Some times we get the impression that the children of Israel were just a bunch of losers that were to ungrateful and selfish to deserve to be Gods chosen people. I believe that if we could no some of these individuals as real people and not just as the children of Israel we would find that they were probably no different than you and I, only they did not live in the dispensation of grace as you and I do today, many times theirs sin’s were dealt with quickly and severely.