The Book in the order it was written
TimelineContentsSection V. Early Post-Exilic / Persian Period · 539 - c. 400 BCE

Numbers

36 chapters · 1,288 verses · 30,771 words

Wilderness narrative and law. Chapters 23-24 preserve the archaic Balaam oracles; 6:24-26 is the blessing found on the Ketef Hinnom amulets, reproduced in Section X.

Chapters

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