THE BOOK OF NUMBERS 1-36 FULLAUDIO
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Date: 21/04/2021

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The Book of Numbers is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. The book has a long and complex history; its final form is possibly due to a Priestly redaction of a Yahwistic source made some time in the early Persian period. 
We live in a difficult world, and some people even claim that God is vengeful. But the book of Numbers, tells us that God may get mad, but he isn't out to get even. He is out to bless and protect us until we can make him glad with our faith and love. ... God doesn't give up on us when we are at our worst.
The book of Numbers was written to demonstrate that God's covenant plan stays on track even when His people don't. The instances of sinful complaining and rebellion and the resulting judgment are so pronounced and widespread that it seems like they will never make it (Num.
Seven is the number of completeness and perfection (both physical and spiritual). It derives much of its meaning from being tied directly to God's creation of all things. ... The word 'created' is used 7 times describing God's creative work (Genesis 1:1, 21, 27 three times; 2:3; 2:4)

The book is called Numbers because at the start God ordered a counting of the people (a census) in the twelve tribes of Israel. ... As a result of their bad behavior, therefore, God punished them by making the Israelites travel forty years before they could settle in Israel, the promised land.