Numbers picks up where Exodus left off. And it's really a book about arrested progress. In a sense, it never should have happened. It took only 40 hours to get Israel out of Egypt---the Passover. But it took 40 years to get Egypt out of Israel. At Kadesh-Barnea, Moses sent out 12 spies to check out the new land. Ten of them came back terrified, and for good reason. They said they saw the Nephilim, the giant 'fallen ones.' These were hybrids that were the products of mischievous angels commingling with women.
