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Numbers 14 · Grade 4

The Cost of Unbelief

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Numbers 14 is one of the saddest chapters in the journey. The people wept all night and wished they had died in Egypt. They even planned to choose a new leader and go back. Joshua and Caleb begged them to trust God, saying the land was exceedingly good and Yahweh was with them.

The people answered by threatening to stone them. Then God's glory appeared at the tent. God spoke of judgment, but Moses prayed. He reminded God of His great name and His character: slow to anger and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity. God answered, I have pardoned according to your word.

Forgiveness did not remove every consequence. That generation would wander forty years and die in the wilderness, but their children would enter. When some tried to go up anyway without the ark or Moses, they were defeated. Obedience must be on God's terms and in His time.

Show What You Know

  1. What did the people plan to do?

  2. How did Moses describe God's character in prayer?

  3. What consequence remained after God pardoned?

  4. What happened when some tried to go up anyway?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

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  1. Joshua and begged them to trust God, saying the land was exceedingly good and Yahweh was with them.
  2. spoke of judgment, but Moses prayed.
  3. That generation would wander years and die in the wilderness, but their children would enter.

Think About It

  1. Why do you think God forgave them but still had consequences?

  2. How does Moses' prayer show us how to pray for others?

Memory Verse

“If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which flows with milk and honey.”

Numbers 14:8 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for helping me trust You. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can God forgive and still allow consequences?
  • What does it mean not to harden your heart?

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