A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
Dictionary entry
a canonical book of the Old Testament, being the fourth of the
Pentateuch, or five books of Moses; and receives its denomination from
the numbering of the families of Israel by Moses and Aaron, who mustered
the tribes, and marshalled the army, of the Hebrews in their passage
through the wilderness. A great part of this book is historical,
relating several remarkable events which happened in that journey, and
also mentioning various of their journeyings in the wilderness. This
book comprehends the history of about thirty-eight years, though the
greater part of the things recorded fell out in the first and last of
those years; and it does not appear when those things were done which
are recorded in the middle of the book. See PENTATEUCH.
Pentateuch, or five books of Moses; and receives its denomination from
the numbering of the families of Israel by Moses and Aaron, who mustered
the tribes, and marshalled the army, of the Hebrews in their passage
through the wilderness. A great part of this book is historical,
relating several remarkable events which happened in that journey, and
also mentioning various of their journeyings in the wilderness. This
book comprehends the history of about thirty-eight years, though the
greater part of the things recorded fell out in the first and last of
those years; and it does not appear when those things were done which
are recorded in the middle of the book. See PENTATEUCH.
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