Westminster Bible Companion: Leviticus and Numbers

by Richard Boyce

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 2008

Overview

In this rich and thoughtful commentary Richard Boyce makes Leviticus and Numbers come alive for serious and lively preaching and teaching. In a clear and direct style, Boyce explains the various rituals and regulations in these books, while always showing what today's believers can learn from them. Attentive to the particularities of the text in its time, Boyce is nevertheless unabashed about seeing and hearing these books as a word to the church—a word that connects again and again with the New Testament and speaks in important ways to contemporary life.

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Key Features

• Makes Leviticus and Numbers come alive for serious and lively preaching and teaching
• Explains the various rituals and regulations in these books
• Focuses on the particularities of the text in its time

Contents

• Instructions on Sacrifice: Leviticus 1:1–7:38
• Inauguration of Israel’s Worship: Leviticus 8:1–10:20
• Instructions on Clean/Unclean: Leviticus 11:1–15:33
• Inauguration of the Day of Atonement: Leviticus 16:1–34
• Instructions on Holiness: Leviticus 17:1–27:34
• Taking the First Census: Numbers 1:1–54
• Instructions for Camp and March: Numbers 2:1–34
• Enrollment of the Levites: Numbers 3:1–4:49
• Further Instructions #1: Numbers 5:1–6:27
• Final Preparations: Numbers 7:1–10:10
• The People Start to March: Numbers 10:11–36
• The People Start to Complain: Numbers 11:1–12:16
• The People Attempt an Invasion: Numbers 13:1–14:45
• Further Instructions #2: Numbers 15:1–41
• The People Rebel, Threats from Within: Numbers 16:1–17:13
• Further Instructions #3: Numbers 18:1–19:22
• Further Rebellions, Defeats, Victories: Numbers 20:1–21:35
• Enemies Attack, Threats from Without: Numbers 22:1–24:25
• The People Rebel, Threat of Assimilation: Numbers 25:1–18
• Taking a New Census: Numbers 26:1–65
• Last-Minute Instructions: Numbers 27:1–30:16; 36:1–13
• Final Victory in the Wilderness: Numbers 31:1–54
• Instructions for the Conquest: Numbers 32:1–35:34

Product Details

• Title: Leviticus and Numbers
• Author: Richard Boyce
• Series: Westminster Bible Companion
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 296
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Leviticus › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Numbers › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:WBCS03LE
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T01:14:00Z

About Richard Boyce

Boyce served as pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Belmont, NC, for many years before joining the faculty of Union-PSCE in January 2004. Recognized for his many gifts as a teacher, preacher, and pastor, he previously served as an adjunct professor of Bible at the Charlotte campus. Boyce’s teaching and research interests include exploration of the methods and practices by which the scriptures can enliven and guide the work of the local church. He has recently completed the Leviticus-Numbers volume of the Westminster Bible Companion for Westminster John Knox Press (2008) Exploration of the methods and practices by which the can enliven and guide the work of the