Numbers 1:1

For millennia, God’s people have been carrying out a weekly Bible study plan. Every year, they read through the Torah from Genesis to Deuteronomy. In synagogue each week, they read and study a Bible passage—the weekly parshah. This parshah is called “Bamidbar,” which is Hebrew for “In the Wilderness,” and covers Numbers 1:1–4:20.

Numbers is the book of the wilderness — not as romantic metaphor, but as consequence. Israel had been liberated, received the covenant, built the tabernacle. They had everything needed to enter the promised land. Then they refused. Forty years of wandering followed. Numbers is the honest record: the complaints, the rebellions, the longing for Egypt — and running through all of it, a divine faithfulness that failure never defeated. Over seven days, this plan inhabits the long middle Numbers describes, because every serious community of faith is living in some version of it right now.

To discover the truths from a book like Numbers, which we tend to skip, this reading plan teaches us to have a devotion while also having a systematic study, in spite of the not so exciting chapters.

Numbers is all about Jesus! This 18-day plan will walk you through the book of Numbers by reading only 1-2 chapters a day. Each day is accompanied by a short devotional and video that explains what’s happening and shows you how each part of the story points to Jesus and his Gospel.