Chapter three is the Levite version of chapter two, explaining how the Levites camped and moved. Levi himself had three sons – Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. These became the three sub-tribes of Levi. The Gershonites were responsible for the curtains of the tabernacle and camped on the west side of the tabernacle, between the tabernacle […]
Introduction to Numbers In Hebrew the name of this book is בְּמִדְבַּר (bemidebar) which means “in the wilderness.” This is not only appropriate as it describes where “the LORD spoke to Moses” (Numbers 1:1), it is also the story of the Israelite people for the first forty years after the Exodus. The English title comes
Chapter sixteen reveals the final seven judgments of the Tribulation. John described these as “bowls containing God’s wrath” that would be “poured out…on the earth” (Revelation 16:1-2). These judgments will be similar to the trumpets but should not be interpreted as the same judgments. The first bowl will produce sores all over the Beast’s followers.
