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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Numbers: Wilderness Wanderings What is a Nazirite? 3 Rules: Numb 6 No dead body touching No grape products No razor What was the function of the Nazirite? Person separating himself to YHWH God over one’s food, family body Visible memorial Giving up things for God Completion of Nazirite vow Sacrifices Shave head burn hair Samson, Samuel, Paul takes Nazirite vow (Acts 21:24ff) Jesus not a Nazirite (Nazarene) Oldest piece of Scripture ever found: Num 6:23ff; 700 BC not= P (450 BC) Numbers Cycles Problem Peoples’ complaint God’s response Moses mediates God relents Lesson summarized Mini-cycle: Numbers 11:1-2 Problem: Desert Hardships People’s complaint: God’s response: fire burned in outskirts of camp Moses mediates: Moses prays to God God relents: fire dies down Summary: Place called Taberah because fire of LORD Why is it the people complain God judges Moses complains and God helps him (Num 11:2,10; 11-15) Complaint versus Lament distinction Inability of Christians to verbalize lament Are you supposed to discipline children in anger? Why does God discipline Israel when He is angry? (Num 11:4ff) Is anger always wrong? (conditions; justice issues) Can a Christian person ever long to die? On workaholic Moses: sharing the load (11:16f) What do you think about inter-racial marriage? What does the Bible say? Moses and the Cushite wife Miriam and God’s ironic sense of humor Who wrote Num. 12:3? Doesn’t this statement from the pen of Moses sound a little odd? Joshua? Could a humble person write this? Does humility really fit the context? Another way of looking at it: “oppressed” Can a man have impact on God? Can God change? Is He static or dynamic? If He can’t change is it possible for Him to think and interact? How is relationship possible? If He is dynamic in what sense or areas can He change? Is everything up for grabs? Does God still experience choice? Giants in the Land: Was Moses wrong for sendi