Believers have just as much to fear from legalism as from waywardness. The first detracts from the beauty of the message, while the second mars it content.
Curiosity is an enormous challenge to godly living.
Demons lie behind much of the world's pagan worship systems.
Chastening is a mark of affection, not a sign of rejection.
The worship practices of the people of God are to be marked by devotion to Him and compassion to the needy.
Although their parents died in the wilderness for their stubbornness, Israel could profit from the older generation's failure by remembering that God had used adversity to train them.