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Numbers is the culmination of the story of Israel's exodus from oppression in Egypt and their journey to take possession of the land God promised their fathers. As such it draws to a conclusion the themes introduced in Genesis and played out in Exodus and Leviticus: God has promised the Israelites that they shall become a great (i.e. numerous ...
The Book of Numbers also contains a substantial amount of Yahwist material, starting with Numbers 10–14. It includes, among other pericopes , the departure from Sinai , the story of the spies who are afraid of the giants in Canaan , and the refusal of the Israelites to enter the Promised Land – which then brings on the wrath of Yahweh, who ...
The biblical account of the justification of evil and suffering in the presence of God has both similarities and contrasts in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. For the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Job is often quoted as the authoritative source of discussion. [39] [full citation needed] [40]: Chapter 3: Job
The New Bible Dictionary finds these two distinct freedoms in the Bible: [65] (i) "The Bible everywhere assumes" that, by nature, everyone possesses the freedom of "unconstrained, spontaneous, voluntary, and therefore responsible, choice." The New Bible Dictionary calls this natural freedom "free will" in a moral and psychological sense of the ...
Page from the Leningrad Codex (1008 CE), showing part of Numbers 10. The Book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, Arithmoi, lit. ' numbers ' Biblical Hebrew: בְּמִדְבַּר, Bəmīḏbar, lit. ' In [the] desert '; Latin: Liber Numeri) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. [1]
Numbers 31 is the 31st chapter of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Pentateuch , the central part of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), a sacred text in Judaism and Christianity. Scholars such as Israel Knohl and Dennis T. Olson name this chapter the War against the Midianites .
Patrick D. Miller in his commentary on Deuteronomy suggests that different views of the structure of the book will lead to different views on what it is about. [5] The structure is often described as a series of three speeches or sermons (chapters 1:1–4:43, 4:44–29:1, 29:2–30:20) followed by a number of short appendices [6] or some kind of epilogue (31:1–34:12), consist of commission ...
The Bible is viewed as only one expression of God's revelation in the ongoing life of His people. Scripture is part of the treasure of Faith which is known as Tradition." [ 7 ] In this view, the Bible, the Creeds, and the Councils are all mutually interpreting, guarded by the Church and illuminated by the Spirit of God.