* Two occasions we see the Israelites giving in to their appetites:

* 1) They did something they shouldn’t have done (this is a trespass).

* Exodus 32:2-4 - they lost faith and crafted a graven image.

* 2) The didn’t do something they should’ve done (this is a debt).

* Numbers 13:31 - they refused to walk in faith and enter the Promised Land.

* Both occasions the Israelites indulged themselves.

* We naturally move away from pain and toward comfort.

* Horses do the same thing. But donkeys turn into the pain.

* We have to learn to lean into our pain.

* More is accomplished in the pain cave than the comfort zone.

* What was the result of their indulgence?

* 1) People died (vs 27-28) - the Levites had to take them out.

* 2) People were plagued (vs 35) - they got sick.

* 3) Promise was delayed (Num 14:34) - they didn’t get to experience their place of rest.