Sorry, but I had the Electric Company running through my head. Impressionable young child that I was. Our next reading assignment is the Book of Numbers. As a genealogist, I got a bit excited when I saw the description and it mentioned a census! We genealogists drool over things like that. Let's see if I'm drooling in excitement or all over myself by the time it's all over!
Here's what my Bible has about the Book of Numbers:
"The Book of Numbers derives its name from the account of the two censuses of the Hebrew people taken, one near the beginning and the other towrd the end of the journey in the desert (chapters 1 and 26). It continues the story of that journey, begun in Exodus, and describes briefly the experiences of the Israelites for a period of thirty-eight years, from the end of their encampment at Sinai to their arrival at the border of the Promised Land. Numerous legal ordinances are interspersed in the account, making the book a cominbation of law and history.
The various events describe clearly indicate the action of God, who punishes the murmuring of the people by prolonging their stay in the desert, at the same time preparing them by this discipline to be his witnesses among the nations.
In the New Testament Christ and the Apostles derive useful lessons from such events in the Book of Numbers as the brazen serpent (Jn 3, 14f), the sedition of Korah and its consequences (1 Cor 10, 10), the prophecies of Balaam (2 Pt 2, 15f), and the water gushing from the rock (1 Cor 10, 4)."
I'm excited about the whole census bit and actually about it telling of the journey to the promised land. I'm ready for a story! Remember that you can comment on the blog or on the Facebook group!
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