Bible lesson
Chapter 30: Craving, Miriam, and the Rebellion at the Land
Study notes, questions and the Bible passages that Kingdoms of Scripture Chapter 30 covers, as the game’s chapter map shows them. Read the passages first in the Kingdoms of Scripture Bible, the text the game quotes: the game’s choices, maps and staging are reconstructions, not scripture. This page is not a church lesson and adds no doctrine.
Study notes
After the people crave meat, Yahweh sends quail and then strikes them, and when Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses, Miriam is kept outside the camp for seven days. The men who scouted the land and spread a bad report about it die in a plague, while Joshua and Caleb live.
From Numbers 11:31–35 (KoS), Numbers 12:1–3 (KoS), Numbers 12:13–15 (KoS), Numbers 14:36–38 (KoS).
These notes and questions are original study helps written for this site, not scripture. The verses shown with each question are quoted from the Kingdoms of Scripture Bible.
- Chapter
- 30
- Title
- Craving, Miriam, and the Rebellion at the Land
- Bible passages
- Numbers 11:1–14:45
- Read in the Kingdoms of Scripture Bible
- Played in 2 acts
- Act I: Craving, Miriam, and Mercy in the Wilderness Numbers 11:1–12:16
- Act II: Spies and Rebellion Numbers 13–14
- The chapter opens with
Moses cried out to Yahweh, saying, God, please, heal her, please. Yahweh said to Moses, If her father had spit, spit in her face, would she not be humiliated seven days? Let her be shut out seven days outside the camp, and after that she may be gathered back. Miriam was shut out outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out until Miriam was gathered back.
Note · Translation Yaroq yaraq is “spit, he had spit,” the verb said twice. Tikkalem is be humiliated. Tissager is be shut out.
Notice and discuss
Read each passage, then think about the question on your own or talk it over with others. No answers are collected.
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What does Moses say to Joshua when Joshua wants him to stop Eldad and Medad from prophesying?
Two men stayed in the camp. The name of one was Eldad, and the name of the second was Medad. The spirit rested on them. They were among those enrolled, and they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp. The young man ran and told Moses, and he said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp. Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ attendant, from his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, restrain them. Moses said to him, Are you jealous for me? Would that all Yahweh’s people were prophets, and that Yahweh would put his spirit on them. Moses was gathered back to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
Note · Translation Bakketuvim is “among the ones written down,” the men whose names were enrolled.
Note · Translation Bechurav can be his young men or his chosen men. “Chosen men” is printed. Kela’em is restrain them.
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How does Yahweh say his way of speaking with Moses is different from how he speaks with a prophet?
Yahweh said suddenly to Moses, to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting. The three of them came out. Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the door of the tent. He called Aaron and Miriam, and the two of them came out. He said, Hear my words, please. If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, make myself known to him in a vision. In a dream I speak with him. Not so my servant Moses. In all my house he is faithful. Mouth to mouth I speak with him, and in a sight, not in riddles, and he looks at the form of Yahweh. Why were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?
Note · Translation The Hebrew line is compressed. “If there is a prophet among you” is printed, and Yahweh is the one who makes himself known.
Note · Translation Mar’eh is a sight, something seen plainly. Chidot are riddles. Temunat Yahweh is the form of Yahweh.
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What do Joshua and Caleb do, and what do they tell the congregation about the land?
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, from those who scouted the land, tore their clothes. They said to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, The land we passed through to scout is a very, very good land.
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