{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_web_num_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_web_num_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_web_num_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/web/num.htm","summary":"This is the opening chapters of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, part of the Torah (Pentateuch) tradition. The text records Yahweh's command to Moses to conduct a military census of the twelve tribes of Israel in the Sinai wilderness, approximately one year after the Exodus from Egypt, counting all males aged twenty and older fit for warfare \u2014 totaling 603,550 men, with the tribe of Levi explicitly excluded. The second chapter prescribes the precise spatial arrangement of the tribal camps around the central Tent of Meeting, organized by compass direction, specifying the marching order for when Israel moves. The third chapter shifts focus to the Levites, detailing the lineage of Aaron and Moses and assigning the Levites a distinct role as custodians and transporters of the Tabernacle rather than soldiers. A distinctive feature of this passage is its dual emphasis on meticulous administrative organization \u2014 names, numbers, tribal leaders, spatial positioning \u2014 as expressions of divine order, presenting military preparedness and cultic purity as equally sacred concerns. The text is primarily legislative and genealogical in character, with little narrative drama, serving as a foundation document for Israelite tribal identity and religious structure.","tags":["English Bible Translations","Modern Bible Translations","New Testament"],"text":null,"title":"World English Bible: Numbers","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":32579}