The fourth book of Moses is called Numbers in the English Bible, and this follows the usage of the Greek Septuagint translation. In the Hebrew it is called Bammidhbar (“In the wilderness ...

The Books of Numbers ends, surprisingly, with a little bit of feminism. In Chapter 27, God makes it clear that if there are no male heirs, women can inherit their father’s fortunes.

Now I am in Corinthians. Encountering the Bible in this way, I am reading more in one sitting. In a Bible without numbers, you naturally keep reading till the end of the book. The Bible is a ...