Numbers

Numbers 32

Chapter thirty-two adds an interesting bit of detail to the story of Israel’s preparing to enter Canaan. God had already promised to give the land over to Israel, by helping them defeat the pagan nations that already lived there. Additionally, he had said that they were to parcel the land according to the size of […]

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Numbers 27

Chapter twenty-seven contains two parts: a new regulation and a new leader. As noted in the previous chapter, one of the men of Manasseh had five daughters but no sons. As the instructions for the parceling of the land were conveyed, they became concerned and approached Moses about it (Numbers 27:1-11). Their fear was that,

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Numbers 22

Chapters twenty-two through twenty-four contain another well-known story from Numbers: the account of Balak and Balaam. 1 In Numbers 21:26 we read that Sihon had defeated Moab. Now that Israel had defeated Sihon, the Moabites were naturally afraid that they could be next, so when Israel journeyed up the eastern border of Moab, Balak, their

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