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Journeying with God: A Commentary on the Book of Numbers is unavailable, but you can change that!

Although little studied by most Christians, the book of Numbers offers a rich storehouse of material for reflection on the relationship between God and the human community. This excellent commentary highlights this theme in the context of interpreting the many strange and obscure stories and laws of Israel’s wilderness journey.

emphasized by the responsibility of the priest for examining persons and declaring them clean or unclean. The second category, translated “discharge,” refers in this context to any irregular discharge from the genitals. In the case of females, anything beyond the usual period of menstruation is meant (Lev. 15:25). As is clear from the more elaborate form of this regulation in Lev. 15, even indirect contact with such a person by touching personal effects such as bedding or clothing or saddles or pottery
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