survey Chart 24 VIII FURTHER STUDY Study carefully the Nazirite vow of chapter Study similar vows in the Bible Refer to Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias for help The real key to the successful conquest of Canaan and happy living within its borders was continual fellowship with God Hence, it was that God at this time, by way of Moses, presented to the new generation a nalized and complete set of regulations for o erings, most of which had already been given at Sinai Their observance would encourage an intimate worship of God by the people in the land (cf Exod 23:14-17; 29:38-42; 31:12-17; Lev 23; Num 25:1-12) You may want to study these laws of offerings in chapters 28-30 3 Read the commentaries of authors who reject the two million gure of Israel’s population during the wilderness journeys Evaluate the arguments advanced IX SELECTED READING GENERAL INTRODUCTION Allis, O T God Spake by Moses, pp 107-28 Archer, Gleason L A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, pp 233-34 MacRae, A A “Numbers.” In The New Bible Commentary, pp 162-64 Morgan, G Campbell The Analyzed Bible, pp 42-50 Ridderbos, N H “Book of Numbers.” In The New Bible Dictionary, pp 898-901 GEOGRAPHY Kraeling, Emil G Bible Atlas, pp 114-28 Pfeiffer, Charles F., and Vos, Howard F The Wycliffe Historical Geography of Bible Lands, pp 88-92 CENSUS Archer, Gleason L A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, pp 234-38 Mendenhall, G E “The Census Lists of Numbers and 26.” In Journal of Biblical Literature, pp 52-66 JOURNEYS Jensen, Irving L Numbers, Journey to God’s Rest-Land Everyman’s Bible Commentary, pp 49-92 Schultz, Samuel J The Old Testament Speaks, pp 79-85 Smick, Elmer “Numbers.” In The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, pp 125-40 Stevens, Charles H The Wilderness Journey Wood, Leon A Survey of Israel’s History, pp 137-67 COMMENTARIES Jamieson, Robert; Fausset, A R.; and Brown, David A Commentary, Critical and Exploratory on the Old and New Testaments, vol Kerr, D W Numbers The Biblical Expositor Mackintosh, C H Notes on the Book of Numbers Maclaren, Alexander Exposition of Holy Scriptures: Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers Refer back to footnote of chapter 4, which showed how the two million count may be arrived at For a defense of this two million gure, see the following: C F Keil and F Delitzsch, The Pentateuch, 3:5-15; Edward J Young, An Introduction to the Old Testament, pp 88-89; and R Laird Harris, “Book of Numbers,” i n The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, p 591 Some, who question the fact of such a large ... Gleason L A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, pp 233-34 MacRae, A A “Numbers.” In The New Bible Commentary, pp 162-64 Morgan, G Campbell The Analyzed Bible, pp 42-50 Ridderbos, N H “Book of Numbers.”... Lands, pp 88-92 CENSUS Archer, Gleason L A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, pp 234-38 Mendenhall, G E ? ?The Census Lists of Numbers and 26.” In Journal of Biblical Literature, pp 52-66 JOURNEYS... Schultz, Samuel J The Old Testament Speaks, pp 79-85 Smick, Elmer “Numbers.” In The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, pp 125-40 Stevens, Charles H The Wilderness Journey Wood, Leon A Survey of Israel’s History,