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Israel’s Complaining |
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Complaint |
Sin |
Result |
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About their hardships |
Complained about their problems instead of praying to God about them |
Thousands of people were destroyed when God sent a plague of fire to punish them |
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About the lack of meat |
Lusted after things they didn't have |
God sent quail; but as the people began to eat, God struck them with a plague that killed many |
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About being stuck in the wilderness, facing the giants of the Promised Land, and wishing to return to Egypt |
Openly rebelled against God's leaders and failed to trust in his promises |
All who complained were not allowed to enter the Promised Land, being doomed to wander in the wilderness until they died |
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About Moses' and Aaron's authority and leadership |
Were greedy for more power and authority |
The families, friends, and possessions of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were swallowed up by the earth. Fire then burned up the 250 other men who rebelled |
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That Moses and Aaron caused the deaths of Korah and his conspirators |
Blamed others for their own troubles |
God began to destroy Israel with a plague. Moses and Aaron made atonement for the people, but 14,700 of them were killed |
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About the lack of water |
Refused to believe that God would provide as he had promised |
Moses sinned along with the people. For this he was barred from entering the Promised Land |
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That God and Moses brought them into the wilderness |
Failed to recognize that their problems were brought on by their own disobedience |
God sent poisonous snakes that killed many people and seriously injured many others |
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