Their failure to trust God and obey Him resulted in a period of 38 years of wandering in the wilderness. They proceeded from Sinai to Kadesh Barnea on Canaan's southern border, but failed to go into the Promised Land from there because of unbelief. However, their journey was not at all direct. Sinai to the plains of Moab, which lay to the east of Jericho and the Jordan River. Numbers records that the Israelites traveled from Mt. The material in between, 10:12-21:9, is undated but must fall in the intervening thirty-eight years." Those of the final chapters 21:10-36:13 occur within five months of the fortieth year (see 20:28=33:38 20:29 Deut. "The events of 1:1-10:11 cover nineteen days from the first to the nineteenth of the second month of the second year. Thus the total time Numbers covers is about 39 years. When Numbers closes, the Israelites were in the tenth month of the fortieth year (cf. Those events happened after Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, which occurred on the first day of the first month of the second year (7:1 cf. Yet in chapters 7-10 we read about things that happened in the nation before that time. When the book opens, the Israelites were in the second month of the second year after they departed from Egypt (1:1). However, it is impossible to say how much later. There are also a few passages that appear to have been added after Moses' time: 12:3 21:14-15 and 32:34-42. 32:13), and he died shortly before they entered the Promised Land (Deut. (1 Kings 6:1), the Israelites were in the wilderness for 40 years (Num. Moses evidently died close to 1406 B.C., since the Exodus happened about 1446 B.C. He apparently wrote it late in his life, across the Jordan from the Promised Land, on the Plains of Moab. These "numberings" of the people took place at the beginning and end of the wilderness wanderings and frame the contents of Numbers. The Septuagint translators chose this title because of the two censuses of the Israelites that Moses recorded at the beginning (chs. The English title "Numbers" is a translation of the Greek title Arithmoi. The title the Jews used in their Hebrew Old Testament for this book comes from the fifth word in the book in the Hebrew text, bemidbar: "in the wilderness." This is, of course, appropriate since the Israelites spent most of the time covered in the narrative of Numbers in the wilderness. Anticipation of the Promised Land 33:50-36:13 Review of Israel's journey from Egypt 33:1-49 Warning and encouragement of the younger generation chs. Reprisal against the Midianites and the settlement of the Transjordanian tribes chs. Provisions and commands to observe in preparation for entering the land chs. Preparations for entering the Promised Land from the east chs. Prospects of the younger generation in the land chs.
The climax of rebellion, atonement, and the end of dying chs. The cycle of rebellion, atonement, and death chs. The rebellion and judgment of the unbelieving generation chs. Commands and rituals to observe in preparation for entering the land chs. The first census and the organization of the people chs. Preparations for entering the Promised Land from the south chs.
Experiences of the older generation in the wilderness chs.
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