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Surviving in the Desert. With God in the Centre. Numbers 1-4. Knowing our Weakness 1:1-54. Reuben: Elizur, son of Shedeur. Simeon: Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai. Judah: Nahshon, son of Amminadab. Issachar: Nethanel, son of Zuar. Zebulun: Eliab, son of Helon.
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With God in the Centre Numbers 1-4
Knowing our Weakness 1:1-54 Reuben: Elizur, son of Shedeur. Simeon: Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai. Judah: Nahshon, son of Amminadab. Issachar: Nethanel, son of Zuar. Zebulun: Eliab, son of Helon. Ephraim: Elishama, son of Ammihud. Manasseh:Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur. Benjamin: Abidan, son of Gideoni. Dan: Ahiezer, son of Ammishadai. Asher: Pagiel, son of Ocran. Gad: Eliasaph, son of Deuel. Naphtali: Ahira, son of Enan.
From the descendants of _______. All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. The number from the tribe of __________ was _______. Simeon Reuben Gad Gad Reuben 45,650 46,500 49,300 Simeon
Reuben 46,500 Simeon 59,300 Gad 45,650 Judah 74,600 Issachar 54,400 Zebulun 57,400 Ephraim 40,500 Manasseh 32,200 Benjamin 35,400 Dan 62,700 Asher 41,500 Naphtali 53,400 Total 603,550
He is a Personal God He is an Organised God He is a God of variety He is a Fruitful God
Don’t tell God how big your problem is Tell your problem how big your God is
Living with God 2:1-34 2:1-2 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: “The Israelites are to camp round the Tent of Meeting some distance from it, each man under his standard with the banners of his family.”
John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.”
The East Side v1-9 An Approachable God Judah Issachar Zebulun
The South v10-16 Reuben Simeon A Holy God Gad
The West v18-24 Ephraim Manasseh A Watchful God Benjamin
The North v25-31 Dan Asher Naphtali An Overshadowing God
Going With God 3:1-4:49 Chosen by God 3:1 - 50 The LORD also said to Moses, "I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine, for all the firstborn are mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether man or animal. They are to be mine. I am the LORD.” v11-13.
Malachi 3:15-16 Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honoured his name. “They will be mine,” says the LORD Almighty, “in the day when I make up my treasured possession.”
1 Peter 2:9-10 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Chosen to Serve 4:1-49 So Moses, Aaron and the leaders of Israel counted all the Levites by their clans and families. All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting numbered 8,580. At the LORD’s command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry, v46-49.
Mark 16:20 Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.