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Podcast: Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio
Episode: Numbers 26:1-65: A New Census for a New Generation
Description: The old generation of those Israelites who refused to go into the Promised Land has now died, and the new generation of those Israelites who were younger than twenty years old stands ready to enter the LORD’s inheritance. Because Aaron has already died, Eleazar assists Moses in taking this second census. Whereas the first census in Numbers focused on the number of Israelites ready for war, this second census focuses on the reality of God’s gift of the Promised Land as His people’s inheritance. Various asides throughout the census highlight both the people’s failures and the LORD...