The Book Of Numbers |
The Book of Numbers The Hebrew title for this book translates to "In the
wilderness of," taken from the first verse: "And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the
wilderness of Sinai... [ASV]. The LXX labels it as "Numbers," because of the
prominence of census figures in this book. And yet the Hebrew title is quite
appropriate to its general theme: Israel under god's training in the wilderness.
Historical narrative occupies a larger proportion of this book than is the case
in Leviticus or Deuteronomy, and the period of years involved is far greater
(fourty years of discipline) than the other books of the Pentateuch (excluding
Genesis). *
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Jeremiah 18:15 2021-12-03 1350
Gleason Archer
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References:
* Gleason L. Archer, Jr., A Survey of
Old Testament Introduction, Moody Press, 1970
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