Thursday, March 12, 2020

Numbers 1-18 Twenty Questions

1. What questions do you have about this week’s reading?

2. How many “tribes” are mentioned in Numbers 1?

3. What were the special responsibilities and privileges of the Levites described in Numbers 1?

4. In Numbers 3:5-10, what does Aaron and his sons receive for help in discharging their duties?

5. In Numbers 3:11-13 and 3:39-51, what does God exchange for the Levites?

6. Numbers 5:11-31 prescribes a ritual to determine infidelity on the part of a wife.  What observations would you make about this test?

7. What are the three prohibitions, or acts of separation, which accompany a Nazirite vow (Numbers 6)?

8. How would Moses hear from God, as described in Numbers 7:89?

9. What were the “working years” for the Levites, according to Numbers 8:23-26?

10. Can you discern any spiritual principles from the description of Numbers 9:15-23 and the people’s following of cloud and fire?

11. What did the Hebrews miss about their time in Egypt? (Numbers 11:4-6)

12. Based on Numbers 11, what lesson should we draw about complaining against the Lord?

13. What was Miriam’s punishment for speaking out against Moses?

14. What was the majority and minority report of the twelve spies sent to explore the land of Canaan?

15. What do the people want to do instead of going to the Promised Land?  (Numbers 14:1-10)

16. What does God first want to do to the Israelites for their rebellion, and then what does He ultimately do?  (Numbers 14:11-12 and 14:20-38)

17. How do the people respond when God informed them of God’s punishment?  (Numbers 14:39-45)

18. What is the penalty for gathering wood on Saturday?  (Numbers 15:32-36)

19. What is the point of having tassels on their garments? (Numbers 15:37-41)

20. What three kinds of death resulted from Korah’s rebellion in Numbers 16?

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