Addressing the themes of land and offspring that pervade the Pentateuch (and indeed all of Scripture), the book of Numbers overviews Israel’s journey to the Promised Land. However, due to their faithless rebellion against Yahweh and his prophet Moses, a venture that should have taken weeks instead took forty years. How quickly redeemed people can forget the greatness and holiness of their God! As the exodus generation died off in the wilderness, the new generation was schooled in the weightiness
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