Numbers (Program #28) – Fighting (7)
One of the great moments in all of the Old Testament history was when the children of Israel finally participated in the distribution of the good land. In principle, it was to be distributed not according to their choice, but according to God’s direction. Yet two of the tribes, Reuben and Gad and later joined by the half-tribe of Manasseh. Because of their own particular situation thought they knew what they needed, so they made request of Moses and the high priest to give them the land just before the Jordan river on the east side. God agreed and these tribes got what they had chosen and what they had asked for. But as we will see, our own choice, if we take it before the Lord’s choice most often carries a big price.
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