Numbers 30-31
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Numbers 30 (NKJV™) | |
1 | Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: |
2 | "If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. |
3 | "Or if a woman makes a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by some agreement while in her father's house in her youth, |
4 | "and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand. |
5 | "But if her father overrules her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her agreements by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the LORD will release her, because her father overruled her. |
6 | "If indeed she takes a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself, |
7 | "and her husband hears it, and makes no response to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her agreements by which she bound herself shall stand. |
8 | "But if her husband overrules her on the day that he hears it, he shall make void her vow which she took and what she uttered with her lips, by which she bound herself, and the LORD will release her. |
9 | "Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her. |
10 | "If she vowed in her husband's house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath, |
11 | "and her husband heard it, and made no response to her and did not overrule her, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement by which she bound herself shall stand. |
12 | "But if her husband truly made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the agreement binding her, it shall not stand; her husband has made them void, and the LORD will release her. |
13 | "Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void. |
14 | "Now if her husband makes no response whatever to her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all the agreements that bind her; he confirms them, because he made no response to her on the day that he heard them. |
15 | "But if he does make them void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt." |
16 | These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter in her youth in her father's house. |
Numbers 31 (NKJV™) | |
1 | And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: |
2 | "Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people." |
3 | So Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the LORD on Midian. |
4 | "A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war." |
5 | So there were recruited from the divisions of Israel one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. |
6 | Then Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles and the signal trumpets in his hand. |
7 | And they warred against the Midianites, just as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed all the males. |
8 | They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of those who were killed--Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword. |
9 | And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captive, with their little ones, and took as spoil all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods. |
10 | They also burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their forts. |
11 | And they took all the spoil and all the booty--of man and beast. |
12 | Then they brought the captives, the booty, and the spoil to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. |
13 | And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp. |
14 | But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who had come from the battle. |
15 | And Moses said to them: "Have you kept all the women alive? |
16 | "Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the incident of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. |
17 | "Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately. |
18 | "But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately. |
19 | "And as for you, remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. |
20 | "Purify every garment, everything made of leather, everything woven of goats' hair, and everything made of wood." |
21 | Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle, "This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses: |
22 | "Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, |
23 | "everything that can endure fire, you shall put through the fire, and it shall be clean; and it shall be purified with the water of purification. But all that cannot endure fire you shall put through water. |
24 | "And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp." |
25 | Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: |
26 | "Count up the plunder that was taken--of man and beast--you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation; |
27 | "and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. |
28 | "And levy a tribute for the LORD on the men of war who went out to battle: one of every five hundred of the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep; |
29 | "take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as a heave offering to the LORD. |
30 | "And from the children of Israel's half you shall take one of every fifty, drawn from the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD." |
31 | So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. |
32 | The booty remaining from the plunder, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep, |
33 | seventy-two thousand cattle, |
34 | sixty-one thousand donkeys, |
35 | and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women who had not known a man intimately. |
36 | And the half, the portion for those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep; |
37 | and the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five. |
38 | The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was seventy-two. |
39 | The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the LORD'S tribute was sixty-one. |
40 | The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty-two persons. |
41 | So Moses gave the tribute which was the LORD'S heave offering to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
42 | And from the children of Israel's half, which Moses separated from the men who fought-- |
43 | now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep, |
44 | thirty-six thousand cattle, |
45 | thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, |
46 | and sixteen thousand persons-- |
47 | and from the children of Israel's half Moses took one of every fifty, drawn from man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
48 | Then the officers who were over thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses; |
49 | and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken a count of the men of war who are under our command, and not a man of us is missing. |
50 | "Therefore we have brought an offering for the LORD, what every man found of ornaments of gold: armlets and bracelets and signet rings and earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD." |
51 | So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all the fashioned ornaments. |
52 | And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the LORD, from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. |
53 | (The men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) |
54 | And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of meeting as a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD. |
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Numbers 30-31 can be summed up in three words: vows, vengeance, and victory. In these chapters, God gives the children of Israel a set of regulations for vows, they war against the Midianites, and the Lord gives them victory. As we apply the text to our lives, we learn that our word is sacred, vengeance is the Lord's business, and God gives victory to those who are obedient.
Numbers is a book with two themes: Israel's failure and God's faithfulness. As we consider Israel's desert wanderings, we learn what can happen when people refuse to believe God's promises, and we are challenged to walk humbly with our ever-faithful Lord.
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Figures referenced: Augustine, Aquinas, Francis Schaeffer
Latin words: sine, cera
Cross references: Genesis 3; 15:16; 22:16; Numbers 23:10, 19; 25; 30-31; Deuteronomy 32:35; Judges 11:30-39; 1 Samuel 14; 30; 2 Samuel 11; Psalm 116:12; Ecclesiastes 5:4; Matthew 5:9, 33-37; 8:10; 21:28-31; 26:63-64; John 3:3, 5; Romans 12:18, 19; Ephesians 5:23; Hebrews 6:13
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Info Message Summary In Numbers 32-34, two and a half tribes refuse to enter Canaan, but in exchange for their help in the battle for the Promised Land, God gives them the land of Gilead. Then when the boundaries of the Promised Land are drawn, we find out Israel only occupied one-tenth of what God promised Abraham. In this study, we are challenged to ask ourselves: Do we sit on the sidelines while our brothers and sisters go to battle for the Lord? And are we content to forfeit the inheritance God has for us? |
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Info Message Summary As we study Numbers 28-29, we learn about ten sacrifices and feasts the children of Israel carried out as worship to the Lord. We can think about the enormity of their sacrifices—they sacrificed over a thousand animals every year—but God was the one who initially provided the animals for them. We should focus on the enormity of sacrifice God Himself gave—even the life of His Son. |
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Numbers 24-25 Numbers 24-25 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary The Lord used the false prophet Balaam to bless the nation of Israel, and through Balaam's final prophecy in Numbers 24, God sealed the fate of Israel and its surrounding nations. But even though the Lord blessed His people, they still sinned, worshiping the gods of other nations. When God poured out His wrath on their sin in Numbers 25, we actually see the depth of His mercy and patience. |
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Numbers 22:10-23:30 Numbers 22:10-23:30 Skip Heitzig |
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Numbers 21:1-22:13 Numbers 21:1-22:13 Skip Heitzig |
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Numbers 20 Numbers 20 Skip Heitzig |
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Numbers 18:21-19:22 Numbers 18:21-19:22 Skip Heitzig |
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Numbers 17:1-18:23 Numbers 17:1-18:23 Skip Heitzig |
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Numbers 16 Numbers 16 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary In Numbers 16, the children of Israel once again begin to complain as one of the leaders stirs up a rebellion against Moses. As the Lord's chosen leader, Moses challenges the opposition and pleads with the Lord to spare the people from destruction. As we study these events, we are challenged to search our own hearts and discover where the Lord has called us to serve Him. |
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Numbers 15 Numbers 15 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary After learning about some of Israel's failures in Numbers 13-14, we now consider Numbers 15, where God gives His people a fresh start. He makes a new promise to a new generation and gives a new set of laws. As we examine these laws, we learn how they can be applied to our lives. We also remember the good and perfect work of the cross as we partake in Communion. |
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Numbers 13:17-14:45 Numbers 13:17-14:45 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary In Numbers 13, the nation of Israel finally reached the Promised Land, and they had to make a big decision. Their lack of trust in the Lord led them to make the wrong choice, resulting in harsh consequences. In this study of Numbers 13-14, we are presented with a similar decision: do we limit ourselves with unbelief or trust God to carry out His best plans for us? |
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Numbers 12:1-13:16 Numbers 12:1-13:16 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary As we consider this passage, we see Israel's continued disobedience as even Moses' own siblings spoke out against him. But rather than retaliate, Moses responded with humility and faithfulness. We learn that it's important to cultivate this attitude whenever we face difficulty. |
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Numbers 10-11 Numbers 10-11 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary In Numbers 10-11, the nation of Israel leaves Mount Sinai and continues their journey to the Promised Land. As we study these chapters, we see the beginning of Israel's disobedience and learn how God's Word is like the manna the Lord provided. |
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Numbers 8-9 Numbers 8-9 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary As we consider Numbers 8-9, we uncover important correlations between the Levitical priesthood and Jesus Christ, our High Priest and Sacrifice, and discover the beautiful portrait of Jesus provided in the Passover. We also learn how believers are like the Levites: redeemed, cleansed, and set apart to serve the Lord. We have a reason to celebrate! |
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11/20/2013 completed
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Numbers 6-7 Numbers 6-7 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary As we study Numbers 6-7, we see some of the ways that God's chosen people separated themselves to the Lord and worshiped Him. As the body of Christ, we must also remember that the Lord should be the center of our lives and that our worship to Him is about giving rather than getting. |
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Numbers 4-5 Numbers 4-5 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary In Numbers 4-5, God continues to give instructions to Moses and Aaron for the nation of Israel, and another census is taken. As we study this text, we are given insight into God's view of service and what our relationship with Him should look like. |
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10/30/2013 completed
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Numbers 2-3 Numbers 2-3 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary In Numbers 2 and 3, we are able to picture how the nation of Israel camped in the wilderness, and we look into the role of the Levitical priests. In this study, important principles about ministry become apparent, and we are reminded that God takes worship seriously. |
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Numbers 1 Numbers 1 Skip Heitzig |
Info Message Summary The book of Numbers describes the wanderings of the nation of Israel in the wilderness. Because of their disobedience, what could've been an 11-day journey to the Promised Land turned into a 40-year trial. In this study, we see the reason for the book's title: the censuses in chapters 1 and 26. As we examine the list in chapter one, we learn about God's personal and caring nature. |
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