Old Testament · Law
Numbers
Written by Moses. Written for Israel in the wilderness between Sinai and the promised land.
Big picture in three sentences
Numbers counts the people and then follows them through forty years of desert travel.
They grumble, God stays faithful, and a new generation grows up ready to trust him.
The book ends on the edge of the land God had promised Abraham long before.
The priestly blessing in Numbers 6 is still spoken in many churches.
Key verse · Numbers 6:24
“‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you.”
Stories families know from this book
- The priestly blessing
- The twelve spies
- The bronze snake
- Water from the rock