Day 53: Census and Centering Us to God

Today we read Numbers 1, Deuteronomy 1, and Psalm 85. We start two new, but connected stories: Numbers and Deuteronomy. These are the last two books of the Torah. The Torah (law) is the Jewish way of describing the first 5 scrolls of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Many Christian and Catholic scholars refer to these same first 5 scrolls of the Hebrew Scripture as the Pentateuch. Many believe these were written or were mostly written and master edited by Moses. However, some point to the fact that he may not have been the one to write about his death, which we will read about at the end of Deuteronomy, specifically chapter 34. Today's discussion will review the entire connected story so far and zoom out to describe the whole book of Numbers and Deuteronomy and then zoom into the first chapter of Numbers.

Resources:

Dr. Mackie, Tim, Book Overviews (6 minutes and 51 seconds) https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/numbers/ 

Solomon, Marty and Billings, Brent (2017). Lead with Your Voice. Book of Numbers. (46 minutes and 15 seconds) https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/30 

Solomon, Marty and Billings, Brent (2017). Remember Where You Came From. Deuteronomy. (40 minutes and 45 seconds). https://www.bemadiscipleship.com/31 

The Gospel Coalition. Introduction to Numbers. The ESV Story and Crossway Partnership. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/course/numbers/#outline 

Credits:

Podcast music by Stockaudios from Pixabay. Speaker, Dr. Rachel Bodell. Podcast Sound Engineer, Alan Darling. Podcast Artwork, Will Gerard.