Book 4 of 66 · Old Testament · The Law
Numbers
Numbers is the 4th book of the Bible and the 4th of the 39 books of the Old Testament. It belongs to the The Law section (Pentateuch) and has 36 chapters.
- Book number
- 4 of 66
- Testament
- Old Testament (4 of 39)
- Section
- The Law
- Group
- Pentateuch
- Chapters
- 36
- Abbreviation
- Num
- Comes after
- Leviticus
- Comes before
- Deuteronomy
About Numbers
Numbers takes its name from the two censuses of Israel. It covers the forty years of wandering in the wilderness after the people refused to enter Canaan, including the story of Balaam and his donkey.
Where is Numbers in the Bible?
Open a Bible near the front: Numbers is book 4 of 66, right after Leviticus and just before Deuteronomy. In the Old Testament it is number 4 of 39, in the The Law section (also called the Pentateuch or the Torah).
Practise Numbers
- Find Numbers in Book Hunt — tap it on a shelf of all 66 spines before the timer runs out.
- What number is Numbers? Book Number Blitz — drill book numbers 1 to 66 against the clock.
- Is Numbers canon? Canon or Not — tell the real 66 from apocryphal and invented titles.
- Old or New? Testament Toss-Up — sort each book into its testament as fast as you can.
- Shelve The Law in Order the Books — learn Numbers's neighbours by placing the whole section in order.
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