Introduction to Numbers
Name: Numbers
Division: Old Testament
Category: Pentateuch or Law
Purpose: To the tell the story of how Israel prepared to enter the promised land, how they sinned and punished, how they prepared to try again
Book No in BIBLE: 4
In Old Testament: 4
In Pentateuch: 4
No. of Chapters: 36
No. of Verses: 1288
Author: Moses
Date Written: Approx. 1450 – 1410 BC
Place of Writing: Sinai desert near to Canaan
History Covered: 1278 – 1241 BC
Audience: People of Israel
Numbers Statistics
Based on its weight of 36 Chapters its share among the chapters of the BIBLE, Old Testament and Pentateuch. Move your mouse pointer over the bar on the right hand side to get the values.
Total chapters in BIBLE:1189
Total chapters in OT: 929
Total chapters in Pentateuch: 187
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Key Verse
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: (14:22, 23)
Key People
Moses
Aaron
Miriam
Joshua
Caleb
Eleazar
Korah
Balaam
Key Places
Mount Sinai
Wilderness of paran
Kadesh
Arad
Edom
Ammon
Bashan
Plains of Moab
Moab
Gilead