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Available
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Philadelphia, Westminster Press
ISBN
066420841X / 9780664208417
Description
Here the concept of the conquest of the Promised Land is introduced and the first victories of the Israelites take place. Toward the end of the book the figures of Balaam and Balak appear. At the beginning Israel is depicted as sojourning at Sinai, but there is no indication as to how Israel arrived there or as to what happened to her there. The Book of Numbers is part of the total narrative of the Pentateuch and must be looked at within that wider framework. Presenting a thoroughly rounded introduction to Numbers, the author discusses the name and contents of the book, its growth and its significance. He then proceeds to explore the literary structure, content and importance of the entire book.
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CONTENTS:
The organization of the community of the twelve tribes -- The organization of the Levites -- Various divine ordinances -- The offerings of the Israelite tribal representatives -- Further divine ordinances -- The departure from Sinai -- Disaffection of the people in the wilderness -- Miriam and Aaron against Moses -- Spying out the promised land -- Various appendices of a cultic-ritual nature -- The rebellions of Korah and of Dathan and Abiram -- The relationship of priests and Levites to the rest of the Israelites -- Preparation and use of a special water of purification -- Once again water from the rock -- Refusal of passage through Edom -- The death of Aaron -- The capture of Hormah -- The bronze serpent -- Camping-sites on the way -- The first victories east of the Jordan -- Balaam -- Apostasy to Moabite idol-worship -- Another census -- A precedent concerning daughters' rights of inheritance -- Intimation of the death of Moses -- Cultic calendar -- The binding nature of women's vows -- War of vengeance against the Midianites and the subsequent division of the booty -- The first distribution of territory east of the Jordan -- The stations of Israel's wanderings after the exodus from Egypt -- Directions for the future allocation of land west of the Jordan -- Levitical cities and cities of refuge -- Appendix on daughters' rights of inheritance.
The organization of the community of the twelve tribes -- The organization of the Levites -- Various divine ordinances -- The offerings of the Israelite tribal representatives -- Further divine ordinances -- The departure from Sinai -- Disaffection of the people in the wilderness -- Miriam and Aaron against Moses -- Spying out the promised land -- Various appendices of a cultic-ritual nature -- The rebellions of Korah and of Dathan and Abiram -- The relationship of priests and Levites to the rest of the Israelites -- Preparation and use of a special water of purification -- Once again water from the rock -- Refusal of passage through Edom -- The death of Aaron -- The capture of Hormah -- The bronze serpent -- Camping-sites on the way -- The first victories east of the Jordan -- Balaam -- Apostasy to Moabite idol-worship -- Another census -- A precedent concerning daughters' rights of inheritance -- Intimation of the death of Moses -- Cultic calendar -- The binding nature of women's vows -- War of vengeance against the Midianites and the subsequent division of the booty -- The first distribution of territory east of the Jordan -- The stations of Israel's wanderings after the exodus from Egypt -- Directions for the future allocation of land west of the Jordan -- Levitical cities and cities of refuge -- Appendix on daughters' rights of inheritance.