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Bible study · Numbers 26:1-65

Numbers 26: Not a man left

Read Numbers 26:1-65 before you meet.

In a few lines

Forty years on, the total is almost the same, 601,730 against 603,550 (26:51; 1:46), yet not one man counted at Sinai is left except Caleb and Joshua (26:64-65), just as the LORD said at Kadesh (14:29-30). And this count was for the land: every tribe's inheritance by its size and by lot (26:53-56).

The verse to carry

“For the LORD had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” There was not a man left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.”

Numbers 26:65

To talk about

  1. 1. Of all the men counted at Sinai, only Caleb and Joshua were left (26:64-65), "because they have followed the LORD completely" (32:12). What does following him completely look like in the ordinary weeks of your life?

  2. 2. In a count of men, the chapter stops to name five daughters (26:33). Who in your life is easy to leave off the list, and how could your group make sure they're named?

  3. 3. "Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn’t die" (26:11). Where do you need to hear that a family's story isn't sealed by one person's failure?

Prayer requests