The Bible Story Vol 2_w.pdf - Herbert W. Armstrong

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Aaron drew ba ck, horrified to see th at Miriam had suddenly bec ome lepr ous I Moses knelt down, leaned over with his face to th e grou nd and called out to God. "Ma ke her well now, God!" he cried out. "Be merciful and forgive her and Aaron of their sins! Remove this awful disease from my siste r now!" (Verse 13.) Then God suddenly answered Moses: "Because of her disrespect for authority, Miriam must be shut out of the camp and My presence for seven days." To her horror and disgrace, Miriam was led to a distant spot far outsi de the camp, there to sit and loath e herself in utter misery. Meanwhile , the Israelites were pr epared to start out agai n. But the cloud didn 't move forwa rd, and this obviously mean t that God was delaying the mar ch until Miri am would be brought back into camp healed. (Verses 14-15.) After a week had passed , she was brought back into her tent. God had answered Moses' prayers and had healed her . She and Moses and Aaron were very tha nkfu l. At the same ti me, Miriam was sorry for having spoken out so boldly and wrongly agai nst Moses. If she had failed to repent, God would have refused to ta ke away her te rrib le leprosy, an d it would soon have caused her death . Miriam learned the lesson that all shou ld learn-that spea king evil 57
of the servants God has chosen to work for or represent Him is indirectly speaking evil of the One who created th e whole uni verse and everyone of us. God te lls us that wisdom begins with resp ect for Him. (Psalm 111:10 and Proverbs 9:10.) J ourne y to the Promis ed Land After Miriam had been brought back into the camp at Hazeroth , the people moved northward for several days. Alth ough it was late summer, they journeyed on through the hot desert country to Par an, eventually coming to a secluded oasis ar ea called Kade sh or Kad esh-barnea. (Numbers 12:16 and 13:26.) It was on the border of the promised land of Canaan. At Kade sh the cloud came to a halt far more than a night. The people found several wells and springs in that region, and there was enough grass for their animals. It was evident that God meant the Israelites to camp at that place for at least several days. The tabernacle was erected just as it had been at Sina i, and the various tr ibes set up th eir camp s in the same positions. "C hoose twe lve capa ble men - one who is ru ler from each of the twelve tribes-for a scouting expedition up into Canaa n," God instructed Moses. "T hey are to brin g back a full report on the land. Then the people will learn from their own respe cted leaders t hat it is a good land they are approac hing." (Numbers 13:1-2.) Moses picked twelve outsta nding men from the twelve tribes. Th ese includ ed J oshua, a young man who had pr eviously been very helpful to Moses, and a man named Caleb of the tribe of J uda h. Jos hua and Caleb were chosen as leaders of the expedit ion. (Verses 3-16.) "You twelve are to go up into Canaan as scouts ," Moses told them when th ey were br ought together. "It's up to you to find the best and easiest route there. Carefully observe everyt hing. Notice whether the land is flat or hilly and what kind of cro ps it bears. Note the people, to find out how numerous they are, wheth er they are warlike, peaceful, st rong or weak . Find out wha t their villages and cit ies are like, and what st ronghold s th ey have. Be sure to see where th e best forest s are locat ed, as well as th e best grazing and farming areas. Bring back some produce of the lan d. And don't fea r for your lives, because you can rely on God to protect you as long as you obey Him." (Nu mbers 13:17-20.) T he Scouting Expeditio n Begins Going to Canaan wasn't simply a matter of packin g a few th ings and leaving. The scouts need ed some idea of the genera l lay-out of the land. 58
Page 2 and 3:
ThE BiBle STORY Volume II
Page 4 and 5:
Table of Contents Introduction viii
Page 6 and 7:
Chapter Fift y- one THE PROM ISED L
Page 8 and 9:
the newborn infan t knows nothing a
Page 10 and 11:
fill in, for purposes of clarity an
Page 12 and 13:
CHAPTER T HI RT Y-ONE THE TABERNACL
Page 14 and 15:
But there were some who had put off
Page 16 and 17:
tabernacle was finished. It was set
Page 18 and 19: the laver and dressed in their prie
Page 20 and 21: Why Animal S a c r ifice s ? Aaron
Page 22 and 23: Deadly blades of fire shot out of t
Page 24 and 25: Embarrassed and feeling guilty, the
Page 26 and 27: paws with toes instead of hoofs. Ca
Page 28 and 29: The hog is also unfit lor food . ea
Page 30 and 31: ecognized. It simply lists all diff
Page 32 and 33: His mind and favors the eati ng of
Page 34 and 35: announced conflicted with the belie
Page 36 and 37: then could he approach God in the i
Page 38 and 39: do, and converted Gentiles shou ld
Page 40 and 41: The wic ke d wi ll be co nsumed by
Page 42 and 43: God prom ised Isr ael tha t if th e
Page 44 and 45: Resentment Leads to Anger There was
Page 46 and 47: and Zipporah. (Exodus 2:21-22; 3:1;
Page 48 and 49: CHAPTE R T HIRT Y·SIX ISRAEL BREAK
Page 50 and 51: did n't want uncl ean persons exist
Page 52 and 53: Moses went out to the waiti ng prin
Page 54 and 55: could use their knowledge of the de
Page 56 and 57: A CRY CHAPTER TH IRTY-SEVEN QUAIL F
Page 58 and 59: to doubt that manna was anything mo
Page 60 and 61: carefully picked men had arrived, M
Page 62 and 63: ground exhausted and ran about the
Page 64 and 65: ought out of the sky by using th e
Page 66 and 67: and critical, and that she was atte
Page 70 and 71: This knowledge came from the Keni t
Page 72 and 73: Josh ua and Cal eb saw th eir path
Page 74 and 75: CHA PTE R T HIRTY-N INE SCOUTS REPO
Page 76 and 77: have high, thick walls behind which
Page 78 and 79: grass hoppers in their sight. They
Page 80 and 81: having us slain by giants! Our wive
Page 82 and 83: CHAPTE R FORT Y MOB ATTACKS MOSES S
Page 84 and 85: hated. That is one year for every d
Page 86 and 87: people was moving north. This was t
Page 88 and 89: But by now a great number of the en
Page 90 and 91: of abundance of water, the presence
Page 92 and 93: who wanted to be priests or who wan
Page 94 and 95: "You have started something you wil
Page 96 and 97: live till tom orrow, then you can k
Page 98 and 99: People and tents were trampled in t
Page 100 and 101: God's doing. Otherwise, they should
Page 102 and 103: last moment to spare the people. If
Page 104 and 105: CHAPTER FORTY-TH REE ON TO CANAAN A
Page 106 and 107: forced to promote the principle of
Page 108 and 109: As soon as they entered the sacred
Page 110 and 111: mood as he thought of all the insol
Page 112 and 113: ock to dip into the cool wate r, bu
Page 114 and 115: hardship s in their efforts to come
Page 116 and 117: sandsto ne moun tain to its height
Page 118 and 119:
CHAPTE R FORTY-FIVE WAR WITH TH E A
Page 120 and 121:
coming Savior who would be beaten a
Page 122 and 123:
hidden Israelite soldiers waited un
Page 124 and 125:
and the land east of the Jordan Riv
Page 126 and 127:
CH APTER FORT Y-SIX KING'S RANSOM T
Page 128 and 129:
As Balaam later watc hed the carava
Page 130 and 131:
given up the idea of hearing from h
Page 132 and 133:
obeying God by joining the caravan
Page 134 and 135:
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN BALAAM'S FOUR P
Page 136 and 137:
" \ brought you here to curse Israe
Page 138 and 139:
young lion that doesn't rest until
Page 140 and 141:
Now take your servants and get out
Page 142 and 143:
mountainous problem. More and more
Page 144 and 145:
ite and Midiani te women and their
Page 146 and 147:
1:34-35.) However, Moses, Eleazar a
Page 148 and 149:
"Joshua shall succeed you," God tol
Page 150 and 151:
withdraw my protect ion from Israel
Page 152 and 153:
The other two parts swung out to ri
Page 154 and 155:
try? God put a plague on us because
Page 156 and 157:
that t he soldiers had br ought in
Page 158 and 159:
quickly take over the vacant cities
Page 160 and 161:
CHAPTE R FORTY- NINE THE CONSTITUTI
Page 162 and 163:
maliciously moved the beam wit h th
Page 164 and 165:
Faithful saving of the second tithe
Page 166 and 167:
accident and from your enemies. I s
Page 168 and 169:
Moses then pronoun ced a lengthy bl
Page 170 and 171:
elders and officers who sadly gazed
Page 172 and 173:
sudden trip over the Jordan and int
Page 174 and 175:
A few soldiers huddled in groups in
Page 176 and 177:
Before leaving the room where the t
Page 178 and 179:
family, J oshua readil y agreed to
Page 180 and 181:
them at the edge of the river. They
Page 182 and 183:
carried by Levites in the center of
Page 184 and 185:
leaders were greatly concerned by t
Page 186 and 187:
east wall. When he saw the growing
Page 188 and 189:
of calamities. Some, in an effort t
Page 190 and 191:
The walls of Jericho swa yed crazil
Page 192 and 193:
C HAPTE R FIFTY -THREE ONE MAN'S SI
Page 194 and 195:
temptati on, wha t with the great w
Page 196 and 197:
Instead of standing their ground .
Page 198 and 199:
his head. "I was tramping through t
Page 200 and 201:
C HAPTER FIFTY -FOU R CONQUEST OF B
Page 202 and 203:
vanquish the dr ead ed enemy th at
Page 204 and 205:
What was more likely to impress the
Page 206 and 207:
The strangers refu sed to reveal th
Page 208 and 209:
C HA PTE R FIFT Y-F IVE "AND THE SU
Page 210 and 211:
One of the Hivit e c ities that mad
Page 212 and 213:
His altar. You have no choice but t
Page 214 and 215:
came God's answer. "Not one man of
Page 216 and 217:
·-::.'; ;:';.·.·.i ... " . to Su
Page 218 and 219:
stones rumbling down from above and
Page 220 and 221:
Index AARON budd ing of his rod , 9
show all

The Bible Story Vol 2_w.pdf - Herbert W. Armstrong

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?