Thematic Bible: Exclusion Admission


Thematic Bible



None of those who treat me with contempt will see it! Verse ConceptsIrreverenceExclusion

I raised my hand and swore an oath to give you this land to live in. But none of you will enter it except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. Verse ConceptsHomeHand Of GodReward, For God's PeopleExclusionland

Jehovah said: They must all die in the desert wilderness. The only ones left were Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. Verse ConceptsExclusionDying In The WildernessDeath As PunishmentSole SurvivorsDying In The Desert

None of the people twenty years old or older, who came from Egypt, will see the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with an oath. This is because they did not wholeheartedly follow me. Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchExclusionAncestorsFollowing God

Not one man of this evil generation will see that good land, which I swore to give your fathers, Verse ConceptsEvil GenerationsExclusion

The children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of Jehovah. Jehovah swore that he would not show them the land, which he swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey. Verse ConceptsFoodProperty, LandThe Number FortyDisobedience, To GodExclusionThe Promised Land40 To 50 YearsDeath As PunishmentMilk And Honeyconsequencesmovementwandering

I swore to them in my anger that they should not enter into my rest. Verse ConceptsExclusionGod Swearing Harm

I also swore an oath to them in the desert. I swore that I would not bring them into the land that I had promised to give them. This land is the most beautiful land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Verse ConceptsExclusionJudgement In The WildernessGod Swearing HarmMilk And Honey

We see that they could not enter in on account of a lack of faith (unbelief) (disobedience). Verse ConceptsUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyExclusionbelief

It remains for some to enter into it. Those who first received the good news did not enter in because they did not obey and lacked faith. Verse ConceptsSpiritual FailureExclusionEntering LifeCauses of failure indisobedience

Who will go up to the mountain of Jehovah? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up (turned) to falsehood and has not sworn deceitfully.

Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that preserves truth. Verse ConceptsAdmission Into God's PresenceThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesA Righteous People









When the tent is to be moved, the Levites will take it down. When we camp, they will set it up. Anyone else who comes near the tent will be put to death. Verse ConceptsAccess To God, In Old TestamentStrangersExclusionMaking The TabernacleDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is NearDeath ApproachingMoving To A New Place


Moses, Aaron, and his sons put up their tents on the east side in front of the tent of meeting. They were in charge of the holy place on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who tried to do the Levites' duties had to be put to death. Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtExclusionDeath Due To God's PresenceCamping During The ExodusDanger When God Is Near

However the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die. Verse ConceptsExclusion

He followed Jehovah's command given through Moses. The copper-covered altar will remind Israel that no one but a descendant of Aaron may come near to burn incense to Jehovah. Everyone else will die like Korah and his followers. Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesStrangersExclusion

They are to fulfill their duties to you and their responsibilities for the tent. However they must not have any contact with sacred objects in the Holy Place or with the altar. If they do, both they and you will be put to death. Verse ConceptsExclusionDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is Near

Only you and your sons may do the work of priests, everything done at the altar and under the canopy. This is my gift to you: You may serve me as priests. Anyone else who comes near the holy place to do this work must die. Verse ConceptsAaron, Priestly ResponsibilitiesAccess To God, In Old TestamentMediatorPriesthood, In OtServanthood, And Worship Of GodExclusionDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is Near

The other Israelites must never again come near the tent of meeting. Otherwise, they will suffer the consequences of their sin and die. Verse ConceptsExclusionDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is Near