Numbers (KJV)
36 chapters · 1,288 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of Numbers
Numbers narrates Israel's journey from Sinai toward the promised land, marked by censuses, rebellion, and a generation that perished in the wilderness. It shows both human unbelief and God's faithfulness in preserving his people.
- Genre
- Narrative & law
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to Moses
- First audience
- Israel in the wilderness generation
How to read it: Follow the wilderness narrative for its lessons on trust and obedience, reading the interspersed laws in their covenant context.
It opens: “And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,” (Numbers 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in Numbers
The verses of Numbers that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.