Getting Organized (Numbers 1:1-10:10)
THE BOOK OF ______Numbers is so called because it records the ______and organization of the tribes of Israel.
The book also records how the Israelites fail to ______God on the way to the Promised Land. As a result, they end up wandering for ______years. (Hebrews 3:16-19)
THE FIRST ______(Ch. 1) God commands Moses to number all the men of Israel age ______and over. The purpose of this census was for the building up of an army to fight God's ______.
In the same way, we are ______in the wilderness of this world who also must wage war against God's enemies. Yet our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the ______forces of wickedness. (Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Timothy 2:3)
Also, just as each Israelite needed to know who he was in the nation of Israel, so we too must know ______we are in the ______of God. (Galatians 3:26; 1 John 3:1-2)
POSITIONING THE ______(Ch. 2)
God instructs Moses to have the tribes camp around the ______in particular groupings marked off by their tribal banner (aka standard).
Just as each Israelite needed to know their ______in the nation of Israel, so we too must know our place in the family of God.
THE PLACE AND FUNCTION OF THE ______(Ch. 3-4)
God claims all the Levites as His own, for they are ______for all the firstborn who were redeemed on the night of the Passover.
God then gives the Levites to Aaron, the High Priest, to be put under his charge. In like manner, we believers make up a ______, and God the Father has ______us to our Great High Priest, Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:9; John 17:6)
The Levites are made up of three clans: The Kohathites, the Gershonites, and the Merarites. Each of these clans has a specific responsibility for the care and transportation of the ______. June 14, 2015 The Life of Moses Series Rancho Baptist Church CLEANSING THE CAMP, THE ______VOW AND A GENERAL BLESSING (Ch. 5-6) God commands that all ______persons be sent outside of the camp. He also instructs Moses how to deal with ______requiring restitution and suspected marital unfaithfulness.
God provides for a person to make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to ______himself to the Lord. A Nazirite is to never partake of any alcohol or eat anything produced by the grape vine. Moreover, they are not allowed to cut their ______. This was the very same calling that ______had from his birth. (Judges 13:5-7)
Aaron and his sons are told to say this blessing: "The LORD bless you, and ______you. The LORD make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The LORD lift up His countenance on you and give you ______."
AN ______FROM THE TRIBES AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE LEVITES (Ch. 7-8)
After the tabernacle is ______, a leader from each of the tribes gives a special dedication offering.
The ______are then sanctified into the service of the tabernacle before all the people of Israel.
INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ______, FOLLOWING THE CLOUD, AND THE TWO SILVER TRUMPETS (Ch. 9-10:10)
God reminds Moses to keep the Passover and gives instruction for those who are ______at the time of the Passover.
The day the tabernacle was erected, the ______of glory came to rest over it. The Israelites would only pack up and move if the cloud moved. Otherwise, they would stay put.
God tells Moses to make two silver trumpets to use for summoning the congregation, for moving the camp out, and for ______an alarm when at war.
THE ______
Our God is not a God of ______, but a God of order and peace. As God's people, we are to be organized and do all things in a well- thought out and orderly manner. (1 Corinthians 14:33, 40)
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