Numbers
one of the books of the Old Testament. It spans a period of nearly 39 years, commencing with the second year of the wanderings, the second month, and the first day, and terminating in the 40th year. The Jews and NUMIDIA NUR ED-DIN MAHMUD the Christians of early and medieval of St. Augustin, with certain modificatimes implicitly believed in the Mosaic authorship of Numbers. Modern rationalists resolve the book into different portions, assigning each to a separate writer.