FAMILY FEUD

Posted by on Jun 2, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; June 2, 2010 Numbers 12:1-15 Theme: This passage describes opposition Moses received to his authority from his own family. In the last chapter, God showed mercy to Moses by providing that seventy other elders of the people would share in his spirit of leadership (11:16-17, 24-30). And a little jealousy over this may have inspired the events of chapter twelve. A new...
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LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES

Posted by on May 23, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; May 26, 2010 Numbers 11:1-35 Theme: This passage describes the trials that Moses began to experience with the people in leading them to the promised land. By this point in the story of the Book of Numbers, the trek to the promised land has begun. When the last chapter closed, we found Moses inviting one of his relatives by marriage to join with the people in their journey...
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THE JOURNEY BEGINS

Posted by on May 19, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; May 19, 2010 Numbers 10:1-36 Theme: This passage describes the beginning of the march of the people of Israel to the promised land. The tenth chapter of Numbers bridges two main divisions of the book. From Chapters 1-9, we’ve read of the preparations for the march to the promised land; and from chapters 10 on to 25, we read of the march itself. The book begins with a...
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PASSOVER LAMB & LEADING CLOUD

Posted by on May 5, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; May 5, 2010 Numbers 9:1-23 Theme: This passage describes the sort of obedience that needed to characterize the children of Israel in their journey to the promised land.. This passage is another example of how the book of Numbers doesn’t necessarily follow a chronological order. The events described in this passage relate to the time that Moses set up the Tabernacle...
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THE LAMPSTAND & THE LEVITES

Posted by on Apr 28, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; April 28, 2010 Numbers 8:1-26 Theme: This passage describes some of the events, relative to the Levites and their ministry, that preceded the march of the people of Israel into the promised land.. This chapter follows immediately after 7:89—where we’re told of how Moses entered the tabernacle after it was set up to speak directly with God before the ark of the...
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THE LEADERS' OFFERINGS

Posted by on Apr 21, 2010 in AM Bible Study | 0 comments AM Bible Study Group; April 21, 2010 Numbers 7:1-89 Theme: This passage describes the offerings that the leaders of the tribes of Israel made at the time of the dedication of the tabernacle.. This chapter is the longest in the book of Numbers; and is one of the longest in the Old Testament. To modern ears, the reading of it may seem rather dry and repetitive; but to those who were there to...
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