The Book of Numbers (2)

Chapter 15-20:13 again formed a distinct unity. Its content is historical, interrupted by legal sections in chapters 15, 17, 18, 19. The history in these chap­ters concerns the thirty seven years of wandering in "the wilderness of Paran" with Kadesh as the rallying center. In this wilderness, Israel for a generation led a nomadic life, passing from place to place, as pastur­age invited. The men who had come from Egypt gradually passed away, and their sons grew under the tutelage of Moses into a...