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Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Moses
The Book of Numbers is a description of the Israelites’ forty years of wandering in the desert, including:
- Assignment of military and religious responsibilities
- Rules of conduct
- The first trip to Canaan
- The forty years of wandering
- Rules for the inheritance of the Promised Land
It also includes several evocative stories, including:
- The Shower of Quails
- The Budding Rod
- The Plague of Fiery Serpents
- Balaam and his Donkey
- The Slaughter of the Midianites