Day 49 of the podcast, reading Numbers 14-15 NET, read along at:
https://netbible.org/bible/Numbers+14-15/
This is day 49 of our journey.
The Israelites have made it to Caanan and are on the doorstep of all that God has promised but they refuse to trust the Lord. God responds to their faithlessness by sending them back out into the wilderness to die. Because they refused to trust and obey, They must now wander for 40 years in the wilderness while their children grow to adulthood. God will bring the next generation into the land to enjoy all that He has promised. After banishing Israel from the Promised Land, God gives more commands that are specifically related to taking the land. Though this generation was excluded from His blessings due to their sin, God reaffirms His promise that he WILL eventually bring Israel home!
Join me in Numbers 14-15 to see God punish unfaithfulness while preserving his promise.
Key verses:
Numbers 14:4
So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
Numbers 14:19
Please forgive the iniquity of this people according to your great loyal love, just as you have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.”
Numbers 14:31
But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.
Numbers 15:39
You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them and so that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness.
All Scriptures are from the NET.
