Books of the Bible – Numbers
God's people in God's place receiving God's blessing
3 occasions they receive God's law / instructions about feasts
2 occasions they are travelling
1:1-10:10 - in Sinai receiving instructions
10:11-12:16 - move from Sinai to Kadesh in Paran
13:1-19:22 - in Kadesh receiving instructions (40 years)
20:1-22:1 - move to plains of Moab
22:2-36:13 - camped along the Jordan across from Jericho
Two censuses:
1:46 = 603,550 (military strength)
26:51 = 601,730 (division of the land)
People resisting God's people - making life difficult for them:
Edomites refused to let God's people through their land
Moabites tried to have them cursed by Balaam
Sihon and Og tried to attack them