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Numbers 8: God tells Moses how to set up the lamps and
light them. God also sets the Levites aside from the rest of the 12 tribes
of Israel (Joseph was split into Ephraim and Manasseh) and they are to purify
and cleanse themselves as well as their clothing.
Numbers 9:
God tells Moses that the people should celebrate the
Passover. When the clouds was lifted up above the tabernacle the people
set out, but when it was settled over the tabernacle they encamped. God
communicated with the people with the use of the cloud. So nature can be a
form of communication among peoples of God who do not have to be considered as
primitive.
Numbers 10:
God told Moses to make two silver trumpet to be used for signaling to the people
when they set out (out of camp). When both trumpets are sounded the people
are to meet at the Tent of Meeting, but only the leaders are to meet when only
one trumpet is sounded. The priests are to blow the trumpet during battles and
offerings.
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The Political & Spiritual Purpose of the
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Numbers 11:
The people complained about their hardship as they moves away from the Sinai
desert to the promised land. This made God angry and God sent fire from
heaven to consume the outskirts of the camp, but Moses intervened and pleaded
with God. Soon the Israelites started missing the free food they enjoyed
as slaves in Egypt and were getting sick of God's manna from heaven. God was
angry at the people and Moses was unhappy with why God had allowed the people to
turn against him because they wanted to eat meat. God made Moses choose 70
elders who prophesized because the Spirit of God was on them and 600 men were
sent to inform the Israelite that God was going to provide meat. God
brought lots of quails from the sea that it filled the camp. As they were
eating the quails God brought a severe plague on them to punish them from their
ingratitude against God. God can allow what you want and still
punish you for not letting him get you what you need. Numbers 12:
Miriam and Aaron were now against Moses because he married an Ethiopian wife
(racism). Moses was the most humble man, but his siblings became jealous of him.
God
told his siblings that God reveals himself to prophets in dreams, visions, and
in riddles, but Moses sees God's face and God speaks to Moses directly. God was
angry with them for speaking against Moses and leprosy fell upon Miriam while
Aaron quickly asked Moses to pled with God. So God asked that she be put
outside the Camp for 7 days (the required cleansing period) before she was to be
allowed back. Even God follows his own rules. |
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