Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Numbers 33

Numbers 33

1 - 49 The Stages of Israel's Journey from Egypt

They set out from Rameses in the first month [. . . ] while they Egyptians were burying their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them (4 - 5) The summary follows the Israelites from the Succoth to the wilderness of Sinai (6 - 15) and to the plains of Moab (16 - 49).

50 - 56 Directions for the Conquest of Canaan

In Moab (by the Jordan at Jericho) the Lord tells Moses to tell the Israelites to drive the Canaanites from their land and destroy their cast images, and then they can divide up the spoils

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