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The OT Book of Numbers:
The Book of Numbers (meaning in the desert), is the
fourth book of the Old Testament. It contains a record of
the numbering of the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai
and later on the plain of Moab.
This book may be divided into three parts:
The numbering of the people at Sinai, and preparations
for resuming their march (1-10:10). The sixth chapter
gives an account of the vow of a Nazirite.
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 after the Exodus to the
beginning of the eleventh month of the fortieth year, in all
about thirty-eight years and ten 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.
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