127 I'm Wrong. And Right (Num 10)

There are many times when I am wrong.
That is all.
Just thought I should start today with some sort of community service announcement.
So rest easy folks.
It can happen.
Many times.
To counter that, there's a plethora of occasions when I'm correct.
So if you're ever in doubt about stuff, give me a call.
By my reckoning the odds are slightly better that you'll call when I'm going to be right.
Oops.
I just used a "correct" occasion.
That means the odds drop for next time.
Ah ha! Another correct statement.
Better get in quick!
Each correct statement is one closer to a wrong one.
Doh!
Another.
And another............


Just messing with you. These don't really count.

Numbers 10
Ok, so if someone blows one trumpet, how different will it sound to two trumpets?
I'm not really sure if I could tell the difference between one trumpet or two.
And this is important, because if you couldn't you be doing the wrong thing.
Unless you were a chief.
Then you hear a trumpet (or Two) and head over to Moses.
How many got there to see other "non-chiefs" wandering back to their tents, shaking their heads, muttering "I'm sure there were two trumpets........"
Maybe that's how they got so good at murmuring.
And what is the difference between an alarm and a blast?
I'm sure I would be sick of the sound of a trumpet after a month.
There would also be the slight possibility that I could possible set off for war if a camel farted noisily walking past my tent.
That would be embarrassing.

So the tribes set off to find the promised land.
The order in which they set up is described and here's the thing for today.
The tabernacle leaves well before the stuff from inside the tabernacle.
No change of mind here.
The thing is, they followed a cloud into the wilderness without qualm.
The order was described by God.
The people fell into line.
The only ones who didn't follow, were Moses' father-in-law and his family.
Midianites.
Moses pleaded for him to stay and help "serve as eyes for us." v31
Did Hobab know he couldn't inherit any of what God promised the Israelites?
Did Moses know?
He offered a share.
Could this have happened?
Moses' wife wasn't Israelite.
Ooooooorrrrrrr, does Hobab and his family earn a share of the gifts from God because they shared in the hardship in getting to this place?
That sounds better.
In the end it's not clear whether they hang with Moses or depart.
But God's promise to deliver a land to His people has just taken a big step forward.
With trumpets.
Or trumpet.
Doh! Got it wrong again. murmurmurmurmurmurmurmur