In these chapters of Numbers, the Israelites are still in the wilderness of Sinai. The tabernacle is finished, and it is placed in the center of the camp surrounded by the Levites who were to take care of the tabernacle, and around the Levites were three of the 12 tribes of Israel on each side. This book is called Numbers because the book starts with a census, and then after 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, they take another census before they enter the Promised Land. This section also covers the duties of the Levites, the Passover, and that the Israelites would move or stay depending upon the cloud which was over the tabernacle. In these chapters the people obeyed the Lord's commands.
