HERE IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THIS WEEK'S TEST INFORMATION:
Exodus:
- Know the additional laws (basic summaries) in the chapters we reviewed following chapter 20 of Exodus.
Leviticus:
- Background information of Leviticus
- Purpose of Leviticus
Numbers:
- Background Information
- Continues the Mosaic Laws
- Discusses further historical details (about the Israelites in the desert) and the number of people: 1.2 million in the desert
- Numbers 20: Moses is instructed to talk to a rock in order to receive water from God. Impatiently, Moses doesn't follow the directions, and taps the rock twice. Thus, some argue this is the reason why Moses was not allowed into the Holy Land. *What is another, and more plausible, reason for Moses' non-entry into the Holy Land?
Deuteronomy:
- Deuteronistic Historian / Editor
- Chapters 31 (Joshua's appointment) and 34 (Moses Death)
- What is the significance for this book?
** What, if any, is the historical evidence for 6,000 or 600,000 or 1.2 million people crossing the Sinai Desert/Peninsula?
