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NASB | Numbers 28:11 ¶ 'Then at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the LORD: two bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Numbers 28:11 ¶ 'Then at the beginning of [each of] your months you shall present a burnt offering to the LORD: two bulls, one ram, seven male lambs one year old without blemish; |
Bible Question:
Call me dumb but I never realized God gets or can get really angry and we should be wary of being on the receiving end of this anger. I just finished reading Numbers 11 and 12. Please explain what these chapters mean to you. Thanks. |
Bible Answer: I'm not sure what you are looking for in way of response, but I will give you what I believe is the message that God is putting in front of us, through these two chapters. Numbers 11 - This deals primarily with the concept of contentedness. We see the people of Israel complaining about what they are receiving from the Lord. They go on to talk about how good they had it in Egypt, where they could at least get fish and other foods. Instead of receiving the grace that God has placed before them, they complain about how they lack. Secondly, we see Moses go before the Lord and ask for help in bearing up under the pressure of an ungrateful people. Moses demonstrates his own faithfulness in taking his issues (or perhaps more appropriately the issues that have been cast at him) directly to the Lord, rather than complaining amongst men. The interesting thing to note is the Lord's response to these two forms of "complaint." The Lord helps Moses by showing him a way of "distributing" the burden amongst the other men of the group (the elders). However, those that were only complaining amongst themselves are not as fortunate. They learn through sickness and death that their inability to receive with grace, what was given through grace, displeases the Lord. This could be a sort of metaphor for what happens to us when we refuse to receive the grace that is the sacrifice and resurrection of Christ. Numbers 12 - In this chapter, we see an example of devisiveness creeping into God's people. Miriam and Aaron call into question the authority of Moses. Rather than lifting Moses up and praying for the Lord to guide him, they instead attempt to pull Moses down. We see similar things happen all around us today. Instead of praying for our leaders, we see instead many people complain and grumble about the leaders that God has either allowed or expressly put over us. I believe that the overall message of these two chapters is that we are not to present our complaints to each other, but that we should go to the Lord first with thankfulness for what He has given us; and second with requests that ask for the greater blessing that He wants to give us. |