Testament references talk about “sacrifice.” Here however, God tells them to use a female cow; in other Old Testament Scriptures, the sacrificial animal is a male. Other Old Testament regulations say that the priest should pour out the blood or sprinkle it on the altar, but here the blood is not drained. (See NIV Study Bible, s.v., Numbers 19:2.) From Numbers 19:14-15, we see how easily an Israelite could become “unclean.” From Numbers 19:14-15, we see once again how important h______ is to God. Can a corpse render a Christian unclean today? (No.) What makes a Christian “unclean” today? 3.Numbers 20: Note the date: It has been about forty years since the Israelites left Egypt. Most of the people twenty years old and older in Numbers 14:31-35 are dead; they died in the desert, just as God had pronounced. Now the children of those people are about to enter the Promised Land. 4.Numbers 20: Moses Sins: Num. 20:1: Who died? Where are the Israelites now? Note: thirty-some odd years previously (Num. 13:21, 26), where were the Israelites? Now the children of those people have returned to the original place, they face the same situation (lack water), and are saying to Moses the same things [their parents said]: “If only we had d____ when our brothers fell dead before the LORD!4 Why did you bring the LORD'S community into this desert, that we and our livestock should d___ here? Why did you bring us up out of E_____ to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates. And there is no w____ to drink!". The community committed the same s___ that their parents committed. Num.20:6-13: What did God tell Moses to do solve the problem? God said, “Take the s____, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. S____ to that rock…" However, what did Moses do that was different from God's instruction? Moses committed at least four sins; what were they? (1) Moses' attitude was wrong. Perhaps Moses vented forty years of frustration when he called the people "y____ r______." (2) Moses said "must we bring you water out of this rock?" . Moses should have said "G___ will do this or you." [The Chinese Union Version says "I" rather than "we."] (Other [English] translations say "we" which refers to Moses and Aaron, we assume.) (3) God willed that Moses s____ to the rock; however Moses (did what)? (4) God reprimanded Moses and said that he did not” t____ in me,” and Moses did not honor God’s name as h____. Consequently, how did God punish Moses? God did not allow Moses to (do what)? (Regarding this incident, please read Num. 27:14; Deut. 1:37, 3:25, 32:51-52; Ps. 106:32.) Christians today should know that: (1) We must honor God’s name as h____; (2) We should o____ God’s word. Other than these, what other lessons do you yourself learn from this Scripture? (Please consider: Acts 12:19-24; 1 Cor. 9:24-27.) 5.Numbers 20:14-21: Edomites Refuse Passage to the Israelites: Describe the Israelites’ need, their request and the response of the Edomites. Note: (1) The Edomites were descendants of Isaac (see Gen. 35:27-29; Gen. 36), so the Edomites should have treated the Israelites as b_______. (2) The Edomites refusal to allow the Israelites to pass through their territory is mentioned several times in Holy Scripture. 6.Numbers 20:22-29: Death of Aaron: Aaron died on mount H___. How many days did the entire Israelite community mourn for Aaron? 7.Numbers 21:1-3: Arad Defeated: The Israelites finally did something right! What was it? 8.The Bronze Snake: Why did Moses need to make a “fiery snake”? (Note: “Fiery snake” likely means “venomous snake.) When the multitude rejected manna they really were rejecting God’s g____. The community admitted their s___. Why did they need to “look at” the bronze snake in order to live? How is this incident used in the New Testament? (See John 3:14-15.) 9.Numbers 21:10-35: Moab, Sihon and Og: Numbers 21:14: The “Book of the Wars of the LORD” is an ancient book that is not extant today. Does this mean that our Bible is not complete? (No.) Why? Sihon was king of the A_______; Og was king of B_____. Did Sihon and Og welcome the Israelites to transverse their territory? What was their end? 10.When Christians today face the problems of life or think that God does not hear our prayers, do we murmur against God like the Israelites did? Do we doubt God’s existence? Do we doubt God’s power? Do we want to return to the lives we lead before we became Christians? How can the history of the Israelites help us obtain faith and encourage us to be loyal to God? (2004.10.24)(2005.5 Rev.) 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