Broadway Baptist Church Maryville Tennessee

The Setting. The opening section of the Book of Numbers, we've entitled, “Getting Ready.” This section continues the Exodus narrative and finds the people still encamped at Sinai, where God had given the people His Commandments. The mountain of God had served as a vivid and powerful picture of the awesome holiness of God. The mountain was set apart as holy and stern warnings had been given about carelessly coming too close. This is the location of approximately the first 10 chapters of Numbers. As we survey the opening, let us consider three glorious truths.