According to the Bible....
According to the Bible, in the book of Numbers...
God made Moses perform a census of his own people. Apparently, God cared enough to count the children of Israel, but he could not-or would not- do it himself; and the job still wasn't quite important enough to him to count each and every individual, because the final tallies are rounded off to the nearest tenth or hundredth.
God commanded that any "outsider" who came near the tabernacle should be put to death. (Num. 1:51)
God tasked the sons of Kohath with the job of carrying the "sanctuary" and all of its furnishings whenever the Israelites moved their settlement. It was a tricky job. If any of them saw or touched any holy thing (which includes just about everything in the tabernacle), they would die.
If a man suspects his wife of cheating on him, she can be presented before a priest who will prepare a special curse for her. If she is innocent of the charge of adultery, the cursed potion will have no affect. If she is guilty, "her belly will swell, her thigh will rot, and the woman will become a curse among her people." This is "the law of jealousy". (Num, Chptr 5)
If one does not bring an offering to the Lord on passover, he shall be cut off from among his people.
God does not trust Moses to work out the logistics of warfare. God tells Moses how he ought to indicate to his different camps when they must move out (blow the horns once for the eastern camp, blow them twice for the western camp...that sort of thing). Also, God micromanages the duties of carrying each individual part of the tabernacle.
God became a little angry when the Israelites complained about being hungry. He burnt some of them to death on the outskirts of the settlement. (Numb 11:1)
When folks were so hungry they wept, God became angry, but promised to provide more meat than they could eat for a month. There was a catch, however. He sent quail to the camp and people had to scurry around to trap them. After the quail were caught and eaten, God cursed the people with a plague. That's what they get for complaining....
Because Aaron and others spoke against Moses, the Lord became angry and turned Miriam (not Aaron, mind you) into a leper. Moses begged God to heal her. God agreed to, but only after she suffered for seven days. The Lord said that he "spit in her face". (Numb 12:8+)
Apparently, God could not or would not provide Moses with information regarding their enemies. He had Moses pick some of his best men to spy on the Canaanites. Their duty was to find out what the land and people of Canaan were like. Was the land forested? Were the people strong or weak? Important information like that...
When the Israelites rebelled against Moses and sought out a leader who would take them back to Egypt, God became so angry he nearly wiped them all out in one stroke. Moses barely convinced God to stay his hand. Still, the Lord swore to kill all the Israelites who "complained against" him. He took back his promise of delivering them to a promised land flowing with milk and honey. He extended that promise only to the children of Caleb and Joshua.
The aforementioned rebellion occurred when the spies came back and told everyone of the wealth and power of their Canaanite opponents. Evidently, the spies told the truth, but since the truth demoralized the people and caused them to rebel, the spies were killed by god.
God commanded the congregation to stone to death a man who was found gathering sticks on the Sabbath. (Num 15:36)
God caused the ground to open up and swallow a group of men who challenged Moses's authority. He then killed 250 people who were with them.
God immediately sent a plague among the people, killing 14,700, after they charged Moses with killing holy people (those who were swallowed up by the earth).
When the people complained about not having water, he had Moses strike a rock with his staff, causing abundant water to flow out of it. But with God things are not always so easy. He accused Moses and Aaron of not believing that he could make water come from the rock. As punishment, he denies the people access to the land. (Num 20)
And, at "the waters of Meribah", God thought that Aaron had "rebelled against My word", so he sent Aaron away back to his people in the mountains, where he died.
God caused the Israelites to utterly destroy Canaanite cities.
Again, the Israelites complained about their suffering-their wandering in the desert-so God sent fiery serpents among the people. Many were killed. God then provided Moses with a miraculous antidote-a bronze statue of a serpent that when looked upon by those bitten, would allow them to live.
God made Moses perform a census of his own people. Apparently, God cared enough to count the children of Israel, but he could not-or would not- do it himself; and the job still wasn't quite important enough to him to count each and every individual, because the final tallies are rounded off to the nearest tenth or hundredth.
God commanded that any "outsider" who came near the tabernacle should be put to death. (Num. 1:51)
God tasked the sons of Kohath with the job of carrying the "sanctuary" and all of its furnishings whenever the Israelites moved their settlement. It was a tricky job. If any of them saw or touched any holy thing (which includes just about everything in the tabernacle), they would die.
If a man suspects his wife of cheating on him, she can be presented before a priest who will prepare a special curse for her. If she is innocent of the charge of adultery, the cursed potion will have no affect. If she is guilty, "her belly will swell, her thigh will rot, and the woman will become a curse among her people." This is "the law of jealousy". (Num, Chptr 5)
If one does not bring an offering to the Lord on passover, he shall be cut off from among his people.
God does not trust Moses to work out the logistics of warfare. God tells Moses how he ought to indicate to his different camps when they must move out (blow the horns once for the eastern camp, blow them twice for the western camp...that sort of thing). Also, God micromanages the duties of carrying each individual part of the tabernacle.
God became a little angry when the Israelites complained about being hungry. He burnt some of them to death on the outskirts of the settlement. (Numb 11:1)
When folks were so hungry they wept, God became angry, but promised to provide more meat than they could eat for a month. There was a catch, however. He sent quail to the camp and people had to scurry around to trap them. After the quail were caught and eaten, God cursed the people with a plague. That's what they get for complaining....
Because Aaron and others spoke against Moses, the Lord became angry and turned Miriam (not Aaron, mind you) into a leper. Moses begged God to heal her. God agreed to, but only after she suffered for seven days. The Lord said that he "spit in her face". (Numb 12:8+)
Apparently, God could not or would not provide Moses with information regarding their enemies. He had Moses pick some of his best men to spy on the Canaanites. Their duty was to find out what the land and people of Canaan were like. Was the land forested? Were the people strong or weak? Important information like that...
When the Israelites rebelled against Moses and sought out a leader who would take them back to Egypt, God became so angry he nearly wiped them all out in one stroke. Moses barely convinced God to stay his hand. Still, the Lord swore to kill all the Israelites who "complained against" him. He took back his promise of delivering them to a promised land flowing with milk and honey. He extended that promise only to the children of Caleb and Joshua.
The aforementioned rebellion occurred when the spies came back and told everyone of the wealth and power of their Canaanite opponents. Evidently, the spies told the truth, but since the truth demoralized the people and caused them to rebel, the spies were killed by god.
God commanded the congregation to stone to death a man who was found gathering sticks on the Sabbath. (Num 15:36)
God caused the ground to open up and swallow a group of men who challenged Moses's authority. He then killed 250 people who were with them.
God immediately sent a plague among the people, killing 14,700, after they charged Moses with killing holy people (those who were swallowed up by the earth).
When the people complained about not having water, he had Moses strike a rock with his staff, causing abundant water to flow out of it. But with God things are not always so easy. He accused Moses and Aaron of not believing that he could make water come from the rock. As punishment, he denies the people access to the land. (Num 20)
And, at "the waters of Meribah", God thought that Aaron had "rebelled against My word", so he sent Aaron away back to his people in the mountains, where he died.
God caused the Israelites to utterly destroy Canaanite cities.
Again, the Israelites complained about their suffering-their wandering in the desert-so God sent fiery serpents among the people. Many were killed. God then provided Moses with a miraculous antidote-a bronze statue of a serpent that when looked upon by those bitten, would allow them to live.
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