Numbers

Question 1

Numbers - Overview

Answer 1

Written in the final year of Moses’ life (20:1, 36:13, 1406BC), Numbers records the events of first and second generation Israelites in the wilderness. While Israel was fickle in her relationship to God, God was faithful to his promise.

Question 2

Numbers 1 - 14

Answer 2

First generation in the wilderness

Question 3

Numbers 11

Answer 3

Israelites complain

Question 4

Numbers 12

Answer 4

Miriam and Aaron complain

Question 5

Numbers 13

Answer 5

Spies investigate Jericho

Question 6

Numbers 15 - 25

Answer 6

Overlap of two generations

Question 7

Numbers 16

Answer 7

Korah’s rebellion

Question 8

Numbers 21

Answer 8

Firery serpents

Question 9

Numbers 22 - 24

Answer 9

Balaam, Balak, and the talking donkey

Question 10

Numbers 26 - 36

Answer 10

Second generation in the plains of Moab