THE TRESPASS AT PEOR

Posted by on Sep 8, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; September 8, 2010 Numbers 25:1-18 Theme: This chapter describes the way that the people of Moab enticed the people of Israel away from God through lust. Chapters 22-24 told us of how the attempt of the Moabite king to curse Israel through Balaam failed. But what Balaam failed to do through cursing, he accomplished through scheming. Here, we read of what the Bible tells us,...
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CURSES TURNED TO BLESSINGS

Posted by on Sep 1, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; September 1, 2010 Numbers 22:39 – 24:25 Theme: This chapter describes the way the ‘seer’ Balaam—who was hired by Balak to curse—ended up instead blessing the people of Israel. In Numbers 22, we saw how God had permitted the ill-motivated Babylonian ‘seer’ Balaam to come at the request of Balak—king of the Moabites—to curse the people...
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BALAAM AND THE DONKEY

Posted by on Aug 25, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; August 25, 2010 Numbers 22:1-8 Theme: This chapter describes the way God used a sinfully motivated man; and turned his intended curse into a blessing. This morning’s portion of Scripture is a part of a story that extends from chapter 22-25. It tells of the events that occurred just before the second numbering of the people in chapter 26 that preceded their entry into...
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THE CONQUEST OF THE EAST

Posted by on Aug 18, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; August 18, 2010 Numbers 21:1-35 Theme: This chapter describes the events surrounding the conquests of the people of Israel over the eastern territories of the promised land. The long, forty-year wandering was over. It was now time for the people to begin to enter—and lay hold of—the promised land. This chapter details how God helped the people resume where they...
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SORROWS ALONG THE WAY

Posted by on Jul 28, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; July 28, 2010 Numbers 20:1-26 Theme: This chapter describes some of the sorrows that the shepherds of the people of Israel suffered during their wilderness wanderings. The Book of Numbers tells us very little about the thirty-eight years of the wandering of the people of Israel through the wilderness. In fact, this chapter gives us the story of what happened during...
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THE RED HEIFER

Posted by on Jul 21, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; July 21, 2010 Numbers 19:1-22 Theme: This passage describes God’s law to the people of Israel for their cleansing after contact with the dead. The people of Israel had just experienced a dramatic contact with death. Because of their sinful rebellion, over 14,700 people died from within the camp of Israel (see Numbers 16:49). What’s more, the entire first...
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