Numbers
Subtitle: a commentary
By: [Translated by James D. Martin from the German.]
Series: The Old Testament library
Publisher: Westminster Press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng; ger
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780664208417
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Numbers -- Commentaries.
Other titles: Bible. O.T. Numbers. English. Revised standard. 1968.
Notes: Translation of Das vierte Buch Mose, Numeri.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Name and contents of the book; title: The growth of the book (literary criticism and history of traditions); title: The significance of the book; title: Further ordinances of God at Sinai.; title: The organization of the community of the twelve tribes; title: The organization of the Levites; title: Various divine ordinances; title: The offerings of the Israelite tribal representatives; title: Further divine ordinances; title: The departure from Sinai; title: Further sojourn in the wilderness.; title: Disaffection of the people in the wilderness; title: Miriam and Aaron against Moses; title: Spying out the promised land; title: Various appendices of a cultic-ritual nature; title: The rebellions of Korah and of Dathan and Abiram; title: The relationship of priests and Levites to the rest of the Israelites; title: Preparation and use of a special water of purification; title: Once again water from the rock; title: Preparation for and beginning of the conquest.; title: Refusal of passage through Edom; title: The death of Aaron; title: The capture of Hormah; title: The bronze serpent; title: Camping-sites on the way; title: The first victories east of the Jordan; title: Balaam; title: Apostasy to Moabite idol-worship; title: Another census; title: A precedent concerning daughters' rights of inheritance; title: Intimation of the death of Moses; title: Cultic calendar; title: The binding nature of women's vows; title: War of vengeance against the Midianites and the subsequent division of the booty; title: The first distribution of territory east of the Jordan; title: The stations of Israel's wanderings after the exodus from Egypt; title: Directions for the future allocation of land west of the Jordan; title: Levitical cities and cities of refuge; title: Appendix on daughters' rights of inheritance