According to Hebraic tradition, the chronological period in the book consists of the second month of the second year (measured from Exodus) to the beginning of the eleventh month of the fortieth year -- in all, roughly 39 years 9 months of wandering, with, of course, fewer in number at the end of the journey than at the beginning. Again, according to tradition, Moses was the author of all five books of the Torah, but stylistically, at least in both Hebrew and then Aramaic, the prose in Numbers is far dryer and more scholarly, leading most to believe that this particular section was derived from several priestly sources tentatively dated at 4th-6th century BC (Harris, 1985).
Since Numbers is divided into three parts, it is useful to provide an overview of the literative focus and consequences of each section:
Number's the People of the Lord -- God ordered Moses to count those able to bear arms (men over 20) in order to organize and assign the tribes to the particular Tabernacle; an organization based on clan and kinship, with each flying a different banner. Moses is then ordered to consecrate a section of those numbered, the Levites, for the service of the Tabernacle in the place of the first-born sons; the Levites are further divided into three families. Preparations are then made for resuming the march to the Promised Land, and various ordinance and laws are decreed that, presumably, will allow a large group of people to exist in a hostile environment for several years (Hasel, 1991).
Recommencement of the journey -- Moses is ordered to make two silver trumpets for bringing the tribes together and announcing a recommencement of the journey. Initial dissatisfaction is punished by fire, and as Moses complains of the stubbornness of the Israelites is ordered to choose seventy...
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