Numbers Short Course

the prophecy of the one whose eye sees clearly, who hears the words of God

N 24:15-16

Part One

DIVE - This is preaching gold |katie haldane

Have you ever sat in a sermon and thought, where are they getting all this cool information from? You know what I mean, the knowledge about the Passover that aligns with Jesus’ death, the understanding of the Levites which aligns to our worship today, the cloud movements, the quail from God, the bad report from exploring Canaan, “we looked like grasshoppers in their eyes and therefore in ours” about vision and faith, the talking donkey? Well, ponder no more, this is all from Numbers. This book is preaching gold and you are going to love it!

dEEP DIVE - THE MISH-MASH OF NUMBERS | Dr kyle keimer

The Book of Numbers is a challenging mish-mash of material. But this mish-mash is full of layer upon layer of meaning. As one gets into the book various patterns start to appear, but these are not mutually exclusive nor are they wholly related.

Part Two

DIVE - 5 THINGS THAT I ADJUSTED IN MY LIFE WHEN READING NUMBERS | katie haldane

The Bible calls us to not just read the Word but be doers of the Word.

James 1:22,25 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says …. But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it – not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it- they will be blessed in what they do.

DEEP DIVE -DIVE DEEPER INTO THE BOOK OF NUMBERS | DR KYLE KEIMER

The Book of Numbers is a book that finds itself placed firmly in the back half of the Pentateuch. As Walton, Matthews & Chavalas put it in their incredible work The Bible Background Commentary – Old Testament, ‘there are many reasons to consider the Pentateuch as a single, unitary piece of literature’ and I want to emphasise that point, not only concerning the Old Testament, in particular, the first five books, but in relation to the entire Bible, the meta-narrative of God and His redemptive work.