The Book of Numbers
Title: Hebrew title: (Bemidbar) ‘In the Wilderness”; Greek title: (Arithmoi) ‘List of Numbers’: Chap.1-4, 26; Latin title: (Numeri) ‘Numbers’
Authorship : Moses authorship: Traditional understanding
Place of Writing : It would be written after the Exodus as Jews were wandering around in the wilderness.
Time of Writing: People of Israel wandered In the Wilderness
Key word: Journey
Key phrase: The commandment of the Lord (20x)
Key Lesson: Obedience brings blessings and disobedience brings dismay.
Key verse: ‘God is not a man that He should lie; neither the son of man that He should repent: has He said that shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good? Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and He has blessed; and I cannot reverse it.’ Numbers.23:19-20
Outlines of the Book of Number
Chapters 1-10: Faithful to do God’s will
Chapters 11-18: Fearful to do God’s will
Chapters 20-25: Faithless to do God’s will
Chapters 26-36: Fearless to God’s will