<p> Getting Organized (Numbers 1:1-10:10)</p><p>THE BOOK OF ______Numbers is so called because it records the ______and organization of the tribes of Israel.</p><p>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)</p><p>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 ______.</p><p>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)</p><p>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)</p><p>POSITIONING THE ______(Ch. 2)</p><p>God instructs Moses to have the tribes camp around the ______in particular groupings marked off by their tribal banner (aka standard).</p><p>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.</p><p>THE PLACE AND FUNCTION OF THE ______(Ch. 3-4)</p><p>God claims all the Levites as His own, for they are ______for all the firstborn who were redeemed on the night of the Passover.</p><p>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)</p><p>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.</p><p>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)</p><p>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 ______."</p><p>AN ______FROM THE TRIBES AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE LEVITES (Ch. 7-8)</p><p>After the tabernacle is ______, a leader from each of the tribes gives a special dedication offering.</p><p>The ______are then sanctified into the service of the tabernacle before all the people of Israel.</p><p>INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ______, FOLLOWING THE CLOUD, AND THE TWO SILVER TRUMPETS (Ch. 9-10:10)</p><p>God reminds Moses to keep the Passover and gives instruction for those who are ______at the time of the Passover.</p><p>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.</p><p>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. </p><p>THE ______</p><p>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)</p><p>June 14, 2015 The Life of Moses Series Rancho Baptist Church</p>