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00:00The book of Exodus shows us certain interruptions throughout its narrative
00:12to give way to a group of laws. These breaks are even shown in the arrangement of the
00:18books of the Pentateuch, since the continuation of the narrative of the journey to the land
00:24The promise that Exodus tells us about is interrupted by the book of Leviticus, and this story will continue.
00:31up to the book of numbers. That is, if what we want is to follow the narrative thread of the
00:39The history of God's people and their journey to the promised land, we would have to skip
00:44We'll temporarily leave the book of Leviticus and turn to the book of numbers. The book of numbers
00:51It will present, as the book of Joshua will later do, the pilgrimage through the desert
00:57like a liturgical procession advancing resolutely toward the land God is giving them. But their conviction
01:05Reaching the land that flows with milk and honey does not prevent them from facing multiple challenges.
01:11difficulties. The book begins with the organization of the town, for which purpose a first census is carried out.
01:18These accounts are divided into two parts: first, the march through the desert, and then the conquest.
01:26of the promised land. Many of the stories we find in this book of numbers tell us
01:32They refer to rebellions of the people against Moses and against God himself. The Israelites advanced
01:40From the Sinai Desert to the Desert of Paran, the place where the cloud stopped, the sign of the
01:48God's presence in the midst of the people. Moses, through God's command, then indicates to the
01:55Israelites embarked on the march for the first time. They did so in organized units and grouped according to
02:03The twelve tribes. God accompanied them by day with a cloud and by night with a pillar of fire.
02:11This constant presence of God, having been rescued from Egypt, delivered from the chariots of
02:18Pharaoh when the Red Sea was parted and having given them the laws on which his rule was based
02:26alliance. It would lead anyone to think that the people trusted God completely. However, since the
02:34Difficulties were not absent from their journey; the Israelites continued to blame God for these hardships.
02:41difficulties. One of those days when the people complained of their troubles, the Lord burned with anger and left
02:49A fire broke out and consumed the entire area surrounding the camp. Immediately the villagers asked for help.
02:55Moses asked him to intercede for them. Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire went out. But the complaints of
03:03The villagers didn't keep us waiting. Another day they were lamenting the lack of meat, since they were only eating bread.
03:11that God made fall from heaven, the manna. Let's read this passage. Among the Israelites it had been mixed
03:20People of all kinds who were only thinking about eating. And the Israelites, led astray by them, began to eat.
03:28to cry and say, "I wish we had meat to eat." How does the fish that comes to mind come to mind?
03:37Did we eat for free in Egypt? And we also ate cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. But now we
03:48We are starving and all we see is manna. The manna was like the seed of the
03:56Cilantro. It had a yellowish color like resin and tasted like flour cakes with oil.
04:05People would go out to collect it and then grind or crush it and cook or prepare it in some way
04:13of loaves. At night, when the dew fell on the camp, the manna also fell. Moses heard that
04:23The Israelites and their families wept at the entrances to their tents. The man was very angry and
04:32Moses was also upset. I've already heard them crying and saying, 'If only we had meat to eat.' We were
04:42better in Egypt. Well, I'm going to give them meat to eat, and not just for one or two days, or five or ten or twenty.
04:53No, they'll eat meat for a whole month until they're sick of it and it disgusts them because they've...
05:02They rejected me, the Lord, who am in their midst, and they wept and said before me, “Why did we go out?”
05:11from Egypt? Then Moses answered, the people who come with me are six hundred thousand men on foot and
05:21You say you're going to feed us meat for a whole month, where are there so many sheep and cows that...
05:29Can they kill enough and have enough for everyone? Even if we gave them all the fish in the sea, it wouldn't be enough.
05:38But the Lord answered him, "Do you think my power is so small? Now you will see whether what I have said will come to pass or not."
05:48The Lord caused a wind to blow from the sea, bringing flocks of quail, which fell
05:57in the camp and its surroundings, covering a distance of up to a day's walk around the
06:04camp and forming a bed almost a meter high. All that day and all night and all day
06:13Next, people went out to gather quail. The one who gathered the least collected ten piles of them.
06:20quail that they laid out to dry around the camp. But they were barely chewing the
06:28The Israelites ate the meat of quail, when the Lord was angry with them and punished them,
06:33causing the deaths of many people. That is why they named that place Kribot Hatabá, because there
06:43They buried those who only thought about eating.
06:49This is what gossip, rumors, and idle chatter leave behind: wasted time.
06:56in complaints and criticisms. The people had just been rescued, they were no longer slaves, and they were also
07:03He was nourished by God, but nothing seemed to satisfy him. They lived immersed in their memories and in what
07:10They judged it to be a better past. A life of slavery, but at least they ate what they wanted.
07:17They wanted to rest in their comfortable beds. The writer of the book of numbers records the
07:23Ten times the people tested the Lord in the desert with their grumbling. The attitude of Israel
07:29The practice of murmuring even when God's provision is so close has much to teach the church today.
07:37Gossip and complaining should be banished from the life of a believer. Sometimes they are so readily available.
07:44God's blessing is so great, His mercy is so abundant. And if we think about it slowly, we receive so much every day.
07:52of His providence. May all this generate in us a spirit of praise and action
07:58Constant thanks to God. And instead, we have become a discontented people who don't know
08:04but complain. And since we're talking about numbers, let's do a quick exercise right now.
08:12Think about today. Think about three blessings you have received since you opened your eyes, which in fact
08:22Opening your eyes is already a blessing. Now think of three misfortunes. I think we can agree that it's
08:35It's easier to gather the blessings we find than the misfortunes themselves. So far away from these
08:42These events don't seem to have evolved our thinking much. Unfortunately, man
08:49He is never satisfied with what he has, or he lives remembering the past or longing for a future, leaving
08:57to realize all the blessings God presents to him in the here and now. Could it be that
09:06Is it time to stop complaining about everything and nothing? The people, in the midst of these difficulties, must
09:13They will continue their journey and will still have to face many other trials before entering the earth.
09:20of rest. When the people reach the borders of Canaan, they send two spies to scout the land.
09:27and to its inhabitants. Let us remember that the Israelites left these lands in the time of
09:34Joseph went to live in Egypt, so these lands were later occupied by different
09:41groups. Well, these twelve men returned with news that indeed that place
09:49It flowed with milk and honey. They had abundant fruit, but it was also occupied by a powerful people.
09:56And the cities were great fortifications. Then some refused to continue with the
10:03The expedition and others wanted to return to Egypt to the safety of slavery. As a result,
10:11The people rebel against Moses and against God. This people is not willing to pay the price.
10:18of freedom nor to do what is necessary to recover the promised land. The people are not ready for
10:26enter and take possession of it. All this is a result of their lack of faith and trust in God. That is why the
10:34The Lord will lead them through 40 years of wandering in the desert until the generation that
10:42They did not give credit to God, they did not believe His words, nor did they trust His promises. These people did not enter the land
10:49fiancée. Throughout this book we will find the ups and downs of this arduous journey. Trust,
10:58mistrust, falls, recoveries, fidelity, infidelity, and despite all of it, the permanent
11:07God's faithfulness to His promises and the care shown for that rebellious people who do not trust
11:14neither in God nor in his word. The constant that the sacred author shows us is that despite the
11:21Despite the doubts and infidelities of the people, God is always faithful to fulfill His promises. It is not because of man.
11:29that God is faithful to the people of Israel, but because of his name and his love that he fulfills the promises.
11:37Israel is the bearer of those blessings.