Numbers 33’s careful enumeration of all the stages in Israel’s journey from slavery to their promised land, followed by a clarion call to drive out the people’s living there completely, serve to issue two challenges

On the verge of entering the long awaited promised land, two of the twelve tribes who made up the people of Israel said to Moses, Do not make us cross the Jordan Num. 32:5 They had found what they thought was a better home in Gilead. Meanwhile, half of another tribe were so committing to…

The last battle Moses would fight before his death on this side of the Jordan was to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian. And that terrible task would show that,

After the offerings detailed in Numbers 28-29 which maintain the relationship between God and his people, chapter 30 turns to the relationships among the people, specifically those between Men and Women

In Numbers 28-29 Moses offers a summary, not simply of the sacred days and seasons Israel were to observe, but the Offerings they were to present as a fundamental part of the rhythm of their lives.

Two challenging events – the loss of the inheritance of a man with no sons and only daughters, and the need for a leader to succeed Moses – cause Israel to face their fears for the future

After God’s glorious defence of Israel against the ploys of Balak and Balaam it is tragic that what happens next is an utter betray of God by Israel. In Numbers 25-26 we encounter,