WATER FROM THE ROCK.

The book of Numbers described years of Wondering in the Wilderness, which required  years of Special  Divine provision of food and water.God is presented as Sovereign,Who Demands Absolute Obedience to His Holy Will.He choose to deal with Men through Mediators. Numbers,9: 11- 14, when they eat the passover, 20: 7-15 When the people drank water from the rock. 12: 1-16, when Miriam and Aaron, Spoke against the Ethiopian woman, because he Married to her. God was despleased with them, and said, here now My Words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make MY SELF known unto him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream. MY Servant Moses is not so who is faith full in all mine house. I Spoke to him Mouth, to Mouth. God departed from them, and Miriam, became a Leprous, Aaron said we have done foolishly, We have sinned, Moses prayed for her, she was healed he command that she was to be shut a way for seven days from the Camp. After which the ten tribe start on there Journey again, with Miriam and the people to the wilderness of Paran

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying every tribe should send a man, to spy out the Land of Canaan. ten men went two came back with good report while eight came back with evil report.  Moses, we came to the Land where you send us, and surely the Land is flowing with milk and honey, and these large grapes that we brought here. But Moses there are big Giants in the Land, great big Giants. when we saw them we were like grasshoppers in our own Sight, and we were the same in there sight. 14:1, And all the congregation with one voice,started to cry,and they  wept and murmured against Moses and Aaron.  Joshua and Caleb said if the Lord delight in us, then He will Bring us into the Land, and give it to us. Its a Land that floweth with milk and honey. Only do not rebel against the Lord. Moses ask God to forgive the people, God said I have pardon according to your word:

But as truly as I live, because those men have seen My Glory and My Miracles, which I did in EGEPT, and in the wilderness, and they have not hearkened to my voice, they will not see the Land. Only Caleb and Joshua, And All the Children twenty years and younger, will I bring into the land. All the others over twenty years old  shall wonder in the wilderness for forty years,untill all died there, because they rebelled against the Lord.  Balaam,  and the   Talking   Donkey.  Numbers 22The people of the old Testiment believe in Curses and blessings, Balak and the Moabites wanted the Sorcerer Balaam   to curse the Israelites, and halt there progess into Canaan. God Intervene and try to stop Balaam, he was determine to go,so God allow him to go, but God was not please so God turn the cursing into blessing, but on his way, the Angel of the Lord stood in the way with drawn Sword in his hand     God open the eyes of the Donkey, and the Donkey turn a side because he saw the Angel and Balaam’s foot crushed against   the wall. 

Balaam was angry, he hit the Donkey, and the donkey said to Balaam; why have you smote me these three times? and Balaam said to the horse because you have mock me. The Horse said to Balaam am I not your horse, upon which you have Ridden. Then the Lord open Balaam Eyes, and he saw the Angel of the Lord standing there with drawn sword in his hand. and the Angel of the lord said, if the horse did not turn I would have Slain thee, and save the horse life. Balaam said I have sinned. I will go back. The Angel said go with them: but only Speak what I shall say to thee. And on the Marrow, that Balak took Balaam into the high places and Build seven alters, and prepare seven oxen, and bullock and Ram. And God met Balaam’s mouth, So God turn the cursing of the people into blessing. Balaam said to Balak, I cannot  reverse it.