August 10, 2010 Lesson 9 of Numbers 14:10-45

What can we learn from Moses’ prayer, especially concerning governing motives and grounds of appeal to God? Answer: The grounds of Moses’ argument were that to the Egyptians, God would not look competent. It would appear that God was not able to deliver on His promises if He destroyed them in the desert. He reminds God (not that God really needs reminding) that He is a God that is slow to anger and disciplines his children.


Although forgiven, the people suffered the consequences of their sin. How? In what way do they show themselves throughout this story (Num 13 and 14) to typical of us? Answer: The current generation (those over 20) who had “grumbled against” the Lord were not going to be allowed to enter the Promised Land. This is a pretty good picture of us many times. We don’t always follow God’s plan for our life, or we too grumble on the way there, and this causes us to miss out on lots of God’s blessings in our own lives.