Books of the Bible

Old Testament · The Law / Pentateuch

Numbers

Numbers takes its name from two censuses, but its story is a journey. A generation refuses to trust God at the border of the land and spends forty years in the wilderness, while God keeps providing anyway.

Authorship
Traditionally attributed to Moses.
Historical setting
The wilderness between Sinai and the plains of Moab.
Key themes
Grumbling and unbelief · God's patience · Guidance · A new generation
Where it sits in the story
The gap between the promise given and the promise entered, and a warning the New Testament letters return to.

Numbers belongs to The Law / Pentateuch. Genesis to Deuteronomy. Five books, one foundation.

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