Numbers 33:1-2 These are the journeys of the children of Israel… I. AN INCENTIVE TO GRATITUDE TO GOD. 1. Emancipating them from bondage in Egypt. 2. Repeatedly delivering them from their enemies. 3. Infallibly guiding them in their journeys. 4. Constantly providing for them in the desert. 5. Inviolably guarding them from dangers. II. AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO OBEY AND TRUST GOD. He is unchangeable; therefore His past doings are examples of what we may expect Him to do in the future. History, properly studied, will be the nurse of faith and hope (comp. Psalm 78:3-8). III. A MONITOR AGAINST SIN. 1. Man's proneness to sin. 2. God's antagonism against sin. 3. The great evil of sin.. (W. Jones.) Parallel Verses KJV: These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. |