Book of Numbers

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biblical text book of the Hebrew Bible book of the Old Testament

The Book of Numbers is a biblical text in the Hebrew Bible that recounts the Israelites’ wilderness wanderings and preparations to enter the Promised Land, combining narrative episodes with laws and censuses.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Bemidbar 1
Book of Numbers chapter 1 1
Book of Numbers chapter 26 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical text ⓘ
book of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
book of the Old Testament ⓘ
attributedAuthorTradition Moses ⓘ
canonicalStatus sacred scripture in Christianity ⓘ
sacred scripture in Judaism ⓘ
centralFigure Aaron ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
Israelites ⓘ
surface form: the Israelites
contains censuses of the Israelites ⓘ
itineraries of Israel’s journeys ⓘ
laws and ritual regulations ⓘ
stories of divine guidance and provision ⓘ
stories of rebellion and judgment ⓘ
followedBy Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
genre law code ⓘ
religious history ⓘ
keyEvent Balaam’s oracles ⓘ
Korah’s rebellion ⓘ
Moses striking the rock at Meribah ⓘ
bronze serpent episode ⓘ
census of the first generation in the wilderness ⓘ
census of the second generation before entering Canaan ⓘ
rebellion at Kadesh ⓘ
spies sent to Canaan ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
literaryForm legal material ⓘ
narrative ⓘ
meaningOfGreekTitle Numbers ⓘ
surface form: numbers
meaningOfHebrewTitle in the wilderness ⓘ
partOf Five Books of Moses ⓘ
surface form: Pentateuch

Torah ⓘ
positionInCanon fourth book of the Christian Old Testament ⓘ
fourth book of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
precededBy Book of Leviticus ⓘ
primaryTheme Israelites’ wilderness wanderings ⓘ
preparations to enter the Promised Land ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
setting Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Sinai wilderness

Plains of Moab ⓘ
surface form: plains of Moab
subjectMatter covenant relationship between God and Israel ⓘ
organization of Israelite camp and priesthood ⓘ
timeFrame period between the Exodus and entry into Canaan ⓘ
titleInGreek Numbers ⓘ
surface form: Αριθμοί
titleInHebrew Book of Numbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: במדבר
transliterationOfGreekTitle Arithmoi ⓘ
transliterationOfHebrewTitle Book of Numbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bemidbar

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaddai → appearsInBook → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Moses → attributedAuthorship → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Jethro → biblicalBook → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Life of Moses → biblicalSource → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Tribe of Simeon → censusReportedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Numbers chapter 1
Tribe of Simeon → censusReportedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Numbers chapter 26
Tanakh → contains → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Midrash halakha → corpusIncludes → Book of Numbers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sifre Bamidbar
Ark of the Covenant → describedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Plains of Moab → describedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Revelation at Mount Sinai → describedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Twelve Tribes of Israel → describedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Book of Leviticus → followedBy → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Priestly code → foundIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Five Books of Moses → hasPart → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Gilead → mentionedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Issachar → mentionedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Korah → mentionedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Miriam → mentionedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Sons of Korah → mentionedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Table of the Shewbread → mentionedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Tribe of Judah → mentionedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali
Tribe of Reuben → mentionedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Tribe of Simeon → mentionedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Zebulun → mentionedIn → Book of Numbers ⓘ
land of Moab → mentionedInBook → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Tribe of Levi → sacredTextMention → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Aaronic priesthood → scripturalBasis → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Mount Sinai → scripturalBook → Book of Numbers ⓘ
Book of Numbers → titleInHebrew → Book of Numbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: במדבר
Book of Numbers → transliterationOfHebrewTitle → Book of Numbers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bemidbar