Numbers 14-15

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by: Debbie Galyen

06/06/2025

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“Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.” (14:4). Despite the pleadings of Moses and Aaron, Caleb and Joshua, the rest of the Israelites rejected God’s promise of a new life and wanted to go back to their slavery in Egypt. Only Moses’ appeal to God’s character - “slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love” - kept them from being wiped out. The Promised Land was closed to them, although their children went in. 

The Promised Land, Canaan, pointed toward the life God desires for us – a life in fellowship with him and others, “exceedingly good” (14:7). Yet we must believe that following him is worth leaving behind the false riches of Egypt (Hebrews 11:26).

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“Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.” (14:4). Despite the pleadings of Moses and Aaron, Caleb and Joshua, the rest of the Israelites rejected God’s promise of a new life and wanted to go back to their slavery in Egypt. Only Moses’ appeal to God’s character - “slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love” - kept them from being wiped out. The Promised Land was closed to them, although their children went in. 

The Promised Land, Canaan, pointed toward the life God desires for us – a life in fellowship with him and others, “exceedingly good” (14:7). Yet we must believe that following him is worth leaving behind the false riches of Egypt (Hebrews 11:26).

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