... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > Numbers: the wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites leave Mount Sinai and reach Canaan > Numbers (part I): from Mount Sinai to Kadesh > preparations to leave Mount Sinai (Numbers 1-9:14) > the first numbering of the people ~ book of Numbers > Moses, when communicating with God in the Tabernacle, is ordered to number the people