Numbers; Chapter 15-19

Mount
Sinai
1:1 - 10:10
From
Sinai to
Kadesh
10:11 - 14:45
Wilderness
wanderings
15:1 - 21:41
End of the
journey
22:1 – 36:13
The Old Generation
The New
Generation
Several
months
Several
weeks
38 Years
Mount
Sinai
Mount
Nebo
Mount Hor
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Numbers 15:1-3
Now the LORD spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel
and say to them, ‘When you enter the
land where you are to live, which I
am giving you, 3 then make an
offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt
offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a
special vow, or as a freewill offering
or in your appointed times, to make a
soothing aroma to the LORD, from
the herd or from the flock.”

Reminders of the Offerings
• The Burnt Offering (15:1-2).
• The Grain & Drink Offerings (15:3-7).
• The Sin & Guilt Offerings (15:22-29).

Numbers 15:30-31
But the person who does
anything defiantly, whether he is
native or an alien, that one is
blaspheming the LORD; and that
person shall be cut off from among
his people. 31 Because he has
despised the word of the LORD and
has broken His commandment, that
person shall be completely cut off;
his guilt will be on him.

Numbers 15:32
Now while the sons of Israel
were in the wilderness, they found a
man gathering wood on the sabbath
day.

Numbers 15:33-34
Those who found him gathering
wood brought him to Moses and
Aaron and to all the congregation;
34 and they put him in custody
because it had not been declared
what should be done to him.

Numbers 15:35
Then the LORD said to Moses,
“The man shall surely be put to
death; all the congregation shall
stone him with stones outside the
camp.”

Why would the breaking of the
Sabbath be a capital crime?

What are the implications of this
passage for today?

For if Joshua had given
them rest, He would not
have spoken of another
day after that. 9 So there
remains a Sabbath rest for
the people of God. 10 For
the one who has entered
His rest has himself also
rested from his works, as
God did from His.
(Hebrews 4:8-10).

Place of
Work
Place of
Rest
So there remains a Sabbath
rest for the people of God

Numbers 16:1-2
Now Korah the son of Izhar, the
son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with
Dathan and Abiram, the sons of
Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons
of Reuben, took action, 2 and they
rose up before Moses, together with
some of the sons of Israel, two
hundred and fifty leaders of the
congregation, chosen in the
assembly, men of renown.

Numbers 16:3
They assembled together against
Moses and Aaron, and said to them,
“You have gone far enough, for all the
congregation are holy, every one of
them, and the LORD is in their midst;
so why do you exalt yourselves above
the assembly of the LORD?”

Numbers 16:4-5
When Moses heard this, he fell on
his face; 5 and he spoke to Korah and
all his company, saying, “Tomorrow
morning the LORD will show who is
His, and who is holy, and will bring him
near to Himself; even the one whom
He will choose, He will bring near to
Himself.”

Numbers 16:8-9
Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear
now, you sons of Levi, 9 is it not
enough for you that the God of Israel
has separated you from the rest of the
congregation of Israel, to bring you
near to Himself, to do the service of
the tabernacle of the LORD, and to
stand before the congregation to
minister to them…”

Numbers 16:10
“…and that He has brought you near,
Korah, and all your brothers, sons of
Levi, with you? And are you seeking
for the priesthood also?”

Numbers 16:12-13
Then Moses sent a summons to
Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab;
but they said, “We will not come up.
13 Is it not enough that you have
brought us up out of a land flowing with
milk and honey to have us die in the
wilderness, but you would also lord it
over us?”

Numbers 16:14
“Indeed, you have not brought us
into a land flowing with milk and honey,
nor have you given us an inheritance
of fields and vineyards. Would you put
out the eyes of these men? We will not
come up!”
Figure of speech carrying the
idea of “pull the wool over the
eyes of these men.”

Numbers 16:15
Then Moses became very angry
and said to the LORD, “Do not regard
their offering! I have not taken a single
donkey from them, nor have I done
harm to any of them.”

Numbers 16:25-26
Then Moses arose and went to
Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of
Israel following him, 26 and he spoke to
the congregation, saying, “Depart now
from the tents of these wicked men,
and touch nothing that belongs to
them, or you will be swept away in all
their sin.”

Numbers 16:31-32
As he finished speaking all these
words, the ground that was under them
split open; 32 and the earth opened its
mouth and swallowed them up, and
their households, and all the men who
belonged to Korah with their
possessions.

Numbers 16:33
So they and all that belonged to
them went down alive to Sheol; and
the earth closed over them, and they
perished from the midst of the
assembly.

What is the lesson we are to
learn from the Korah Rebellion?

Woe to them! For they
have gone the way of
Cain, and for pay they
have rushed headlong
into the error of
Balaam, and perished
in the rebellion of
Korah. (Jude 1:11).

These are the men who are hidden
reefs in your love feasts when they
feast with you without fear, caring for
themselves; clouds without water,
carried along by winds; autumn trees
without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
13 wild waves of the sea, casting up
their own shame like foam;
wandering stars, for whom the black
darkness has been reserved forever.
(Jude 1:12-13).

Numbers 16:41
But on the next day all the
congregation of the sons of Israel
grumbled against Moses and Aaron,
saying, “You are the ones who have
caused the death of the LORD’S
people.”

Numbers 16:42
It came about, however, when the
congregation had assembled against
Moses and Aaron, that they turned
toward the tent of meeting, and behold,
the cloud covered it and the glory of
the LORD appeared.

Numbers 16:43-45
Then Moses and Aaron came to
the front of the tent of meeting, 44 and
the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 45
“Get away from among this
congregation, that I may consume
them instantly.” Then they fell on their
faces.

Numbers 16:46
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your
censer and put in it fire from the altar,
and lay incense on it; then bring it
quickly to the congregation and make
atonement for them, for wrath has
gone forth from the LORD, the plague
has begun!”

Numbers 16:47-48
Then Aaron took it as Moses had
spoken, and ran into the midst of the
assembly, for behold, the plague had
begun among the people. So he put on
the incense and made atonement for
the people. 48 He took his stand
between the dead and the living, so
that the plague was checked.

Numbers 16:49-50
But those who died by the plague
were 14,700, besides those who died
on account of Korah. 50 Then Aaron
returned to Moses at the doorway of
the tent of meeting, for the plague had
been checked.

Numbers 17:1-3
Then the LORD spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel,
and get from them a rod for each
father’s household: twelve rods, from
all their leaders according to their
fathers’ households. You shall write
each name on his rod, 3 and write
Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi; for
there is one rod for the head of each of
their fathers’ households.”

Numbers 17:4-5
“You shall then deposit them in
the tent of meeting in front of the
testimony, where I meet with you. 5 It
will come about that the rod of the man
whom I choose will sprout. Thus I will
lessen from upon Myself the
grumblings of the sons of Israel, who
are grumbling against you.”

Numbers 17:8
Now on the next day Moses went
into the tent of the testimony; and
behold, the rod of Aaron for the house
of Levi had sprouted and put forth
buds and produced blossoms, and it
bore ripe almonds.

Numbers 18:6
“Behold, I Myself have taken your
fellow Levites from among the sons of
Israel; they are a gift to you, dedicated
to the LORD, to perform the service for
the tent of meeting.”

Numbers 18:7
“But you and your sons with you
shall attend to your priesthood for
everything concerning the altar and
inside the veil, and you are to perform
service. I am giving you the priesthood
as a bestowed service, but the outsider
who comes near shall be put to death.”

How is this same principle
applied for today?

Journey begins from Sinai (10:11-36)
Complaints about manna & food (11:1-35)
Miriam punished (12:1-16)
Rebellion at Kadesh (13:1 – 14:45)
Ritual regulations – Offerings (15:1-36)
Rebellion against Aaron (15:37 – 16:50)
Aaron’s Rod (17:1-13)
Duties & privileges of priests (18:1-32)
Ritual regulations – Red Heifer (19:1-22)
Rebellion of Moses & Aaron (20:1-21)
Aaron dies (20:22-29)
Complaints about manna & food (21:4-9)
Journey ends by Moab (21:10-20)

Numbers 18:8
Then the LORD spoke to Aaron,
“Now behold, I Myself have given you
charge of My offerings, even all the
holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have
given them to you as a portion and to
your sons as a perpetual allotment.”

Numbers 18:20-21
Then the LORD said to Aaron,
“You shall have no inheritance in their
land nor own any portion among them;
I am your portion and your inheritance
among the sons of Israel. 21 To the
sons of Levi, behold, I have given all
the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in
return for their service which they
perform, the service of the tent of
meeting.”

Numbers 19:1-2
Then the LORD spoke to Moses
and Aaron, saying, 2 “This is the statute
of the law which the LORD has
commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the
sons of Israel that they bring you an
unblemished red heifer in which is no
defect and on which a yoke has never
been placed.’”

The Red Heifer Ceremony
• Slaughtered outside the camp (19:3).
• Blood sprinkled toward the front of the
tent of meeting (19:4).
• Body to be burned (19:5).
• Ashes to be deposited outside the camp
in a clean place (19:9).
• The ashes would be used with water for
a perpetual cleansing (19:9-10).

Numbers 19:5-6
Then the heifer shall be burned in
his sight; its hide and its flesh and its
blood, with its refuse, shall be burned.
6 The priest shall take cedar wood and
hyssop and scarlet material and cast it
into the midst of the burning heifer.
…he took the blood of the calves and the
goats, with water and scarlet wool and
hyssop, and sprinkled both the book
itself and all the people (Hebrews 9:19).

Numbers 19:9
Now a man who is clean shall
gather up the ashes of the heifer and
deposit them outside the camp in a
clean place, and the congregation of
the sons of Israel shall keep it as water
to remove impurity; it is purification
from sin.

What is the significance of the
Red Heifer?

Numbers 19:10
The one who gathers the ashes of
the heifer shall wash his clothes and
be unclean until evening; and it shall
be a perpetual statute to the sons of
Israel and to the alien who sojourns
among them.

Numbers 20:1
Then the sons of Israel, the whole
congregation, came to the wilderness
of Zin in the first month; and the people
stayed at Kadesh. Now Miriam died
there and was buried there.

Numbers 20:2
There was no water for the
congregation, and they assembled
themselves against Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 20:3-4
The people thus contended with
Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we
had perished when our brothers
perished before the LORD! 4 Why then
have you brought the LORD’S
assembly into this wilderness, for us
and our beasts to die here?”

Numbers 20:5
“Why have you made us come up
from Egypt, to bring us in to this
wretched place? It is not a place of
grain or figs or vines or pomegranates,
nor is there water to drink.”

Numbers 20:6-7
Then Moses and Aaron came in
from the presence of the assembly to
the doorway of the tent of meeting and
fell on their faces. Then the glory of the
LORD appeared to them; 7 and the
LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 20:8
“Take the rod; and you and your
brother Aaron assemble the
congregation and speak to the rock
before their eyes, that it may yield its
water. You shall thus bring forth water
for them out of the rock and let the
congregation and their beasts drink.”

Numbers 20:9-10
So Moses took the rod from
before the LORD, just as He had
commanded him; 10 and Moses and
Aaron gathered the assembly before
the rock. And he said to them, “Listen
now, you rebels; shall we bring forth
water for you out of this rock?”

Numbers 20:11
Then Moses lifted up his hand
and struck the rock twice with his rod;
and water came forth abundantly, and
the congregation and their beasts
drank.

Numbers 20:12
But the LORD said to Moses and
Aaron, “Because you have not
believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the
sight of the sons of Israel, therefore
you shall not bring this assembly into
the land which I have given them.”
Both are plural

Numbers 20:13
Those were the waters of
Meribah, because the sons of Israel
contended with the LORD, and He
proved Himself holy among them.
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Numbers 20:14-15
From Kadesh Moses then sent
messengers to the king of Edom:
“Thus your brother Israel has said,
‘You know all the hardship that has
befallen us; 15 that our fathers went
down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt
a long time, and the Egyptians treated
us and our fathers badly.’”

Numbers 20:16
“But when we cried out to the
LORD, He heard our voice and sent an
angel and brought us out from Egypt;
now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town
on the edge of your territory.”

Numbers 20:17
“Please let us pass through your
land. We will not pass through field or
through vineyard; we will not even
drink water from a well. We will go
along the king’s highway, not turning to
the right or left, until we pass through
your territory.”

Numbers 20:18
Edom, however, said to him, “You
shall not pass through us, or I will
come out with the sword against you.”

EGYPT
Kadesh
Barnea
EDOM
MOAB
Thus Edom refused to
allow Israel to pass
through his territory; so
Israel turned away from
him. (Numbers 20:21)

Numbers 20:22
Now when they set out from
Kadesh, the sons of Israel, the whole
congregation, came to Mount Hor.

Numbers 20:23-24
Then the LORD spoke to Moses
and Aaron at Mount Hor by the border
of the land of Edom, saying, 24 “Aaron
will be gathered to his people; for he
shall not enter the land which I have
given to the sons of Israel, because
you rebelled against My command at
the waters of Meribah.”

Numbers 20:25-26
“Take Aaron and his son Eleazar
and bring them up to Mount Hor; 26 and
strip Aaron of his garments and put
them on his son Eleazar. So Aaron will
be gathered to his people, and will die
there.”

Numbers 21:1
When the Canaanite, the king of
Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard
that Israel was coming by the way of
Atharim, then he fought against Israel
and took some of them captive.
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Numbers 21:2
So Israel made a vow to the
LORD and said, “If You will indeed
deliver this people into my hand, then I
will utterly destroy their cities.”
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Numbers 21:3
The LORD heard the voice of
Israel and delivered up the
Canaanites; then they utterly
destroyed them and their cities. Thus
the name of the place was called
Hormah.
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Numbers 21:4-5
Then they set out from Mount Hor
by the way of the Red Sea, to go
around the land of Edom; and the
people became impatient because of
the journey. 5 The people spoke
against God and Moses, “Why have
you brought us up out of Egypt to die
in the wilderness? For there is no food
and no water, and we loathe this
miserable food.”

Numbers 21:6
The LORD sent fiery serpents
among the people and they bit the
people, so that many people of Israel
died.
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Numbers 21:7
So the people came to Moses
and said, “We have sinned, because
we have spoken against the LORD
and you; intercede with the LORD, that
He may remove the serpents from us.”
And Moses interceded for the people.

Numbers 21:8
Then the LORD said to Moses,
“Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a
standard; and it shall come about, that
everyone who is bitten, when he looks
at it, he will live.”
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Numbers 21:9
And Moses made a bronze
serpent and set it on the standard; and
it came about, that if a serpent bit any
man, when he looked to the bronze
serpent, he lived.

As Moses lifted up
the serpent in the
wilderness, even so
must the Son of Man
be lifted up; 15 so that
whoever believes will
in Him have eternal
life. (John 3:14-15)

Numbers 21:10-11
Now the sons of Israel moved out
and camped in Oboth. 11 They
journeyed from Oboth and camped at
Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is
opposite Moab, to the east.

Numbers 21:12-13
From there they set out and
camped in Wadi Zered. 13 From there
they journeyed and camped on the
other side of the Arnon, which is in the
wilderness that comes out of the
border of the Amorites, for the Arnon is
the border of Moab, between Moab
and the Amorites.

Numbers 21:21-22
Then Israel sent messengers to
Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, 22
“Let me pass through your land. We
will not turn off into field or vineyard;
we will not drink water from wells. We
will go by the king’s highway until we
have passed through your border.”

Numbers 21:23
But Sihon would not permit Israel
to pass through his border. So Sihon
gathered all his people and went out
against Israel in the wilderness, and
came to Jahaz and fought against
Israel.

Numbers 21:24
Then Israel struck him with the
edge of the sword, and took
possession of his land from the Arnon
to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of
Ammon; for the border of the sons of
Ammon was Jazer.

Numbers 21:25
Israel took all these cities and
Israel lived in all the cities of the
Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her
villages.
Heshbon

Numbers 21:26
For Heshbon was the city of
Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had
fought against the former king of Moab
and had taken all his land out of his
hand, as far as the Arnon.
Heshbon

Numbers 21:31-32
Thus Israel lived in the land of the
Amorites. 32 Moses sent to spy out
Jazer, and they captured its villages
and dispossessed the Amorites who
were there.

Numbers 21:33
Then they turned and went up by
the way of Bashan, and Og the king of
Bashan went out with all his people, for
battle at Edrei.

Numbers 21:34-35
But the LORD said to Moses, “Do
not fear him, for I have given him into
your hand, and all his people and his
land; and you shall do to him as you
did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who
lived at Heshbon.” 35 So they killed him
and his sons and all his people, until
there was no remnant left him; and
they possessed his land.

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