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Discover the Arts! Each day a different image from the Literary, Performing, or Visual Arts representing a portion of Scripture plus an explanation with links 2017 May 23
Mater Dolorosa (1570s)
Luis de Morales (1512-1586)
Renaissance Style
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
SPECIAL NOTE:
[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]
Explanation: Numbers 14 contains the announcement that Israel would wander for forty years in the wilderness, as a punishment for their faithlessness and rebellion, until the generation of Israelites from 20 years old and upward died. The steps leading to this judgment are described in the first part of the chapter. The first provocation was the evil report brought by the spies (mentioned in the previous chapter) which provoked the Israelites to weep all night, followed by a series of evil words and deeds. They murmured against Moses and Aaron; they wished to God that they had died in Egypt or in the wilderness; they accused the LORD of bringing them into a place where their wives and children would fall victim to the inhabitants of the land; and they contrived to make a captain and return to Egypt (1-4).
This distressed Moses, Aaron, Joshua, and Caleb, greatly. They plead with the people to consider the goodness of the land, to trust the LORD to bring them into it, and not to rebel because the defense of their enemies had departed from them, and the LORD was with Israel. But the Israelites called on one another to stone the four men with stones. In response, the glory of the LORD suddenly appeared in the Tabernacle -- visibly, before all of the Israelites (5-10).
And the LORD asked Moses how long these people would provoke him and refuse to believe him. He then threatened to kill them and make a great nation of Moses (11-12).
But Moses pleaded with the LORD not to kill them suddenly lest his enemies among the nations blaspheme his intentions and his power (13-19).
The LORD pardoned them in accord with Moses' prayer; but he said he would kill the spies who brought the evil report. He then directed Moses to take the congregation into the wilderness when the next day came (20-25).
As a further judgment, the LORD told Moses that he would cause everyone from twenty years old and upward to die in the wilderness, except for Caleb and Joshua. But he would bring their little ones, whom they said would be a prey, into the land. In accord with this sentence, they would wander in the wilderness for forty years until the rebels were consumed (26-35).
The spies who brought the evil report died in a plague; but Joshua and Caleb lived (36-38). When Israel heard these evil tidings from the LORD they attempted, as an act of repentance before the LORD, to go to war and enter the land. Moses warned them against this act. But they persisted and were smitten before the Amalekites and the Canaanites (39-45).
[ Sermons: J Ligon Duncan III. Robert S Rayburn. John Stott. Various. ]
[ Illustration: The painting above, which depicts a just and holy mourning, stands in sharp contrast to the rebellious, evil mourning described in Numbers 14 -- a mourning which brought the wrath of God upon those who so grievously abused their relationship with God -- turning from God's gifts to a mourning for the evil things from which they had been delivered. ]
RESOURCES
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[ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Numbers 14: [2] Exodus 16:2-3.
[3] Deuteronomy 1:27-28; Exodus 15:14-17.
[9] Psalm 91:1; Genesis 15:16; Leviticus 18:25; Leviticus 20:23.
[10] Exodus 17:4.
[12] Exodus 32:10-12.
[17-18] Exodus 34:6-7.
[20] Exodus 32:34.
[24] Joshua 14:6-14.
[25] Deuteronomy 1:44.
[30] Genesis 15:7; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 17:8; Genesis 22:16-18; Genesis 26:3-4; Genesis 28:13; Exodus 6:8.
[33] Exodus 34:16. -- From Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]
HARMONY OF THE LAW
HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES
Pentateuch Detailed Outline:
Genesis Detailed Outline:
Exodus Detailed Outline:
Leviticus Detailed Outline
Old Testament Offerings Chart
Numbers Detailed Outline
Numbers 14
NUMBERS (COVENANT INSTRUCTION CONTINUES: LAWS OF COMMUNITY LIFE)
Note: "It is the only age in the Bible in which miracle is a daily fact of life."
(Richard Elliott Friedman, Commentary on the Torah, [San Francisco]: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001, 421)
True of Exodus through Deuteronomy and up to Joshua 5:12.
1. Preparations to Journey from Sinai (Nu 1:1 - Nu 10:10) 1445 B.C. Sinai
a. Instruction & Census to Authenticate Tribal Pedigrees (Nu 1:1 - Nu 2:34) 1445 B.C. Sinai
{Pentateuch Outline: 14. Generations of Aaron & Moses (Nu 3:1 - Dt 34:12) 1445 - 1406 B.C. Sinai}
b. Moses & Aaron Begin the Tabernacle Service (Nu 3:1 - Nu 10:10) 1446-1445 B.C. Sinai
9). The 2 Silver Trumpets (Nu 10:1 - Nu 10:10) - 1445 B.C. Sinai
2. Resumption of the Journeys [Israel Wanders in the Wilderness] (Nu 10:11 - Nu 36:13) 1445 - 1406 B.C. Sinai & Shittim
{Moses & Aaron Lead the Wilderness Journeys}
a. 2nd Group of Journeys: Sinai to Kadesh Barnea (Nu 10:11 - Nu 14:45) 1445 B.C. Sinai
2). The Incidents Along the Way (Nu 11:1 - Nu 14:45) 1445 B.C. Sinai
1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
3 And wherefore hath the LORD bought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding [exceedingly, exceedingly] good land.
8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence [Literally, "shade"] is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones . And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long [until when] will this people provoke me? and how long [until when] will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face [eye to eye], and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
18 The LORD is longsuffering [long of nose], and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [to hold innocent not he shall hold innocent] , visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
33 And your children shall wander [shall be shepherds] in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year [a day for a year, a day for a year], shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it [if not I shall do this] unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
42 Go not up [Ascend not], for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
43 For the a Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
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