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... and protection throughout their years in the wilderness (Numbers 9:15-23). Its perpetual presence, evidencing the personal presence of God the Creator, who is Light, testifies clearly that these forty years were years of unique divine power...
... because of some specific sin, as in the case of Miriam (Numbers 12:10), King Uzziah (II Chronicles 26:19-21), and Elisha’s servant (II Kings 5:27), among...
... the tithe of the land. See also Numbers 18:21-32; Deuteronomy 12:5-18; 14:22-29; 26:12-15. Although tithing was not made a part of the Ten Commandments, it had been practiced as at least an implicit responsibility toward God at least since the...
... 1:1) while still encamped by Mount Sinai. The book of Numbers follows directly, with God still speaking (Numbers 1:1). The tabernacle had been erected on the first day of the first month, about a year after they had left Egypt (Exodus...
... to Numbers This fourth book of the Pentateuch gets its name from the two “numberings” of the children of Israel. The first census was taken soon after the escape from Egypt and the giving of the law (Numbers 1–4). The...
... the middle of the first month at Passover time, the book of Numbers begins about twelve and a half months after the start of their exodus. The events in Numbers then cover essentially the forty years of wilderness wandering (Numbers 14:34;...
... verbal inspiration, even these long lists of names and numbers in this book (as well as similar apparently mundane information in other books) have a divine purpose. Among those that might be suggested are: (1) to illustrate God’s...
of their lack of faith that God would enable them to do this (Numbers 14:26-35). l:18 assembled all the congregation. It is interesting that the Greek word used to translate “congregation” in the Septuagint is ecclesia, the New...
and the land was filled with them.” Despite these large numbers, God miraculously provided food and water for them in the desert for forty years. Their numbers no longer grew, however. The corresponding total at the end of the forty years was...
... had been designated to serve in and protect the tabernacle (Numbers 1:50-51), not to fight in the wars of...
... Issachar and Zebulun) “shall first set forth” (Numbers 2:9) when the tribes were commanded to march forward. His encampment “on the east side” (that is, toward the rising sun) is a further sign of his special relation to...
... all those that were numbered. See also Numbers 1:46. The large number of men (603,550) is thus repeated, and is checked by adding the numbers given for the four hosts (Numbers 2:9,16,24,31) and these in turn with the numbers for the individual...
... to take a census had specifically precluded the Levites (Numbers 1:49). Furthermore, the census of Levites was to include all males over a month old, not just men able to...
... in marching) was reserved for Moses, Aaron and his sons (Numbers 3:38). Aaron’s son Eleazar was appointed “chief over the chief of the Levites” (Numbers...
... of course) totaled 273 more than all the Levites (compare Numbers 3:39 and 43). God’s provision had been that each firstborn son would belong to the Lord, but that he would be redeemed, as it were, by a Levite–who in turn must be...
... the sum. This census was supplementary to that described in Numbers 3, to obtain the number of Levites, age thirty to fifty, available for work in the tabernacle, with each of the three families (Kohath, Gershon, Merari) assigned to specific...
... Eleazar, “chief over the chief of the Levites” (Numbers 3:32) is mentioned along with the duties of the Kohathites, since he was of that family. However, as son of Aaron, he was a priest, and so had special duties distinct from those...
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