Jeff Cavins

And that's a literary device that kind of takes you by the hand and walks you there. So while they might seem boring, they're very useful. They're very powerful and good for understanding the story. But we pick up in the book of Numbers, and it's important to realize that when Numbers starts, they are still at Mount Sinai.

And that's a literary device that kind of takes you by the hand and walks you there. So while they might seem boring, they're very useful. They're very powerful and good for understanding the story. But we pick up in the book of Numbers, and it's important to realize that when Numbers starts, they are still at Mount Sinai.

And that's a literary device that kind of takes you by the hand and walks you there. So while they might seem boring, they're very useful. They're very powerful and good for understanding the story. But we pick up in the book of Numbers, and it's important to realize that when Numbers starts, they are still at Mount Sinai.

In our last period, they were at Mount Sinai for one year, and they received the tabernacle, the priesthood, and the law. These were the three major changes. And then shortly after that, now in the book of Numbers, they're going to break camp. But before that, there is like a recapping of the Exodus story. They go back and they look at that story a bit, as they do in Deuteronomy.

In our last period, they were at Mount Sinai for one year, and they received the tabernacle, the priesthood, and the law. These were the three major changes. And then shortly after that, now in the book of Numbers, they're going to break camp. But before that, there is like a recapping of the Exodus story. They go back and they look at that story a bit, as they do in Deuteronomy.

In our last period, they were at Mount Sinai for one year, and they received the tabernacle, the priesthood, and the law. These were the three major changes. And then shortly after that, now in the book of Numbers, they're going to break camp. But before that, there is like a recapping of the Exodus story. They go back and they look at that story a bit, as they do in Deuteronomy.

But the major launching point in the book of Numbers really is the 10th chapter. You know, they were prepared as God's people to go up and take the promised land. They had not been up there since way back, you know, hundreds of years when Abraham was there, and Jacob, and Isaac, and Jacob, and then Joseph.

But the major launching point in the book of Numbers really is the 10th chapter. You know, they were prepared as God's people to go up and take the promised land. They had not been up there since way back, you know, hundreds of years when Abraham was there, and Jacob, and Isaac, and Jacob, and then Joseph.

But the major launching point in the book of Numbers really is the 10th chapter. You know, they were prepared as God's people to go up and take the promised land. They had not been up there since way back, you know, hundreds of years when Abraham was there, and Jacob, and Isaac, and Jacob, and then Joseph.

But now they're going to make their way back into the promised land, but there's going to be a test, and you know there's tests all along in salvation history. There was at the beginning, there is at the end, there's, well, there is in our own lives today. So the test is going to be, as they break camp in chapter 10, they're going to send spies up into the land, which is not very far.

But now they're going to make their way back into the promised land, but there's going to be a test, and you know there's tests all along in salvation history. There was at the beginning, there is at the end, there's, well, there is in our own lives today. So the test is going to be, as they break camp in chapter 10, they're going to send spies up into the land, which is not very far.

But now they're going to make their way back into the promised land, but there's going to be a test, and you know there's tests all along in salvation history. There was at the beginning, there is at the end, there's, well, there is in our own lives today. So the test is going to be, as they break camp in chapter 10, they're going to send spies up into the land, which is not very far.

And they stop at a place called Kadesh Barnea. And Kadesh Barnea comes from the word, Kadesh comes from Kadosh. Kadosh is holy, separated ones. And so... Kadesh Barnea, the city, acts as sort of a launching point where they're going to see if they are really the separate ones and they're going to trust God and go into the land or whether they're going to retreat.

And they stop at a place called Kadesh Barnea. And Kadesh Barnea comes from the word, Kadesh comes from Kadosh. Kadosh is holy, separated ones. And so... Kadesh Barnea, the city, acts as sort of a launching point where they're going to see if they are really the separate ones and they're going to trust God and go into the land or whether they're going to retreat.

And they stop at a place called Kadesh Barnea. And Kadesh Barnea comes from the word, Kadesh comes from Kadosh. Kadosh is holy, separated ones. And so... Kadesh Barnea, the city, acts as sort of a launching point where they're going to see if they are really the separate ones and they're going to trust God and go into the land or whether they're going to retreat.

Well, they send 12 spies up and they come back and they give their report. Two of them, Joshua and Caleb, said, we can take it. Ten of them said, there's no way. There's giants in the land. It's great fruit and everything else, don't get me wrong, but there's giants in the land. And so when they came back and gave their report, God said, so be it.

Well, they send 12 spies up and they come back and they give their report. Two of them, Joshua and Caleb, said, we can take it. Ten of them said, there's no way. There's giants in the land. It's great fruit and everything else, don't get me wrong, but there's giants in the land. And so when they came back and gave their report, God said, so be it.

Well, they send 12 spies up and they come back and they give their report. Two of them, Joshua and Caleb, said, we can take it. Ten of them said, there's no way. There's giants in the land. It's great fruit and everything else, don't get me wrong, but there's giants in the land. And so when they came back and gave their report, God said, so be it.

For every day that you are spying out the land, you will wander for a year in this wilderness. And so how many days do we think they were up in the land? Yeah, 40. So 40 years now, they're going to be wandering in the desert. And that's really the story of the book of Numbers and this period, which we recall the number 40 is a number of testing, like Lent. It is a number of testing.

For every day that you are spying out the land, you will wander for a year in this wilderness. And so how many days do we think they were up in the land? Yeah, 40. So 40 years now, they're going to be wandering in the desert. And that's really the story of the book of Numbers and this period, which we recall the number 40 is a number of testing, like Lent. It is a number of testing.