Numbers & Deuteronomy
Disaster in the Desert
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June 25, 2022

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Binge the Bible - Numbers & Deuteronomy

Disaster in the Desert

  • Numbers 1 - 20 is the most referred to section of the Hebrew Testament by New Testament writers!

  • Prime example of what it looks like to walk with God… or rather to fail to walk with God.


Numbers 1 - 10: God’s GPS System

“On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle… And at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning.” —Numbers 9:15 (ESV)

  1. God boots up the navigation system: .
  2. All they had to do was 3 words: !
  3. Quickly goes from to .

Numbers 11 - 13: Repetitions in Failure

The people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes… —Numbers 11:1

  1. The first round of complaints leads to ‘Taberah,’ which means ‘ .’
  2. God’s people were building up bigger than .
  3. Moses is and says to God: ‘ .’
  4. People in the backseat want to .

Numbers 13 - 33: How Big is Your God?

The LORD spoke to Moses: ‘Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel.’ —Numbers 13:1

  1. Intelligence report of 10 spies: “ ?”
  2. Caleb & Joshua disagree: “ .”
  3. God’s people go with their instead of going with their

Key Verse to Understanding Numbers

…and have not obeyed My Voice. —Numbers 14:22