BST Numbers

My church is going to study Numbers this year , so there is no better way for me to get geared up than reading this BST commentary. I have a lot of encounters with Numbers, right now being my 'wandering' years... i have a lot to glean from this book personally. Another highlight for me is the difficulty i had when studying on why God would reject those who do not obey his command to conquer the land in chapter 13. This is human responsibility at its peril! And this only points me to obedience leading to the transformation that i long desired. Well, does the text mean that salvation can be lost? Did those folks who died in the 40 years actually made it to heaven? that is the question that i would like to ask.

Back to the book. I have not read it, hence cannot comment... i will make the comments once i read it. yea.

The introduction to this commentary is made available at www.ivpress.com

Part 1: Getting Ready (1:1-10:10)
1. God's People Prepare (1:1-2:34)
2. Community Servants (3:1-4:49)
3. Keeping the Camp Clean (5:1-31)
4. Short-Term Voluntary Service (6:1-21)
5. Inherited Riches (6:22-27)
6. Giving and Receiving the Best (7:1-89)
7. Israel's Role Models (8:1-26)
8. Three-Dimensional Grace (9:1-10:10)

Part 2: Setting Out (10:11-12:16)
9. Sharing Good Things (10:11-36)
10. Leadership Issues (11:1-35)
11. Disloyal Colleagues (12:1-16)

Part 3: Drawing Back (13:1-14:45)
12. Giants or Grapes? (13:1-33)
13. Israel's Sleepless Night (14:1-45)

Part 4: Marking Time (15:1-25:18)
14. When God Speaks Again (15:1-41)
15. More Leadership Tensions (16:1-50)
16. Kept as a Sign (17:1-18:32)
17. The Perils of Pollution (19:1-22)
18. Coping with Crisis (20:1-21:3)
19. Life for a Look (21:4-9)
20. The March to Moab (21:10-35)
21. Seeing with the Seer (2:1-24:25)
22. A Tragic Sequel (25:1-18)

Part 5: Pressing On (26:1-36:13)
23. Facing a Different Future (26:1-65)
24. Human Rights and Divine Commands (27:1-11)
25. Leadership Lifestyles (27:12-23)
26. Variations on a Majestic Theme (28:1-29:40)
27. Keeping Promises and Identifying Dangers (30:1-31:54)
28. Alternative Destinies (32:1-42)
29. Recollections and Resolutions (33:1-56)
30. Generous Provision (34:1-36:13)

The introduction to this commentary is made available at www.ivpress.com