by PawsonBooks | Jun 14, 2017 | Pawson's Bible Study
People The people as a whole were problematic, as well as some individuals. Acts tells us that God endured their conduct for 40 years in the wilderness. Numbers says that the whole people failed except for two – two out of more than 2 million, not a high proportion....
by PawsonBooks | Jun 14, 2017 | Pawson's Bible Study
Narrative In turning to the narrative parts of Numbers, we move from the divine word to human deeds – from what the people should do to what they did do. It is a sad and sordid story. The wilderness becomes a testing ground for them. They are out of Egypt but not in...
by PawsonBooks | Jun 14, 2017 | Pawson's Bible Study
Legislation As noted above, we are told on 80 occasions in Numbers that God spoke to Moses ‘face to face’. This was unique: others would receive God’s Word through visions when they were awake or dreams when they were asleep. The people would consult the priests’ urim...
by PawsonBooks | Jun 14, 2017 | Pawson's Bible Study
Introduction Numbers is not a well-known book, neither is it widely quoted. Perhaps only two or three passages are well known. Samuel Morse quoted one of these after he sent the first telegraph message in Morse code to Washington DC on 24 May 1844. He expressed his...
by PawsonBooks | Jun 14, 2017 | Pawson's Bible Study
Reading Leviticus as Christians What has this book to say to us, living as Christians in the modern world? Do we have to get rid of all mixed-fibre clothing? If we get dry rot in the house, do we have to burn it down? One principle we can use as a guide is found in...
by PawsonBooks | Jun 14, 2017 | Pawson's Bible Study
Rules and regulations We need to be clear about our understanding of the law of Moses. It is called the ‘law’, not the ‘laws’, because it all hangs together. Holiness means wholeness, and all these rules and regulations fit together and form one whole. If you break...
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