30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be
born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that
soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath
despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that
soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
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The
following verse is shocking to me but it shows the judgment of God and I
know whatever God does is just judgment though it may shock my flesh.
Numbers
15 ... 32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness,
they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they
that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and
unto all the congregation. 34 And they put him in ward, because it was
not declared what should be done to him.
35 And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death:all
the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And
all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with
stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.
This is OT but it shows what God thought about the situation.
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Numbers
15 ... 37 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 38 Speak unto the
children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the
borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they
put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:39 And it shall be
unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the
commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your
own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:40 That
ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God:I am the Lord your God.
For the NT Church ... we "remember" today because God put his Spirit in
us to cause us to focus on those things God wants us to focus on ...
But the point of the OT example is we must remember and do what God says and be holy to God.
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Numbers 16
1 Now Korah,
the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and
Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:2 And they rose up before Moses,
with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes
of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron,
and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the
congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among
them:wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the
Lord?
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell
upon his face:5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company,
saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy;
and will cause him to come near unto him:even him whom he hath chosen
will he cause to come near unto him.
6
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; 7 And put fire
therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow:and it shall
be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy:ye take too
much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
8 And
Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:9 Seemeth it
but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you
from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the
service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the
congregation to minister unto them? 10 And HE hath brought thee near to
him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee:and seek ye the
priesthood also? 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are
gathered together against the Lord:and what is Aaron, that ye murmur
against him?
12 And Moses sent to call Dathan
and Abiram, the sons of Eliab:which said, We will not come up:13 Is it a
small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth
with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make
thyself altogether a prince over us? 14 Moreover thou hast not brought
us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance
of fields and vineyards:wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we
will not come up.
15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering:I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
16
And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord,
thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:17 And take every man his censer,
and put incense in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his
censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you
his censer.
18 And they took every man
his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
19
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation:and the glory of the Lord appeared
unto all the congregation.
20 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
22
And they (Moses & Aaron) fell upon their faces, and said, O God,
the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be
wroth with all the congregation?
23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
25
And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of
Israel followed him. 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
27
So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on
every side:and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of
their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little
children.
28 And Moses said, Hereby ye
shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have
not done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of
all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the
Lord hath not sent me. 30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the
earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto
them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that
these men have provoked the Lord.
31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all
these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:32 And
the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and
all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 They,
and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the
earth closed upon them:and they perished from among the congregation.
34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them:for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
35 And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
36
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of
Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and
scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. 38 The censers of
these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates
for a covering of the altar:for they offered them before the Lord,
therefore they are hallowed:and they shall be a sign unto the children
of Israel.
39 And Eleazar the priest
took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and
they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:40 To be a
memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of
the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he
be not as Korah, and as his company:as the Lord said to him by the hand
of Moses.
41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord.
42
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses
and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the
congregation:and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the
Lord appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the
congregation.
44 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment.
And they (Moses & Aaron) fell upon their faces.
46
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off
the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation,
and make an atonement for them:for there is wrath gone out from the
Lord; the plague is begun.
47 And Aaron
took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation;
and, behold, the plague was begun among the people:and he put on
incense, and made an atonement for the people.
48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:and the plague was stayed.