Backstory and Overview of Numbers

Numbers continues the story of Israel after the exodus out of Egypt. Israel has camped at Mt Sinai for about a year. God has made a covenant with them and they have agreed to it. They have received God’s instructions and laws and built a sacred royal tent for God. It’s now time to prepare Israel to move to the promised land.

The book of Numbers covers 40 years and it moves from the first generation of those who came out of Egypt in the exodus to the second generation.