Israel refuses to enter Canaan After the the twelve men returned from Canaan and said there were giants in the land, the
people cried all night and
complained to Moses and Aaron, “ We wish we had died in Egypt or somewhere out here in the
desert (vv. 1-2)! Why does the
Lord bring us to this land to fall b …
Moses intercedes for the people The Jews had a long record of complaining against the Lord and their leaders. Their murmuring
began on the night of the
Exodus when they were sure Pharaoh’s Army was going to kill them (Ex. 14:10-14). As Israel
entered the wilderness of Shur,
they complained because they didn’t h …
Death sentence on the rebels The LORD told Moses and Aaron to remind the people of Israel how they had complained
against Him too many times (vv 26-
27). He says he is going to give them exactly what they wanted (v. 28). They will die in the
dessert and their dead bodies will
cover the ground (v. 29). B …
A futile invasion attempt God assures Moses that he has forgiven the sin of disobedience by the people, but this
forgiveness does not prevent the
consequences. These results are as follows:The nation wanders in the wilderness for forty years,
one year for each day the
spies had spent spying out the land.E …
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Israel refuses to enter Canaan
After the the twelve men returned from Canaan and said there were giants in the land, the people cried all night and complained to Moses and Aaron, “ We wish we had died in Egypt or somewhere out here in the desert (vv. 1-2)! Why does the Lord bring us to this land to fall b …
Moses intercedes for the people
The Jews had a long record of complaining against the Lord and their leaders. Their murmuring began on the night of the Exodus when they were sure Pharaoh’s Army was going to kill them (Ex. 14:10-14). As Israel entered the wilderness of Shur, they complained because they didn’t h …
Death sentence on the rebels
The LORD told Moses and Aaron to remind the people of Israel how they had complained against Him too many times (vv 26- 27). He says he is going to give them exactly what they wanted (v. 28). They will die in the dessert and their dead bodies will cover the ground (v. 29). B …
A futile invasion attempt
God assures Moses that he has forgiven the sin of disobedience by the people, but this forgiveness does not prevent the consequences. These results are as follows:The nation wanders in the wilderness for forty years, one year for each day the spies had spent spying out the land.E …