In Numbers 10 God orders that trumpets are to be used to alert the people of times of gathering, times of moving, and during worship.

In the second month of the second year the cloud leaves the tabernacle and the people set out on a three day journey away from Mt. Sinai. The cloud goes to the place where the new camp is to be set.

In Numbers 11 the people complain and make God angry. His fire burns the outlying parts of the camp. Moses prays and God stops the fire. But the rabble complains and gets the people riled up. They long for the food they used to eat in Egypt. They are tired of the manna. Moses has to listen to all of their complaints.

Moses now complains to God. He wonders why he has to deal with these people. He cannot deal with them alone. God has him gather 70 of the elders. God takes some of the spirit that rests on Moses and gives it to the elders. Now they can share in the burden of dealing with the people and prophesy.

Moses complains that the people want meat and he cannot possibly feed all of them. So God says He will provide so much meat for them during the month that they will be sick of it. Moses questions where this meat will come from. God is indignant that Moses believes His power is limited. God sets out to prove His word is true. God sends them quail but he also sends a plague on the people who complained and they die.

The people journeyed on.

God does not tolerate ingratitude. God provides for our needs and still we want more. We must be grateful for what the Lord gives.

In Acts 17 Paul and Silas move from town to town preaching about Jesus. They preach in the synagogues and gain many followers both Jew and Greek, both men and women. The Jewish leaders become jealous and try to attack Paul and Silas but they escape.

Paul goes on to Athens and waits for Silas and Timothy to join him. He becomes distressed at all of the idols in the city. He conducts debates in the synagogues and the marketplace. The Athenians are interested in new things so they bring him to the Areopagus to explain his new teaching. Paul notes that they have an altar inscribed to an unknown god. He explains that that is God, who made everything and does not live in shrines. He gives life to everything that has breath. Paul explains that God is now calling people to repent and tells them about Jesus rising from the dead. Some want to hear more and eventually believe.

It is to be noted that Luke includes that women became believers, even mentioning some by name. This is not just a faith for the men, but women also may believe and even lead others to Christ.