end of each book. Olson draws attention to the fact that Lev. 27:34 situates the revelation of the preceding laws in Mount Sinai, whereas Num. 1:1 locates the setting of the subsequent laws in the wilderness of Sinai. It is also worth noticing how the opening of Numbers, ‘The LORD spoke to Moses’, echoes Lev. 1:1, ‘The LORD called to Moses and spoke to him’, and how the endings match each other too. ‘These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the Israelites’ (Lev. 27:34). ‘These
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