Numbers 8:1-18
Dedication of the Levites
Numbers 8:19-26
Seasons of life
Numbers 9:1-23
A reminder of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt
Numbers 10:1-36
Israel’s departure from Sinai
Numbers 11:1-15
The people complain.
Numbers 11:16-35
The Seventy Elders
Numbers 12:1-16
Miriam and Aaron oppose Moses
Numbers 13:1-33
The spies sent into Canaan
Numbers 14:1-10
Israel refuses to enter Canaan
Numbers 14:11-25
Moses intercedes for the people
The Seventy Elders
Numbers 11:16–35
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Many Christians today live their lives in a fog. They allow a cupful of problems to cloud their vision and dampen their spirit. Anxiety, turmoil and defeat strangle their thoughts. Moses had witnessed God’s power in spectacular miracles, yet at this time he questioned God’s ability to feed the wandering Israelites (vv. 21-22). If Moses doubted God’s power, how much easier it is for us to do the same. We see how the Lord helped Moses in a period of despair to solve two difficult problems:
Application
Many lives are being “choked by the cares of this world” (Luke 8:14). But “God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (II Tim. 1:7). Lord help me to not live in a fog.
Numbers 11:16-35 (English Standard Version)
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