Numbers

Who

Traditionally Moses.

When

The forty years between Sinai and the edge of Canaan.

What it is

A generation counted, sent to look at the land, refusing to enter it, and dying in the desert while their children wait.

What to watch for

It is named for two censuses, at the start and near the end, and almost nobody in the first list is in the second.

‘May the LORD bless you and keep you;Numbers 6:24