Bible Study The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers

[Atonement]

The Fourth Book of Moses Called
NUMBERS​

Numbers is the book of wanderings. It takes it's name from the two numberings of the Israelites-the first at Mount Sinai and the second on the plains of Moab. Most of the book, however, describes Israel's experiences as they wander in the wilderness. The lesson of Numbers is clear. While it may be necessary to pass through wilderness experiences, one does not have to live there. For Israel, an eleven-day journey became a forty-year agony.

The title of Numbers comes from the first word in the Hebrew text Wayyedabber, "And He Said." Jewish writings, however, usually refer to it by the fifth Hebrew word in Num 1:1, Bemidbar, "In the Wilderness," which more nearly indicates the content of the book. The Greek title in the Septuagint is Arithmoi, "Numbers." The Latin Vulgate followed this title and translated it Liber Numeri, "Book of Numbers." These titles are based on the two numberings: the generation of Exodus (Num 1) and the generation that grew up in the wilderness and conquered Canaan (Num 26). Numbers has also been called the "Book of Journeyings," the "Book of the Murmurings," and the "Fourth Book of Moses."

 

[Deborah13]

Numbers 20:7-12
God tells Moses to take the rod (of authority) and speak to the rock. In his anger at the murmuring of the people Moses smotes the rock twice. Again the rock flows out living water. But because Moses did not obey God he and Aaron cannot enter the Promied Land.
Jesus the rock was smote once, He cannot be smote again.
Gods grace is sufficient, He gives living water. We see Moses again at the transfiguration of the Christ.

 

[Deborah13]

Number 21:8-9
God tells Moses to put a fiery serpent on a pole and anyone who had been bitten by a serpent should look upon the fiery serpent and they would be healed.

Jesus the Healer