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Numbers tells the story of God’s people in the wilderness after they left Mount Sinai. One generation refused to enter the Promised Land and spent the remainder of their lives wandering in the wilderness. But during those years, a new generation arose, which stood at the Jordan River ready to inherit what God had promised. Numbers is the fourth book written by God’s great leader Moses.

of Aqaba and eastward toward the Arabian desert. Because the route was not the direct one, the people again began to murmur and complain. Even this generation, which was 40 years removed from life in Egypt, repeated the complaints of the first generation. “Why did you take us away from Egypt, Moses? There is no bread or water here in the wilderness, and all we get is this miserable stuff that is called manna.” In their complaining mood, they were blind to the many gifts God was giving them. To jar
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