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Numbers |
The Book of Numbers is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible/Christian
Old Testament, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah or Pentateuch.
This book may be divided into three parts:
The numbering of the people at Sinai, and preparations for resuming their march
(1?10:10).
An account of the journey from Sinai to Moab, the sending out of the spies and
the report they brought back, and the murmurings (eight times) of the people at
the hardships by the way (10:11?21:20).
The transactions in the plain of Moab before crossing the Jordan River
(21:21?36).
The period comprehended in the history extends from the second month of the
second year, as measured from the Exodus, to the beginning of the eleventh month
of the fortieth year, in all about thirty-seven years and nine months; a dreary
period of wanderings. They were fewer in number at the end of their wanderings
than when they left the land of Egypt.
According to tradition, Moses authored all five books of the Torah. According to
the documentary hypothesis, Numbers, with its dry style and emphasis on
censuses, derives from the priestly source, c. 550?400 BC, and was combined with
the other three sources to create the Torah c. 400.
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