Numbers 33:3-4 (ESV Strong's)
3 They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover, the people of Israel went out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians, 4 while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them. On their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
God Executes Judgment
The author of Numbers (Moses) is wrapping up the account of the nation of Israel and their wandering in the wilderness, after their exit from Egypt. The purpose of the book is as the title tells us, to “number” the nation. There is a number in the beginning of those who came out of Egypt and there are numbers of those still alive and ready to go into the promise land. Those who failed to believe, by faith, that God would guide them, protect them and bring them into the promises land, As Moses recaps the events, we have the above text. He wants the nation of Israel, the new nation that has risen up and taken the place of those who were disobedient in the wilderness, to remember what God did. He wants them to know God’s power. He wants them to know God executes judgment on those who reject Him. This new nation was about to go into the promises land under Joshua. They needed to remember the power and justice of God that empowered them to arrive at this place, at this time. God executes judgment. He does so with extreme prejudice for His holiness. That should encourage us as we walk with Him, by faith.
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