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"Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land to which I am bringing you
Study Bible
Speak to the Israelites and tell them:
This phrase indicates a direct command from God to Moses, emphasizing the importance of the message. It reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God communicates His laws and expectations through His chosen leader. This method of communication underscores the role of Moses as a mediator, similar to how Jesus is seen as the mediator of the New Covenant (Hebrews 9:15).

When you enter the land:
This phrase points to the future fulfillment of God's promise to the Israelites. It is a reminder of the covenant made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob regarding the Promised Land (Genesis 12:7). The anticipation of entering the land signifies a transition from a nomadic life to a settled existence, which would require new laws and practices. This foreshadows the Christian hope of entering the eternal promised land, Heaven (Hebrews 4:1-11).

to which I am bringing you:
This phrase highlights God's sovereignty and faithfulness in guiding His people. It reassures the Israelites that their journey is under divine direction and that God Himself is orchestrating their arrival in the Promised Land. This reflects the biblical theme of God as the shepherd leading His flock (Psalm 23:1-3). It also parallels the Christian journey of faith, where believers are led by the Holy Spirit towards their ultimate home with God (Romans 8:14).

Persons / Places / Events
1. The Israelites
The chosen people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and are journeying to the Promised Land.

2. Moses
The leader and prophet chosen by God to deliver His laws and commandments to the Israelites.

3. The Promised Land
The land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and his descendants as an everlasting possession.

4. God's Command
The directive given by God to Moses to instruct the Israelites on how to live and worship in the land they are about to enter.

5. The Journey
The ongoing journey of the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land, which is both a physical and spiritual journey of faith and obedience.
Teaching Points
God's Faithfulness
God is faithful to His promises. Just as He promised the land to the Israelites, He fulfills His promises to us today.

Obedience and Preparation
Entering the Promised Land required obedience and preparation. In our lives, we must prepare our hearts and minds to receive God's blessings.

Spiritual Journey
The journey to the Promised Land is symbolic of our spiritual journey. We are called to trust God and follow His guidance through life's challenges.

Community and Leadership
God speaks to the community through leaders like Moses. We should respect and listen to godly leadership in our lives.

Anticipation of Blessings
As the Israelites anticipated entering the land, we should live in anticipation of God's blessings and eternal promises.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does God's promise to the Israelites about the Promised Land encourage you in your personal faith journey?

2. In what ways can you prepare your heart and life to receive the blessings God has promised you?

3. How does the faithfulness of God to the Israelites inspire you to trust Him with your current challenges?

4. What role does obedience play in experiencing the fullness of God's promises in your life?

5. How can you support and respect the spiritual leaders God has placed in your life, similar to how the Israelites followed Moses?
Connections to Other Scriptures
Genesis 12:1-7
God's initial promise to Abraham about the land that his descendants would inherit, establishing the foundation for the Israelites' journey.

Exodus 3:7-8
God's promise to deliver the Israelites from Egypt and bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey, highlighting His faithfulness and provision.

Deuteronomy 8:7-10
A description of the richness and abundance of the Promised Land, emphasizing the blessings that come with obedience to God.

Hebrews 11:8-10
The faith of Abraham in obeying God's call to go to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, paralleling the faith journey of the Israelites.
Sermons
An Offering from the Dough: Domestic ReligionD. Young Numbers 15:17-21
People
Aaron, Ephah, Israelites, Moses
Places
Egypt, Wilderness of Paran
Topics
Bring, Bringing, Enter, Guiding, Hast, Israelites, Sons, Speak, Taking, Whither
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Numbers 15:13-16

     7511   Gentiles, in OT

Numbers 15:14-16

     7530   foreigners

Numbers 15:15-16

     5882   impartiality

Library
List of Abbreviations Used in Reference to Rabbinic Writings Quoted in this Work.
THE Mishnah is always quoted according to Tractate, Chapter (Pereq) and Paragraph (Mishnah), the Chapter being marked in Roman, the paragraph in ordinary Numerals. Thus Ber. ii. 4 means the Mishnic Tractate Berakhoth, second Chapter, fourth Paragraph. The Jerusalem Talmud is distinguished by the abbreviation Jer. before the name of the Tractate. Thus, Jer. Ber. is the Jer. Gemara, or Talmud, of the Tractate Berakhoth. The edition, from which quotations are made, is that commonly used, Krotoschin, …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

We are Drawing Near the End, and to the Highest Conclusions of True Human Wisdom...
We are drawing near the end, and to the highest conclusions of true human wisdom; and full of deepest interest it is to mark the character of these conclusions. Reason speaks; that faculty that is rightly termed divine, for its possession marks those who are "the offspring of God." He is the Father of spirits, and it is in the spirit that Reason has her seat; whilst in our Preacher she is enthroned, and now with authority utters forth her counsels. Here we may listen to just how far she can …
F. C. Jennings—Old Groans and New Songs

Seventh Day. Holiness and Obedience.
Ye have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: ye shall be unto me an holy nation.'--Ex. xix. 4-6. Israel has reached Horeb. The law is to be given and the covenant made. Here are God's first words to the people; He speaks of redemption and its blessing, fellowship with Himself: 'Ye have seen how I brought …
Andrew Murray—Holy in Christ

The Healing of the Woman - Christ's Personal Appearance - the Raising of Jairus' Daughter
THERE seems remarkable correspondence between the two miracles which Jesus had wrought on leaving Capernaum and those which He did on His return. In one sense they are complementary to each other. The stilling of the storm and the healing of the demonised were manifestations of the absolute power inherent in Christ; the recovery of the woman and the raising of Jairus' daughter, evidence of the absolute efficacy of faith. The unlikeliness of dominion over the storm, and of command over a legion of …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

Among the People, and with the Pharisees
It would have been difficult to proceed far either in Galilee or in Judaea without coming into contact with an altogether peculiar and striking individuality, differing from all around, and which would at once arrest attention. This was the Pharisee. Courted or feared, shunned or flattered, reverently looked up to or laughed at, he was equally a power everywhere, both ecclesiastically and politically, as belonging to the most influential, the most zealous, and the most closely-connected religions …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life

Degrees of Sin
Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous? Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others. He that delivered me unto thee, has the greater sin.' John 19: 11. The Stoic philosophers held that all sins were equal; but this Scripture clearly holds forth that there is a gradual difference in sin; some are greater than others; some are mighty sins,' and crying sins.' Amos 5: 12; Gen 18: 21. Every sin has a voice to speak, but some …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments

The Worship of the Synagogue
One of the most difficult questions in Jewish history is that connected with the existence of a synagogue within the Temple. That such a "synagogue" existed, and that its meeting-place was in "the hall of hewn stones," at the south-eastern angle of the court of the priest, cannot be called in question, in face of the clear testimony of contemporary witnesses. Considering that "the hall of hew stones" was also the meeting-place for the great Sanhedrim, and that not only legal decisions, but lectures …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life

Jesus' Last Public Discourse. Denunciation of Scribes and Pharisees.
(in the Court of the Temple. Tuesday, April 4, a.d. 30.) ^A Matt. XXIII. 1-39; ^B Mark XII. 38-40; ^C Luke XX. 45-47. ^a 1 Then spake Jesus ^b 38 And in his teaching ^c in the hearing of all the people he said unto ^a the multitudes, and to his disciples [he spoke in the most public manner], 2 saying, ^c 46 Beware of the scribes, ^a The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat: 3 all things whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath Day and Defends his Act.
(at Feast-Time at Jerusalem, Probably the Passover.) ^D John V. 1-47. ^d 1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [Though every feast in the Jewish calendar has found some one to advocate its claim to be this unnamed feast, yet the vast majority of commentators choose either the feast of Purim, which came in March, or the Passover, which came in April. Older commentators pretty unanimously regarded it as the Passover, while the later school favor the feast …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

The Third Day in Passion-Week - the Last Controversies and Discourses - the Sadducees and the Resurrection - the Scribe and the Great Commandment - Question
THE last day in the Temple was not to pass without other temptations' than that of the Priests when they questioned His authority, or of the Pharisees when they cunningly sought to entangle Him in His speech. Indeed, Christ had on this occasion taken a different position; He had claimed supreme authority, and thus challenged the leaders of Israel. For this reason, and because at the last we expect assaults from all His enemies, we are prepared for the controversies of that day. We remember that, …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

Numbers
Like the last part of Exodus, and the whole of Leviticus, the first part of Numbers, i.-x. 28--so called,[1] rather inappropriately, from the census in i., iii., (iv.), xxvi.--is unmistakably priestly in its interests and language. Beginning with a census of the men of war (i.) and the order of the camp (ii.), it devotes specific attention to the Levites, their numbers and duties (iii., iv.). Then follow laws for the exclusion of the unclean, v. 1-4, for determining the manner and amount of restitution …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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