12: Yah Like math?
// Numbers 1-10 //
Laura and Kiernan start Numbers - the NERD of the books of the bible. Originally given a name meaning “Wilderness,” Scholars have instead chosen its namesake due to its lanky mathematical word problems.
- Moses counts up everyone in the 12 tribes of israel - over 600,000 Men (They only count Men)
- Moses gives the DL on the floorplan for which cliques sit where for lunch
- Aaron’s sons die because they offered the wrong fire to the lord
- God says he consecrated all Israelite Babies by murdering all the Egyptian Babies
- God says Aaron’s tribe is the priests and the other Levites have different Priestly Jobs like taking care of the divine furniture, picture frames, drapes, and more
- God says sick people have to quarantine
- Laura and Kiernan Talk about the philosophy of the world ending
- God sets a new rule where if you steal something you have to pay it back and then 1/5 more
- Kiernan tells some stuff about how the previous name for this book meant “Wilderness” which was way better
- God checks up on Moses and reminds about the passover rules
- God makes a cloud and tells the Israelites to follow the cloud from now on