Table of Contents

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

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Raymond Brown explores how the book of Numbers message of life as an accompanied journey is perfectly suited for our modern world, part of The Bible Speaks Today series of Old Testament commentaries.

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