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The message of Numbers : journey to the promised land / Raymond Brown.

By: Series: Bible speaks todayPublication details: Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, ©2002.Description: 308 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0830824286
  • 9780830824281
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 222/.1407 21
LOC classification:
  • BS1265.52 .B76 2002
Contents:
God's people prepare (1:1-2:34) -- Community servants (3:1-4:49) -- Keeping the camp clean (5:1-31) -- Short-term voluntary service (6:1-21) -- Inherited riches (6:22-27) -- Giving and receiving the best (7:1-89) -- Israel's role models (8:1-26) -- Three-dimensional grace (9:1-10:10) -- Sharing good things (10:11-36) -- Leadership issues (11:1-35) -- Disloyal colleagues (12:1-16) -- Giants or grapes? (13:1-33) -- Israel's sleepless night (14:1-45) -- When God speaks again (15:1-41) -- More leadership tensions (16:1-50) -- Kept as a sign (17:1-18:32) -- The perils of pollution (19:1-22) -- Coping with crises (20:1-21:3) -- Life for a look (21:4-9) -- The march to Moab (21:10-35) -- Seeing with the seer (22:1-24:25) -- A tragic sequel (25:1-18) -- Facing a different future (26:1-65) -- Human rights and divine commands (27:1-11) -- Leadership lifestyle (27:12-23) -- Variations on a majestic theme (28:1-29:40) -- Keeping promises and identifying dangers (30:1-31:54) -- Alternative destinies (32:1-42) -- Recollections and resolutions (33:1-56) -- Generous provision (34:1-36:13).
Summary: Numbers is one of the lost books of the Bible. Lost in that it is neglected by many Christians. Named for its two "numberings," or censuses, of Israel - the generation that left Egypt and the generation that entered the land of promise - it frames a fascinating account of the pilgrim people Israel learning to trust God. Readers are frequently puzzled by the dazzling variety of literature that makes up this book and wonder how to make sense of the whole. But on closer examination, the book discloses its careful design and message.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 11-13).

God's people prepare (1:1-2:34) -- Community servants (3:1-4:49) -- Keeping the camp clean (5:1-31) -- Short-term voluntary service (6:1-21) -- Inherited riches (6:22-27) -- Giving and receiving the best (7:1-89) -- Israel's role models (8:1-26) -- Three-dimensional grace (9:1-10:10) -- Sharing good things (10:11-36) -- Leadership issues (11:1-35) -- Disloyal colleagues (12:1-16) -- Giants or grapes? (13:1-33) -- Israel's sleepless night (14:1-45) -- When God speaks again (15:1-41) -- More leadership tensions (16:1-50) -- Kept as a sign (17:1-18:32) -- The perils of pollution (19:1-22) -- Coping with crises (20:1-21:3) -- Life for a look (21:4-9) -- The march to Moab (21:10-35) -- Seeing with the seer (22:1-24:25) -- A tragic sequel (25:1-18) -- Facing a different future (26:1-65) -- Human rights and divine commands (27:1-11) -- Leadership lifestyle (27:12-23) -- Variations on a majestic theme (28:1-29:40) -- Keeping promises and identifying dangers (30:1-31:54) -- Alternative destinies (32:1-42) -- Recollections and resolutions (33:1-56) -- Generous provision (34:1-36:13).

Numbers is one of the lost books of the Bible. Lost in that it is neglected by many Christians. Named for its two "numberings," or censuses, of Israel - the generation that left Egypt and the generation that entered the land of promise - it frames a fascinating account of the pilgrim people Israel learning to trust God. Readers are frequently puzzled by the dazzling variety of literature that makes up this book and wonder how to make sense of the whole. But on closer examination, the book discloses its careful design and message.

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