The document summarizes chapters 9-10 and 11-14 of the book of Numbers. It discusses the Israelites' departure from Mount Sinai, guided by the cloud and trumpet sounds. Key events on their journey to Kadesh Barnea included murmuring over food, Moses growing weary without help, God appointing 70 elders to assist, and Miriam and Aaron rebelling against Moses' authority, for which Miriam was afflicted with leprosy. The cloud guided their movement, and rebellion hindered God's leading.

1. Study of Numbers
Class 4
The Departure from Sinai
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea

2. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
 After a year and two months from leaving Egypt the
people were now prepared to depart from Sinai to
Canaan (10:11). Since the beginning of Numbers God
was prepareing his people for the journey towards
Canaan.
 First he took a census and built an army.

3. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
 Then he organized the army and consecrated the office
of the Nazirite, the tabernacle, the levites and the
whole congregation.
 The last directions they received before departing was
that they should celebrate the passover, follow the
cloud and heed the sounding of the silver trumpets.

4. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
1. The Passover
 After the first Passover the children of Israel were strong
enough to leave Egypt. After a year they would again be
strengthened in order to depart from the Sinai.
 The Passover was celebrated with unleavened bread,
bitter herbs and a lamb whose bones could not be
broken.

5. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
 The Passover lamb was a symbol of the Lord Jesus,
whose bones were not broken and whose blood was
shed to free us from the condemnation of sin.
 Before the army can move out we must have the blood
of the Passover, since when we march we need a
conscience free of the accusations of Satan and the
strength of the Lamb as our food.

6. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
2. The cloud
 Numbers 9:15, says that the day that the tabernacle was
erected, the cloud covered it. This cloud hovered above
it day and night. During the day it was like a cloud and at
at night it gave light and heat as a pillar of fire.
 God guided the people by way of the cloud. When the
cloud lifted, they began to march; when the cloud rested,
they knew that it was time to set up camp.

7. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
 The people only moved in accordance with the move of
the cloud.
 The cloud represented the Holy Spirit abiding among us.
He guides us and gives us the direction that we must
follow; where we should camp and for how long.

8. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
2. The silver trumpets
 Numbers 10:1-2, besides speaking of the cloud in the
fire, also makes reference to the silver trumpets. Silver
represents redemption, a message that must be trupeted
(announced). Today we trumpet the message of
redemption to the world.
 The blowing of the trumpets represents Jesus Christ
speaking through man.

9. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
 We not only need the orientation of the cloud, but also
the sound of the trumpets. There is coordination
between the cloud and the trumpets.
 According to Numbers 10:9, blowing the trumpet causes
the Lord to defeat the enemy and we know that we
defeat the enemy by the Word of our confession
(Revelation 12:10-11).

10. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
 "When you go to war in your land against the enemy who
oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the
trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord
your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.
Numbers 10:9
 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by
the word of their testimony, and they did not love their
lives to the death. Revelation 12:11

11. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
 At the end of chapter 10 we see Moses asking Hobab to
come with them (29-32). This request can be seen as
something negative or positive.
 On the positive side, it can symbolize the humility of
receiving help from more experienced people.
 On the negative side it would be a mistake for Moses to
ask anyone for help since the cloud was there to guide
them.

12. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
 Verses 35-36 is a prophecy with respect to the Lord.
 So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said:
“Rise up, O Lord! Let Your enemies be scattered, And let
those who hate You flee before You.” And when it
rested, he said: "Return, O Lord, to the many thousands
of Israel." Numbers 10:35-36

13. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
 The Ark of the covenant pointed to the Lord himself. To
be lifted up refers to his ascension to heaven. When he
was caught up to heaven he led captivity captive and
overcame all of his enemies.
 For this reason Moses said: “Rise up, O Lord! Let Your
enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee
before You.”

14. Study of Numbers – Chapter 9-10
The departure from Sinai
 The Lord was not only caught up into heaven but will
also return. Therefore Moses said: “Return, O Lord, to
the many thousands of Israel." This is our voice and this
is our cry. The Lord has already ascended to heaven,
but now we wait for his return.

15. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
 After Numbers 10:11, the children of Israel departed
Sinai, after dwelling there for almost one year. God’s
cloud began to guide them to Kadesh-Barnea.
 On this journey to Kadesh, we can point out four
important facts concerning the crisis of Kadesh-
Barnea.

16. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
1. The murmuring at Taberah - 11:1-3
 Consider some negative experiences that the people of
Israel went through in their journey to Kadesh-Barnea.
Such experiences are a warning to us, so that we don’t
fall into the same error (1 Corinthians10:11).
 The people first murmured at Taberah. The people of
Israel had murmured against the Lord, complaining
about their circumstances in such a way that the fire of
God’s wrath was kindled on the outskirts of the camp.

17. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
 Those who murmured were the people who lived at the
edges of the camp. They are people who lived within the
camp but they did not have the same spirit as the rest of
Israel. They were similar to those today who refuse to be
part of a small group or to submit to a discipleship
relationship.
 These are spiritually fragile members who live in the
realm of the soul, they easily fall into murmuring against
God and the leadership.

18. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
2. Complaints about food - 11:3-5
 This time the murmuring came from the ‘‘mixed
multitude’’ that was among them. It is not easy to define
who this mixed multitude was, but the most widely
accepted explanation is that they were people who were
not included in the official genealogy of Israel. They
could not prove their ties to the nation of Israel; thus they
were called a mixed multitude.

19. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
 Inclusion in the genealogy today equals discipleship ties
within the local church. People outside of the
relationships of discipleship are more readily influenced
by the enemy to murmur against the leadership.
 When this ‘‘mixed multitude’’ began to murmur, many
among the people were influenced by them. Then they
began to remember the food of Egypt.

20. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
 What a terrible situation. We should not waste time
remembering our old life because this is offensive to
God.
 The people got tired of eating manna. It was in God’s will
that they fed upon manna for the rest of their lives. God
wanted to introduce them into the land that flowed with
milk and honey: Canaan.

21. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
 Beginning with verse 31, we read that God sent so many
Quail that they piled up to a height of 1 m above the
land. Those who gathered the least collected 10
homeres, or about 40 kg.
 Those who murmured against God were judged with a
great plague.

22. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
3. The displeasure of Moses (11:10-30)
 Because of so many complaints and murmuring, Moses
complained to the Lord because of the heavy burden
caused by the complaining of the people. It seems as
though the advice of Jethro mentioned in Exodus
chapter 18 was not put into practice for a long time. By
this time of Moses felt tired and in need of help.

23. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
 God listened to Moses’s request and commanded him to
separate 70 men, respected among the people, to serve
him as helpers. God said that he would take the spirit
that was over Moses and distribute it over those 70 men.
 Experience demonstrates that it is not God’s will that the
leadership of a local church exercise absolute authority.
There must be a plurality of ministries because the
Lord’s service is always corporate.

24. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
a. Train others to help
 I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the
burden is too heavy for me. If You treat me like this,
please kill me here and now - if I have found favor in
Your sight - and do not let me see my wretchedness!“
Numbers 11:14-15
 God hates clericalism. Clericalism is the attitude of a
leader who does everything himself thinking that God
can only use him.

25. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
 God did not want Moses to act like a dictator, making all
the decisions by himself. This type of leadership should
not be exercised in a healthy church. The pastor should
always have a team of leaders with him in order to share
the responsibility of leadership.
 So the Lord said to Moses: "Gather to Me seventy men
of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders
of the people and officers over them; bring them to the
tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with
you. Numbers 11:16

26. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
b. Choose the right leaders
 So the Lord said to Moses: " Gather to Me seventy men
of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders
of the people and officers over them; Numbers 11:16
 God commanded Moses to observe the elders who were
recognized by the people.

27. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
c. Transfer of anointing
 So the Lord said to Moses: "Gather to Me seventy men
of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders
of the people and officers over them; bring them to the
tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with
you. Then I will come down and talk with you there. I will
take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same
upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people
with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone.
Numbers 11:16-17

28. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
 Moses did not transfer anointing, God transferred the
anointing from Moses to the 70, when this happened the
text says they prophesied, but this never happened
again. This shows us that the anointing that is
transferred must be cultivated with discipline and
personal effort. They merely received an initial anointing.

29. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
d. Don’t be afraid to delegate
 And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, "Eldad
and Medad are prophesying in the camp.“ So Joshua the
son of Nun, Moses' assistant, one of his choice men,
answered and said, "Moses my lord, forbid them!“ Then
Moses said to him, "Are you zealous for my sake? Oh,
that all the Lord 's people were prophets and that the
Lord would put His Spirit upon them!" Numbers 11:27-29

30. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
 A great hindrance to God’s work is our envy of those
who have more anointing than we have. May God raise
up many more to do a better job than we do. The joy of
every leader should be to see the whole flock being
more greatly used than him.

31. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
4. The rebellion of Miriam and Aaron - Chapter 12
 The leadership responsibility of the people of Israel in
those days was on the shoulders of Moses. But there
were others that participated in his inner circle of
leadership, Miriam was the oldest sibling Aaron was next
in line and Moses was the youngest.

32. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
a. The test of authority
 Aaron and Miriam were older than Moses. So within the
family, Moses should have been submissive to them, but
in God’s work Moses was the head. Even though he was
the youngest, God designated Moses as the leader.
Although he was the youngest, in the work of God,
Moses was the authority.
 Moses took an Ethiopian wife. It was right for Miriam and
Aaron to deal with the matter on the family level, but they
erred when they touched God’s figure of authority.

33. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
 Miriam and Aaron erred: "Has the Lord indeed spoken only
through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?"
(12:2). And the Lord heard it.
 We must be careful with the matter of authority. God may
tolerate other sins for a time, before he sends judgment, but
rebelliousness directly touches the throne of God, and his
discipline comes swiftly.
 All those who rebel against constituted authority, rebel
against him who constituted the authority (Romans 13:1-5).

34. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
 If the matter had been treated in the realm of the family,
where Moses should have submitted to Miriam and
Aaron, there would have been no problem. Miriam
however, rebelliously claimed for herself the authority that
belonged to Moses. God heard her words and she
became leprous.
 It wasn’t God’s will for Moses to marry an Egyptian, but
he used the situation to reveal the rebelliousness in
Miriam and Aaron. God permits mistakes in the lives of
his leaders to test the submission of the helpers.

35. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
b. Rebellion produces leprosy - 12:10
 Miriam immediately became leprous. Leprosy results in
removal from and loss of fellowship. Those who walk in
rebelliousness must be isolated.

36. Study of Numbers – Chapters 11-14
From Sinai to Kadesh Barnea
c. Rebellion hinders the move of God - 12:15
 The people could not continue their journey while Miriam
was leprous. God’s word says that the cloud stopped
and did not move until the problem of rebellion was
solved.
 Rebellion is a hindrance to the move of the people of
God. Wherever there is rebellion, the work of God is
blocked. Whenever we notice that the church is not
growing we must make sure that there is no rebellion.