 Questions and Answers for Numbers 11 - 20 |
| Q. Did the people always recognize God's provision? | A. Numbers 11:1 = No. They soon began complaining To God about their hardships? |
| Q. How did God reply? | A. Numbers 11:1 = His anger blazed against them. The fire burnt uptheoutskirts of the camp. |
| Q. How did the people react? | A. Numbers 11:2 = They screamed to Moses for help. |
| Q. Was Moses able to help? | A. Numbers 11:2 = Yes. He prayed to the Lord and God's anger stopped. |
| Q. Did Israel heed God's warnings about traveling with unbelievers? | A.Numbers 11:4 = No. Non-Israelites living amongst them were supposed to be circumcized and obey all the laws God set before them to Moses. But they met others while relocating. They were unbelievers and rebels. When they broke camp and traveled, they let the "foreign rabble" go with them. |
| Q. Did these foreign rabble affect or influence the Israelites? | A. Numbers 11:4 = Yes. First, the foreigners complained and craved the good things of Egypt, then the Israelites did. |
| Q.What did they crave? |
A. Numbers 11:4 = Meat, free fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. Note: They wanted their appetites back (11:6). |
| Q. What was manna like? | A. Numbers 11:7 = Yellow, like small coriander seeds. |
| Q. Did they alter it to eat it? |
A. Numbers 11:8 = Yes. 1). They ground it down with hand mills 2). Pounded it in mortars ' 3). Boiled it in a pot 4). Made it into flat cakes so that the manna tasted like it was cooked in olive oil. |
| Q. What time of day did the manna come down? | A. Numbers 11:9 = It came down at night with the dew of the night. |
| Q. How did the Jacob/Israelites demonstrate their unhappiness with God's providence? | A. Numbers 11:10 = They stood in front of their tents with their entire families and wept for the old days, for the monotony of manna, for meat. They relied heavily on Moses for comfort and they were too many! |
| Q. What did Moses do? | A. Numbers 11:11 = He cried out to God about their immaturity and his weariness in carrying the lot of them each new day. |
| Q. How did God respond? | A. Numbers 11:16 = He had Moses call on 70 Israeli leaders, took some of the Spirit He had given to Moses and put it on them also. In this way, Moses was able to share the burden of leadership. |
| Q. What did God do about the meat request? | A. Numbers 11:18 = He gave them meat that they wouldn't be able to stop eating for a whole month! |
| Q. Why? | A. Numbers 11:20 = Because they rejected God, wanting to go back to their slavery for the sake of a menu with variety. |
| Q. Did they really already forget their hard past? | A. Numbers 11:21 = Yes. Even Moses doubted God's ability to punish them in that way. It was only a year later too! What short memories they/we have! |
| Q. How did God respond to Moses' lack of faith? | A. Numbers 11:23 = He said, "Is there any limit to My power?" and told Moses to watch and learn. |
| Q. How did God imbue power to the 70 leaders? |
A. Numbers 11:24 = 1). Moses gathered the leaders and stationed them around the Tabernacle. 2). God spoke words to Moses 3). God then took some of the Spirit from Moses and put it on the 70 leaders. |
| Q. What happened? | A. Numbers 11:25 = They prophsied as the Spirit rested upon them. Just this one time! |
| Q. What did Moses desire for Israel? | A. Numbers 11:29 = That all God's people were prophets and that God would put His Spirit upon all of them. |
| Q. Why? | A. It would be so much easier! Wouldn't you have wished the same? :^Þ |
| Q. After the 70 leaders were given power from the Holy Spirit, the Israelites got their meat. Where did it come from? | A. Numbers 11:31 = God sent them quail with a wind from the sea, which fell into the camp and all around it. For many miles in every direction from the camp there were quail flying about, three feet from the ground! |
| Q. Did the people repent of their grumbling then? | A. Numbers 11:33 = Apparently not. God's anger blazed against them and He caused a severe plague to break out amongst them. |
| Q. What happened? | A. Numbers 11:34 = People died. Those who craved meat died and were buried there. They named the place "Kibrothhattavah"," which means "the graves of craving." |
| Q. Did this incident occur on the road? | A. Numbers 11:35 = Yes. The Israelites went to Hazeroth, where they stayed for some time. |
| Q. Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses for marrying a Cushite woman. How did Moses respond to them? | A. Numbers 12:4 = He didn't. God came to His defense. |
| Q. Why didn't Moses defend himself? | A. Numbers 12 :3 = He was more humble than any other person on earth. |
| Q. How did God handle the criticism? |
A. Numbers 12:4 = 1). God called an immediate meeting with Aaron and Miriam in the Tabernacle 2). He descended into the pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle (what a visual!). |
| Q. Then what? | A. Numbers 12:5 = God talked to Aaron and Miriam and explained exactly how special Moses was. |
| Q. How was Moses set apart? | A. Numbers 12:6 = The prophets communicated with God via God's visions and dreams, but God spoke to Moses face to face -- and never in riddles. Moses saw the Lord as He was. God wondered that they didn't see Moses' greatness and loathe to criticize him. |
| Q. What state of mind was the Lord in as a result of their foolishness? | A. Numbers 12:9 = As the Lord departed from the Tabernacle, He was furious. He left Miriam with leprosy. |
| Q. Aaron seemed to understand Moses' importance now. How did he react to Miriam's leprosy? | A. Numbers 12:10 = He begged Moses not to punish her. He called Moses "My lord." |
| Q. What did Moses do? | A. Numbers 12:13 = He cried out to the Lord, "Heal her, O God, I beg you" |
| Q. What did God say in response? | A. Numbers 12:14 = He reminded Moses of the Law. 7 days banishment outside the camp and Miriam would be healed. |
| Q. Did this wait frustrate plans to move the camp again? | A. Numbers 12:15 = Yes. But they waited the full 7 days before breaking camp again. |
| Q. Where did the Jacob/Israelites go from Hazeroth? | A. Numbers 12:16 = To the wilderness of Paran. |
| Q. While in Paran, God told Moses to send out scouts to explore Canaan. How many men went? | A. Numbers 13:3 = 12 men. |
| Q. Who were they? | A. Numbers 13:3 = Tribal leaders of Jacob/Israel. |
| Q. And how, again, did the tribes begin? | A. Numbers 13:15 = They were 10 sons of Jacob, plus 2 grandsons (Joseph's childen, whom Jacob, their grandfather, adopted). |
| Q. At this time in history, who led these tribes? |
A. Numbers 13:15 = 1).Reuben's tribe was led by Shamnua 2). Simeon's tribe was led by Shaphat 3). Judah's tribe was led by Caleb 4). Issachar's tribe was led by Igal 5). Ephraim's tribe was led by Hoshea (Joshua) 6). Benjamin's tribe was led by Palti 7). Zebulun's tribe was led by Gaddiel 8). Manasseh's tribe was led by Gaddi 9). Dan's tribe was led by Ammiel 10). Asher's tribe was led by Sethur 11). Naphtali's tribe was led by Nahbi 12). Gad's tribe was led by Geuel. |
| Q. How long were the scouts in Canaan? | A. Numbers 13:25 = 40 days. |
| Q. Were they impressed with Canaan, the promised land? | A. Numbers 13:27 = They were very impressed with its beauty and produce. It was more than they'd ever seen before. The land dazzled them! |
| Q. But what else "dazzled" them? | A. Numbers 13:28 = Huge cities, powerful people, fortresses, huge people (Amalekites), along with the Canaanites. |
| Q. Where did the Amalekites dwell? |
A. Numbers 13:29 = In the Negev. Here's a list of the people living in Canaan: 1). The Amalekites, who lived in the Negev, as mentioned above 2). The Hittites, who lived in the hill country 3). The Jebusites, who lived in the hill country 4). The Jebusites, who lived in the hill country 5). The Amorites 6). The Canaanites, who lived along the Mediterranean coast, along the Jordan River. |
| Q.Which leaders were enthusiastic about entering the land of Canaan? | A. Numbers 13:30 = Caleb and Joshua (14:6) only |
| Q. What did the others think of it? | A. Numbers 13:31 = They loved the richness of the land, but they forgot that God delivered them from Egypt and gave them the land. |
| Q. What did they want to do about it? | A. Numbers 13:32 = They spread discouraging reports about the land, exaggerating the size of the Amalekites too. |
| Q. Did the people believe the false reports? | A. Numbers 14:1 = Yes. They cried all night, rose up in a great chorus of complaint against Moses and Aaron. They were totally disollusioned. |
| Q. How do we know that? | A. Numbers 14:2 = They said they wished they'd died in the wilderness. That the Lord recued them from Egypt just to kill them off in battle and their survivors would be slaves again. They planed to run. |
| Q. Did Caleb and Joshua defend God? | A. Numbers 14:6-7 = Yes. They encouraged obedience and faith in God for His plan for them, for God's role as protector against peoples having no god to protect them. |
| Q. How did the people respond? | A. Numbers 14:10 = They wanted to stone Joshua and Caleb. |
| Q. God appeared over the Tabernacle. What was His response? | A. Numbers 14:11 = "How long will these people reject me?" It was pure rejection of God. He wanted to destroy them by plague. |
| Q. How did Moses respond to that? | A. Numbers 14:13-19 = He asked God to show His power by showing them how slow to anger He was, how rich in unfailing love He was, His forgiveness of every kind of sin, though He punishes people for sin. Moses asked God to pardon their sin because of His magnificent, unfailing love. |
| Q. That was bold! How did God respond? | A. Numbers 14:20 = He granted Moses his request for pardon, but not one of them would enter Canaan (v.25). He turned their path away from Canaan the next day. |
| Q. What was Israel's punishment? | A. Numbers 14:28 = Exactly the words they spoke -- they would die in the wilderness. |
| Q. Would all die? | A. Numbers 14:29 = Only those 10 scouts who lied about how hard it would be to win Canaan. An entire generation would die off before seeing the promised land of Canaan. Josha and Caleb survived. |
| Q. They spoke death and slavery of their own children. Would that happen too? | A. Numbers 14:31 = No way! God protected them and would bring them in to Canaan, safe and sound. But that after 40 more years of wandering. |
| Q. Why the wandering? | A. Numbers 14:33 = They paid for their parents' faithlessness by wandering in the wilderness 40 years. |
| Q. Why would they wander for that number, 40 years? | A. Numbers 14:34 = They wandered 40 years; one year represented each day the scouts were in Canaan. |
| Q. What hapened to those scout/tribal leaders? | A. Numbers 14:36 = They were struck dead by a plague before the Lord. |
| Q. How did Israel respond? | A. Numbers 14:40 = They repented and tried to enter Canaan the next morning, ignoring Moses' plea to obey God and stay away. |
| Q. Were they that much in error? | A. Numbers 64:44 = Yes. They even tried to go without the Ark or Moses. |
| Q. What happened? | A. Numbers 14:45 = The Amalekites and Canaanites attacked them and they ran away and were pursued to Hormah. |
| Q. Did God give extra laws at any time after the initial instruction? |
A. Numbers 15:1 = Yes. Just before entering Canaan, God told Jacob/Israelites how they could thank Him for the promised land of Canaan. It was the usual stuff, but now with a special sacrifice at any of the annual festivals, with each lamb offered as a whole burnt offering, they would add to it one quart of wine for a drink offering. The following also applied: 1). Ram and 3 quarts of flour and 2 1/2 pints of olive oil and 2 1/2 pints of wine ' 2). Bull and 5 quarts of flour and 2 quarts of olive oil and 2 quarts of wine all offered by fire. |
| Q. Why? | A. Numbers 14:23 = Grapes, like other produce, were in Canaan and would be part of their diet now. |
| Q. Were there any offering instructions given about Canaan flour? | A. Numbers 15:19-21 = Yes. A cake would be made from the first of the flour they ground-- offering was made annually. |
| Q. What if they unintentionally failed to carry out these commands? |
A. Numbers 15: 19-21 = If all were unaware, all were considered to be involved in the sin and all made restitution. Note: How could an entire community go unaware of a missed time of offering? They could be a 3rd or 4th generation with parents who abandoned God. God set it up to allow the innocent to return to Him, as seen further in the Old Testament. For instance, there were kings who found dusty scrolls and led nations back to God. Isn't that cool? God knows the future and provides us with answers, as always. Even Isaac was told about the coming slavery time, and also of its end after 400 years. What is the lesson here? No one is stuck in sin without a way to atone. In the New Testament, atoning was done, once for all, and forgiveness is the permanent state for those who trust God. |
| Q. If the unintentional sin was committed by an individual, what was the atonement? | A. Numbers 15:27 = Offering of a female goat. |
| Q. And if one refused to make atonement? | A. Numbers 15:30 = He/she was cut off. |
| Q. God demanded strict adherence to His laws. What if folks took it lightyly and, say, gathered wood on the Sabbath? | A. Numbers 15:32-36 = Death by stoning by the whole community outside the camp. |
| Q. Did God understand our proneness to go our own way? | A. Numbers 15:37-40 = Yes! |
| Q. Did He offer a way to help the Jacob/Israelites to remember His laws? | A. Numbers 15:37-40 = Yes. They would make tasselsfor the hems of their clothing, attaching them with a blue cord. The priests would remind the Israelites of God's commands, 1). that they were to obey them, instead of following their own ways 2). That they were to be holy to their God, to whom they belonged since taking them out of Egypt. |
| Q. Did anyone after Miriam and Aaron question Moses' authority over them? | A. Numbers 16:1 = Yes. Korah, a descendant of Levi, conspired with 3 others, Dathan, Abiram and On, to rebel against Moses' authority. They involved 250 prominent leaders. |
| Q. So 2 priests were involved in the conspiracy? | A. Numbers 16 = Yes. |
| Q. What did Moses do when they defied him? | A. Numbers 16:4 = He fell on his face before God, who gave him instructions. God would show them who were His holy ones the following morning. |
| Q. What exactly did Korah, the Levite, want? | A. Numbers 16:10 = The priesthood. Moses told him that was God's anointing and he rebelled against God. |
| Q. And what happened when Moses called for Dathan and Abiram? | A. Numbers 16:12 = They refused to come. They were mad about the wilderness experience, mocking Moses. They accused him of acting like a king over them. |
| Q. How did Moses respond? | A. Numbers 16:15 = He denied ever behaving that way. |
| Q. What happened the next morning? | A. Numbers 16:19 = Korah managed to stir up the entire community against Moses and Aaron. They assembled at the entrance of the Tabernacle. |
| Q. Where were Dathan, Abiram and Korah? | A. Numbers 16:27 = In their tents. |
| Q. Did God appear to the assembly? | A. Numbers 16:19 = Yes. To the whole community and in glory. He told Moses and Aaron to step away from them all so that He could destroy them. |
| Q. Did they step away? | A. Numbers 16:22 = No. They fell fce down, appealing to God's being the source of all life, not to punish all the people for the sake of one man's sin. |
| Q. Did God comply? | A. Numbers 16:24 = Yes. But He included Dathan and Abiram inthe sin. God knew they were not decieved as were the rest. God watches out for His leaders and people. |
| Q. What happened to these 3 rebels? | A. Numbers 16:28-33 = Moses made a clear statement that if it was true that they rebelled against God, that the earth would swallow them up. |
| Q. Who stood with the rebels? | A. Numbers 16:27 = Their wives and children, along with other dissidents. |
| Q. Was Moses right? | A. Numbers 16:31 = Yes. No sooner were the words out of his mouth than the ground split open, they all screamed and they and their belongings disappeared into the abyss. Witnesses ran away, fearing they would be next. |
| Q. What happened to the 250 prominent leaders offering incense at the Tabernacle? | A. Numbers 16:35 = They were burnt to death; their incense burners taken out of the ashes by Aaron's son, Eleazar. |
| Q. How was the burning incense handled? | A. Numbers 16:37 = It was scattered. |
| Q. How did God perceive their sin? | A. Numbers 16:38 = That they sinned against God at the cost of their lives. |
| Q. What became of their incense burners? |
A. Numbers 16:38 = They became holy because they were used (however menacingly) in the Lord's presence. Note: Even the things evil men use in their attempts at gaining ill power can be used for the glory of God. God remains! |
| Q. Were they ever used as incense burners again? | A. Numbers 16:38 = No way! The incense burners of these evil leaders were hammered down into a sheet as a covering for the altar, serving as a warning to Israel that no unathorized man -- a non-descendant of Aaron -- should ever enter the Lord's presence to burn incense. The consequences of such a sin would be the same. |
| Q. Was the rebellion over then? | A. Numbers 16:41 = No. The Israelites accused Moses and Aaron of killing God's people. |
| Q. Did Moses and Aaron defend themselves? | A. Numbers 16:42 = God came before they could answer. He was furious, wanting them all dead. |
| Q. What did Moses and Aaron do? | A. Numbers 16:45 = They fell on their faces again. Moses was instructed on what to do next. |
| Q. What was the instruction? | A. Numbers 16:46 = Aaron was to take an incense burner, place burning coals in it from the altar, lay incense on it and carry it quickly among the people to make atonement for them. A plague had started! |
| Q. How was the plague stopped? | A. Numbers 16:48 = Aaron stood between the living and the dead, waving the incense burner, until it stopped. |
| Q. How many died? | A. Numbers 16:49 = 14,700. |
| Q. Why was this punishment so great? | A. Because this time, they were not deceived. |
| Q. Did God, again, try to make it clear as to who could and could not be priest? | A. Numbers 17:1-5 = Yes. |
| Q. How? | A. Numbers 17:2 = Moses collected a staff from each tribe and inscribed each tribal leader's name on each staff. |
| Q. How many tribes were there? | A. Numbers 17:6 = 12, which included Aaron as leader of the Levite tribe. |
| Q. Who placed Aaron officially over the Levites? | A. Numbers 17:3 = God did before when assigning temple jobs, explaining that the Levites belonged to Him since the Passover in Egypt, and now, confirming and placing Aaron over them here a few years later. |
| Q. Why was this necessary? | A. Numbers 17:5 = To stop the murmuring and complaining about the officialness of Moses and Aaron over them. Levites had no tribal leader but God until now. |
| Q. How did God confirm Aaron's place over them? |
A. Numbers 17 = 1). Moses collected the staffs (with each tribal leader's name on them and Aaron's name was on the Levites' staff as directed by God) from each tribe 2). He placed them in the Lord's presence in the Tabernacle overnight 3). The next morning, only Aaron's rod sprouted, blossomed and produced almonds! Note: Life comes from God, not from the earth! |
| Q. What was done with Aaron's rod? | A. Numbers 17:10 = It was placed permanently before the Ark of the Covenant as a warning to rebels. The other rods were returned to their tribal leaders. |
| Q. Was that good enough proof for the Israelites? | A. Numbers 17:12-13 = Yes. But another problem arose out of it. |
| Q. What? | A. Numbes 17:12-13 = The Israelites developed a fear of death, ruin and doom. |
| Q. Why? |
A. Numbers 17:13 = They really wanted to go close to the Tabernacle and saw Moses and Aaron as being their doomers, as well as God. Note: We come to God's throne willingly, rejoicing in His wonders, loving Him. Others see His glass as half-empty. How important it is to have a proper attitude toward God in our lives! |
| Q. What was the leadership presponsibility difference between Aaron's line and the Levite's line? |
A. Numbers 18:1 = 1). Aaron and sons were held responsible for the violations connected with the priesthood. The Levites and Aaron's sons both were responsible for violations related to the sanctuary. 2). The Levites assisted, but were never to touch the sacred objects or the altar. 3). The Levites were paid (v.21). |
| Q. What would happen if both Aaron's priestly line and the Levitical line violated the rules? | A. Numbers 18:3 = Both priests and Levites would die. |
| Q. Could anyone else assist a priest? | A. Numbers 18:4 = No. Only Levites were allowed to assist priests. |
| Q. How did God perceive the office of priesthood? | A. Numbers 18:7 = As a special gift of service. |
| Q. How did God perceive anyone else who came too near the sanctuary? | A. Numbers 18:7 = Dead. |
| Q. Did every type of firstborn male need redeeming? | A. Numbers 18:15 = No. Cattle, sheep and goats were exempt from needing redemption. |
| Q. Why? | A. Numbers 18:17 = They were holy and set apart for the Lord. |
| Q. Why were Aaron's line not allowed to own property or to receive an inheritance? | A. Numbers 18:20 = God was their inheritance. |
| Q. What about the Levites? | A. Numbers 18:23 = They were not allowed to own land because they would live off the tithes. |
| Q. Did they tithe off the tithe? | A. Numbers 18:26 = Yes. It would be considered their harvest offering. |
| Q. Who did they tithe to? | A. Numbers 18:28 = Aaron and sons. And the best of that! |
| Q. What other rituals were there? | A. Water of Purification ritual. One red heifer, blood sprinkled toward the front of the Tabernacle, watched by Eleazar the priest -- even the poop was burnt up -- Also cedarwood, a hyssop brance and scarlet thread thrown inthe fire -- then the priest bathed and washed his clothes -- and he remained unclean until evening. |
| Q. How did this red heifer purify water? | A. Numbers 19:9 = The ashes were gathered to a purified place outside the camp and used in the water for the purification ceremony. |
| Q. What was this ritual for? | A. Numbers 19:9 = The removal of sin. |
| Q. Who needed purification? |
A. Numbers 19:11 = 1). Someone who touched a dead body 2). Anyone inside a tent when someone died in it 3). Any containers without lids in that tent 4). Someone who touched a corpse of someone killed by the sword or who died a natural death 5). Someone who touched a human bone or a grave. All were unclean for 7 days. |
| Q. Wht was the ritual for cleansing? |
A. Numbers 19:17 = 1). Ashes in the jar 2). Fresh water over them 3). Hyssop branced was dipped 4). Sprinkled on the tent,its furniture and people 5). On the 3rd and 7th days, people were sprinkled again 6). People washed their clothes on the 7th day 7). They were unclean until that evening. |
| Q. What if that final rule was not adhered to? | A. Numbers 19:17 = They were cut off from the community. |
| Q. What ever happened to Miriam, Aaron and Moses' sister? | A. Numbers 20:1 = She died in the spring in the wilderness of Zin, while camped at Kadesh. She was buried there too. |
| Q. What kind of place was Kadesh? | A. Numbers 20:2 = It had no water, had grain, figs or pomagranates. |
| Q. What did the people have to say about Kadesh's lack of water? | A. Numbers 20:2 = They rebelled against Aaron and Moses. |
| Q. What did they do? | A. Numbers 20:8 = God came and instructed them to take Aaron's budded staff and before the people, command the rock to pour out its water. There would be enough for all and livestock too. |
| Q. Did Moses and Aaron obey? | A. Numbes 20:10 = They started to, but Aaron became dramatic, taking credit for God's power in the staff, while Moses actually struck the rock (more dramatics). |
| Q. Did the water gush forth in spite of their arrogance? | A. Numbers 20:11 = Yes. |
| Q. How did God view what they did? |
A. Numbers 20:12 = He saw that Moses and Aaron didn't trust Him to demonstrate His own holiness to the people. Note: A demonstration of foolish handling of God's power. Am I willing to let God have the credit for waht He does through me? His way is subtle and may not bring ooohs and aaahhs, but they are His very humble ways! |
| Q. Did they name that place? | A. Numbers 20:13 = Yes. They named it Meribah, which means "arguing." |
| Q. What did their arrogance result in for Moses and Aaron? |
A. Numbers 20:12 = They wouldn't enter the promised land. Note: Wherever I am in my walk with Jesus, at any moment, pride can overcome me, so I must be wary! |
| Q. Did this let-down make Moses want to rebel? |
A. Numbers 20:14 = No. He moved forward! Go Moses! Note: We shouldn't give up because we blow it right in God's face! That is never His will! |
| Q. How did Moses initiate first contact with those dwelling in between Kadesh and Canaan? | A. Numbers 20:14 = Moses sent ambassadors to the king of Edom asking for safe passage through the land. He told him their story (which the king already knew), promising not to touch their crops or even drink their water. |
| Q. How did the king of Edom respond? | A. Numbers 29:18 = With threats of war. |
| Q. Why? | A. Numbers 20:14 = The Edomites were Ham's descendants. Noah cursed them when Ham mocked his father's nakedness and the curse still held true. The Jacob/Israelites descend from one of Noah's good sons, Shem. They were all related. |
| Q. Did Israel back off? | A. Numbers 20:19 = No. They implored the king to let them pass. |
| Q. Did the king give in? | A. Numbers 20:20 = No. He sent an army to meet the Israelites. |
| Q. Was Israel a threat in some way? | A. Numbers 20 = They were a huge nation by then. The king couldn't believe they wanted only right of passage. They could easily have taken Edom as their own. |
| Q. What did Israel do? | A. Numbers 20:21 = They turned back. |
| Q. Where did they go? | A. Numbers 20:22 = They were camped at Kadesh; now they broke camp and went to Mount Hor. |
| Q. What happened there? | A. Numbers 20:25 = God prepared Israel for Aaron's coming death. |
| Q. How? | A. Numbers 20:25 = Aaron's priestly garments were removed and put on his son, Eleazar. He then became high priest. Aaron died there and the people mourned his death 30 days. |
| Q. Did the Israelites see Aaron die? | A. Numbers 20:28 = No. Moses, Aaron and Eleazar went up the mountain to do the transfer of high priesthood alone. |