Acknowledgements xii Introduction 1 Beginnings 1 The wilderness 2 Lent 4 Part 1 REVELATION AT SINAI (NUMBERS 1:1 - 10:10) A. The preparation (Numbers 1:1 - 4:49) Ash Wednesday: be prepared Numbers 1:1-3 8 Thursday: fire Numbers 2:1-2, 17 11 Friday: substitution Numbers 3:40-3 14 Saturday: body Numbers 4:4-6, 15 17 B. Preparing to take the land (Numbers 5:1 - 10:10) Monday: unclean Numbers 5:1-4 22 Tuesday: adultery Numbers 5:11-15 25 Wednesday: nazirite Numbers 6:1-4 28 Thursday: peace Numbers 6:22-7 31 Friday: speak Numbers 7:89 - 8:3 34 Saturday: Passover Numbers 9:9-14 36 Part 2 FROM SINAI TO KADESH (NUMBERS 10:11 - 12:16) Monday: move Numbers 10:11-16 40 Tuesday: family Numbers 10:29-32 43 Wednesday: scatter Numbers 10:33-6 46 Thursday: meat Numbers 11:4-6 49 Friday: spirit Numbers 11:24-9 51 Saturday: humble Numbers 12:1-8 54 Part 3 REVELATION AT KADESH (NUMBERS 13:1 - 19:22) Monday: spies Numbers 13:1-2, 21-4 58 Tuesday: report Numbers 13:25-33 61 Wednesday: rebellion Numbers 14:1-4 64 Thursday: steadfast love Numbers 14:11-18 67 Friday: forgiveness Numbers 14:20-5 70 Saturday: fringes Numbers 15:37-41 73 Part 4 FROM KADESH TO MOAB (NUMBERS 20:1 - 22:1) Monday: water Numbers 20:2-13 78 Tuesday: obstacles Numbers 20:14-21 81 Wednesday: death Numbers 20:1, 22-9 84 Thursday: judgement Numbers 21:4-9 87 Friday: singing Numbers 21:10, 16-20 90 Saturday: victory Numbers 21:33 - 22:1 93 Part 5 REVELATION AT MOAB (NUMBERS 22:2 - 30:16) Monday: curses Numbers 22:1-6 98 Tuesday: blessings Numbers 23:18-23 101 Wednesday: sex Numbers 25:1-3 104 Thursday: fresh start Numbers 26:1-4, 63-4 107 Friday: Joshua Numbers: 27:12-20 110 Saturday: offerings Numbers 28:11-15 113 Part 6 THE JOURNEY'S END (NUMBERS 31:1 - 36:13) Monday: war Numbers 31:1-8 118 Tuesday: settling Numbers 32:1-6 121 Wednesday: idols Numbers 33:50-5 124 Thursday: refuge Numbers 35:9-15 127 Friday: blood Numbers 35:30-3 130 Saturday: inheritance Numbers 36:5-9 133 Epilogue to the travelogue 136 Further reading 138.