Torah:
Numbers

After the long legal interlude of Leviticus, Numbers starts off with the daunting string of census reports.  Pushing forward, however, the reader is rewarded with a variety of narratives covering the years in the wilderness.  Among these stories is that of Balaam and the Brazen Serpent.

Left: Sebastien Bourdon's seventeenth century painting of Moses and the Brazen Serpent.

The Bare Facts

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Memorable Passages

Overviews and Outlines

An Introduction to Numbers

An outlined overview by David Malick.

An Argument of the Book of Numbers

David Malick's rhetoricla outline.

Bible Basics

A very brief list of facts, but it includes a wav file pronouncing the book's title.

Easton Bible Dictionary: Numbers

The article from M.G. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Catholic Encyclopedia: Pentateuch

The appropriate entry from the public domain edition of this venerable reference work.  Scroll down a bit to find the section on Numbers.

Columbia Encyclopedia: Numbers

A brief article from the 2001 edition of this reference work.

Jewish Encyclopedia

An article from the 1901-06 reference work.  Generally liberal in its critical presuppositions.

Bible Explained

This is a commentary by an energetic fellow named Ted Wade.  He provides brief notes on each chapter and most verses for the entire Bible.

Luther Productions

A very brief overview including key verses.

The Blue Letter Bible

An excellent source for text, cross-references, concordance, language helps, commentaries, and more.

Walking Through the Bible

An introduction by Windell Gann.  Three books for the price of one here.

Preface to Homilies on Numbers

The work of Rufinus introducing the writings of Origen .

Moses

The website to accompany the BBC TV series.

JPS Bible

The JPS 1917 Bible text and another Jewish version.  There are links that supposedly go to two Hebrew and one Aramaic text but they don't seem to work.

Bible Studies: Whole Book

Love the Lord Bible Studies: Numbers

A 44-lesson study with questions from an Arkansas-based ministry.  They seem orthodox enough, although the statement of faith makes me wonder if they're not into prosperity gospel teachings.

Talks for Growing Christians

A nifty study, which includes a brief sermon, question, and answers.  A project from Talks for Growing Christians.

The Grace Institute: Numbers

A well-rounded overview from a Eugene Oregon church.

Exploring the Word of God: Numbers

A 5-part study from the Worldwide Church of God, a denomination with a checkered past but an exciting present.

Geneva Notes

In 1599, English Puritans, working in Geneva, published the first study Bible.  These are the notes from that edition.

Coffman's Commentary

A verse-by-verse commentary by Dr. James Burton Coffman, a leading Church of Christ scholar.

Class Notes on Sacred History

An 1893 commentary by J.W. McGarvey.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

The chapter-by-chapter 1712 commentary by the great English Puritan writer..

John Wesley Notes

Over his career, the founder of Methodism maintained notes on the entire Bible.

JFB Commentary

The comments of Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown from Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871).

Clarke's Commentary

The first chapter for this book from Adam Clarke's nineteenth-century commentary.

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The commentary of the 17th century Baptist theologian and preacher.

Scofield Reference Notes

The notes from the 1917 edition of the great study Bible.  From a dispensationalist viewpoint.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A combination brief commentary and thorough cross-reference.  Developed by R.A. Torrey.

David Guzik's Commentaries on the Bible

David Guzik, a former senior pastor at Clavary Chapel Simi Valley in California, provides a verse-by-verse commentary. Currently Guzik directs the Calvary Chapel Bible College in Siegen, Germany.

Comments on the Book of Numbers

A thorough commentary by Leslie M. Grant.

Numbers

A thirty-six chapter study by Arend Remmers.

The Jerome Bible Commentary

A commentary by a Catholic doctor, Jerome Dominguez, M.D.  Is English isn't perfect, but you have to admire his energy.  Although Catholic in orientation, this source has some good material for study.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

The relevant section of Henry's great commentary.

Navigating the Bible

This Jewish site has Hebrew and English text and many other features.  This page takes you to chapter one.  Commentary for the chapter is at the bottom of the page.

Bible Studies: Part of Book

They Shall Go Hindmost (Numbers 2:31)

An entry from C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.

The Nazirite's Secret (6:1-21)

An article from Jewish Heritage Online Magazine.

All the Days of his Separation (Numbers 6:4)

An entry from C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.

Wherefore hast Thou afflicted Thy servant? (Numbers 11:11)

An entry from C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.

Thou shalt see now whether My word shall come to pass (Numbers 11:23)

An entry from C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.

He had married an Ethiopian woman (Numbers 12:1)

An entry from C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.

All the children of Israel murmured (Numbers 14:2)

An entry from C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.

How long will it be ere they believe me? (Numbers 14:11)

An entry from C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.

Then Israel sang this song (Numbers 21:7)

An entry from C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.

The Bronze Serpent History (Numbers 21:1-9)

An exposition by T. Hoogsteen from Kerux.

The Lenten First Lessons (Numbers 21:4-9)

An article from Word and World by James Arne Nestingen.

On the Death of Mr. Whitefield (Numbers 23:10)

A sermon by John Wesley.

What Hath God Wrought! (Numbers 23:23)

A sermon by John Wesley on the occasion of the foundation of the New Chapel, 1777.

A Star Will Come out of Jacob (Numbers 24:15-19)

A lesson from Greg Herrick's series Regal Images from Scripture.

Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? (Numbers 32:6)

An entry from C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening.

Sermons

Numbers: The Incomplete Christian Life

The appropriate sermon from Ray C. Stedman's Adventuring through the Bible series.

Alan Carr Sermons

We have links to 2 sermons here.

C.H. Spurgeon

A listing of sermons, some of which are available online, by the great British Baptist.

Sermon Outlines

Links to sermon outlines from SermonLinks.

 

Books and Bibliographies

Humanizing Moses

An article from Biblical Interpretation by Joel Cohen.

The Moses Myth: Beyond Biblical History

An article from Biblical Interpretation by Brian Britt.

Selected Bibliography of Numbers

Evangelical sources compiled by David Malick.

Two-Age Bibliography

A list of recommended sources, mostly scholarly in nature, provided by a website devoted to the "Redemptive Historical" school of theology.