Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. The Bible tells one big story of redemption.

And we want to spend five minutes every day journeying through the Bible from start to finish

and exploring how all of it points to Jesus.

Hey guys, my name is Kristen and this is a year in the Bible with Daily Grace Podcast.

Today we're going to be talking about the book of Numbers, which is the fourth book of the Bible.

But before we dive in, let's talk a little bit about where we are so far

and the big picture narrative of Scripture. So if you remember back with me to the book of Exodus,

the people of Israel had been slaves in Egypt, but they were miraculously delivered from their harsh

slavery. God had brought them to a place called Mount Sinai. He made a covenant with them,

but the people rebelled against God and they broke their covenant with him.

But God was gracious towards them. He made a way for the people to live near him with a system of

the tabernacle, with the priests and the sacrifices, and Stephanie just did a great job explaining

all this in the book of Leviticus. So now we're at Numbers. And as we start this book, the Israelites

have been at Mount Sinai for about a year. They are heading out to the Promised Land. They're eager,

they're excited to see at the land that God had promised them. And as they start here in chapter

one, God tells Moses to take a census or to count how many people there are. So Moses and Aaron

divide the people into tribes and they appoint leaders over the tribes. So they give the tribes

locations or dwelling spots in chapter two. So think about it kind of like if you've ever gone camping

with a group before. You're laying out the land. You have to work through the logistics like

our family is going to sleep here. Yours is going to sleep there. We'll cook here. We'll have

bathrooms over there. That kind of thing. So that's kind of what they're doing here. They're making

preparations for their journey, including where the families will sleep, how they'll travel,

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