Parshat Bemidbar: Easier to Be Numbered as a Slave

Lets dig into the statistics of the Israelite census in the book of Numbers and learn some interesting stories about the people who were wandering in the desert—and much more than just their ages and occupations. Learn how it was easier to be a slave than to be free, and how maturing into a people of God is much harder than making mud bricks in Egypt.

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Author: Helen Chernikoff

Keywords: Bemidbar, Bamidbar, Census, Book of Numbers, Numbers, Wilderness wandering, Wandering in the wilderness, wandering in the desert, Israelite wandering, Israel wandering, Israel in Sinai, 40 years wandering, Forty years wandering, 40 years wandering in the desert, Forty years wandering in the desert

Bible reference(s): Numbers 1

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