• Bible Studies

    Numbers 9:15-23

    Our assignment for the next several weeks is the book of Numbers. It is called Numbers because the Greek translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint called it “Arithmoi” after the lists recorded in the first few chapters.  The Latin Vulgate translation picked up on the Greek title and named the book Numeri from which the English translations derived the title of Numbers for the book. The Hebrew Bible’s title for the book is the one I would have kept.  It is “Bemidbar” which translates “in the desert” and is really more descriptive of the content of the book than simply a book of numbers.  It would be…