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Numbers. Name Hebrew: “In the Wilderness” English: “Numbers” Author & Date Moses 1406 B.C. or c.1220 B.C. Numbers. Structure Chapters 1:1-10:10: Preparing for journey Chapters 10:11-12:16: From Sinai to Kadesh Chapters 13-19: 40 years in the wilderness
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Numbers • Name • Hebrew: “In the Wilderness” • English: “Numbers” • Author & Date • Moses • 1406 B.C. or c.1220 B.C.
Numbers • Structure • Chapters 1:1-10:10: Preparing for journey • Chapters 10:11-12:16: From Sinai to Kadesh • Chapters 13-19: 40 years in the wilderness • Chapters 20-21: From Kadesh to Moab • Chapters 22-36: Plains of Moab
Numbers • Significant themes & theology • God is faithful • Disobedience is costly • Rebellion against spiritual leadership is dangerous • God is faithful
Numbers • Numbers 13-14 • The safest place to be is in the center of God’s will • God does not lead us to do what we can do on our own. • Looking backward is deadly • When God speaks is God’s timing