22.06.14 - Burmah Road Gospel Hall Series: The Numbers in Numbers

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22.06.14 - Burmah Road Gospel HallSeries The
Numbers in Numbers
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Why Study the Numbers in NUMBERS?

• (1). Be Amazed with their Authorship.
• Cf. All Scripture is given by inspiration of
  God. II Tim. 316
• Cf. And He said unto them, These are the words
  which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you,
  that all things must be fulfilled, which were
  written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets,
  and in the psalms, concerning Me. Lk. 2444

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(1). Be Amazed with their Authorship.

• (2). Be Awed with their Accuracy .
• Cf. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings,
  and not one of them is forgotten before God? But
  even the very hairs of your head are all
  numbered. Fear not therefore ye are of more
  value than many sparrows. Lk. 126, 7
• Cf. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and
  earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no
  wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
  Mt. 518

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(1). Be Amazed with their Authorship.(2). Be
Awed with their Accuracy.

• (3). Be Astonished with their Alignment.
• Cf. Let them make Me a sanctuaryaccording to all
  that I shew thee, after the pattern of the
  tabernacle, and the pattern of all the
  instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
  Exo. 258
• (4). Be Astounded with their Arithmetic.
• Cf. Seventy weeks are determinedunderstand
  seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks and
  aftershall Messiah be cut offunto the end of
  the war desolations are determined. Dan.
  924, 25-27

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22.06.29 - Burmah Road Gospel HallSeries The
Numbers in Numbers
A. The Hebrew title is Bemidbar or In the
Wilderness (rbdmb) (of Sinai?) B. The Greek
title in the translation of the OT (LXX)
was arithmoi (ARIQMOI) emphasizing the lists of
numbers recorded in the book (1--4 26) C. The
Latin Vulgate picked up on the Greek title and
named the book  Numeri from which the English
acquires the name Numbers.

• Part 1
• The Foundation and the Floor of the
  Tabernacle
• Part 2
• THE Numbers in Numbers

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Part 1 The Foundation and the Floor of the
Tabernacle

• The Foundation of Silver Exo. 2615-25
  3620-30 3825-28 Num.145, 46
• Background ltBoard
• Each board of T. stands upon two sockets of
  sliver
• 80 sockets under 40 boards. (N S) 1 1/2
  cubits
• 16 sockets under 8 boards. 10 cubits
• 4 sockets under 4 pillars (veil) Exo.
  3635, 36
• 100 sockets 100 talents of silver.
• (1 talent for a socket, Exo. 3825-27)
  lt Tenon
• 100 4 x 5 x 5 the Number of Universal Grace
  in Redemption

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A.T HE SOURCE OF THE SILVER. Exo. 3825-281. It
Comes from the Ransom Money. 3012 3826

• Num. 145, 46 232 ct. 2651
• The Population of Males above 20
  numbered - 603,550
• b. Exo. 3826
• The Price of the Ransom "half a
  shekel 603,550 x 1/2
• i. Exo. 3827
• 100 talents for the sockets (1 talent
  3,000 shekels)
• ii. Exo. 3828
• Rest for hooks and fillets for the pillars Cp.
  Exo. 3825

• (less 1820)
• 301 775 shek.
• 300 000
• 1 775
• 301 775

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A.THE SOURCE OF THE SILVER Exo. 3825-281. It
Comes from the Ransom Money. 3012 3826

• The Population of Males above 20 numbered.
• The Price of the Ransom half a shekel
• The Principle of Collection Exo. 3826
  3011-16
• i. Half a shekel was to be collected from
  each. 3013 cf. I Pet. 118, 19
• The rich shall not pay more. 3015
• The poor shall not pay less. cf. Eph. 28, 9
• ii. The standard was the shekel in the
  sanctuary. 3013 cf. Jn. 146 Acts 412

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A. THE SOURCE OF THE SILVER Exo. 3825-28
1. It Comes from the Ransom Money. Exo.
3012 3826

• 2. It's Called Ransom Money. Exo. 3012
• Cf. Atonement money for the soul. 3015, 16
• a. The Price was Personally fixed by the LORD
  Himself. 3015
• b. The Price was the same for all no
  Prejudice. 3015 cp. Rom.31, 9-12, 23
• c. The Price was for each individual Person -
  "every one" Exo. 3014 cp. Jn. 637

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A. THE SOURCE OF THE SILVER. Exo. 3825-28

• B. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SILVER
• 1. It is the Price of Life.
• (NB. The word in Hebrew is often translated
  "money".)
• a. The Price of Joseph - 20 silver pieces.
  Gen. 3728
• b. The Price of Jesus - 30 pieces of silver.
  Matt. 2615 cf. Exo.2132

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B. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SILVER 1. It is the
Price of Life.

• a. The Price of Joseph - 20 silver pieces. Gen.
  3728
• b. The Price of Jesus - 30 pieces of silver.
  Matt. 273-5
• 2. It is the Payment for....
• a. freedom from the Plague of Death. Exo.
  3012c cp. Rom.623
• b. the ransom Price of the soul. Exo. 3012b
  cp. I Pet.118, 19
• c. Propitiation (atonement) for the soul. Exo.
  3015, 16 cp. I Jn.22

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It is the Payment for...

• a. freedom from the Plague of Death.
• b. the ransom Price of the soul.
• c. Propitiation (atonement) for the soul.
• d. the Peculiar redemption for the "odd number
  of firstborn". Num.348, 49.
• - To be born into the "kingdom of priests (I Pet
  .25, 9)
• one needs the redemption price of "the precious
  blood of Christ" I Pet.119

And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd
number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and
to his sons. And Moses took the redemption money
of them that were over and above them that were
redeemed by the Levites
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d. The Peculiar redemption for the "odd number
of firstborn". Num.348, 49i. The Conditions for
Redemption.

• All firstborn of the males of Israel from one
  month old belonged to the Lord. Num. 340
• All Levites belonged to the Lord. (345c)
• All firstborn to be redeemed as Levites.(341)
• Male firstborn of Israel and firstborn of cattle
  to be redeemed for the Levites and their cattle.
  (345 cf. Exo. 131, 2)
• The odd number more than the Levites to be
  redeemed by five shekels of silver. (346-51)

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d. The Peculiar redemption for the "odd number
of firstborn". Num.348, 49ii. The Calculation
of the Odd Number
Exodus 132 (cf. Num. 312, 13
1815-17)Sanctify unto me all the firstborn,
whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of
Israel, both of man and of beast IT IS MINE.

• No. of males over 20 able to go to war
• No. born after Firstborn Law (Ex. 131, 2)
• Discrepancy
• No. of firstborn males
• No. of Levites
• Odd Number

• 603,550 males (145, 46)
• 22,273 firstborn males (343)
• (581,277
• born before Exodus
• 22,273 (343)
• 22,000 (339)
• 273 (446) x 5 shekels
• 1365 shekels. (350)

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• Hail to the great First-born
• Whose ransom price they pay!
• The Son before all worlds,
• The Child of man today,
• That He might ransom us
• Who still in bondage lay.
•   --- John Ellerton

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Fathers, Have you paid your ransom money of half
a shekel for your Firstborn to the Church?

• A shekel is a unit of weight, roughly equal to
  10.5 grams. In 2010 a gram of silver was worth
  just under 50 cents. This would make a shekel
  worth about five dollars. Wiki.answers.com 

• This Fathers Day is a good time to do so!

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