Daily Readings in the Bible Numbers 3-4

The first two chapters of Numbers give a census of all the capable men of war in each of the twelve tribes of Israel. The census did not include women, children, or the elderly. Some scholars estimate there were at least two million Hebrews in the wilderness. With so many people, you’d think it would be utter chaos. But God is a God of order. As we read in the accounts of Noah’s ark, and the Tabernacle, God is into the details. Numbers 1-4 gives the blueprint of how the tribes of...