Authoritative Word

“These are the commandments and the rules that the Lord commanded through Moses to the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.” (Numbers 36:13, ESV) We now come to the last chapter and the last verse of the book of Numbers. Here we see a summarizing truth. “These areContinue reading “Authoritative Word”

Numbering the People

“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.” (Numbers 26:2, ESV) After the plague the Lord asks Moses to take a census to number the people. This is the second census.Continue reading “Numbering the People”