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'''Numbers''' [Hebrew: '''במדבר'''] is the fourth book of the [[Bible]] in the [[Old Testament]]. The Hebrew title of the book literally means "In the desert."<ref>The NIV Study Bible, Zondervan Corporation, 1985, Pg. 185</ref> The book's English name comes from the records of the Israelite tribes that take up a large part of the book.
'''Numbers''' [Hebrew: '''במדבר'''] is the fourth book of the [[Bible]] in the [[Old Testament]]. The Hebrew title of the book literally means "In the desert."<ref>The NIV Study Bible, Zondervan Corporation, 1985, Pg. 185</ref> The book's English name comes from the records of the Israelite tribes that take up a large part of the book.
{{bibleref|Numbers|23|23|ver=KJV}} contains the verse used by [[Samuel Morse]] for his first [[telegraph]] communication ([[King James Version]]):
{{bibleref|Numbers|23|23|version=KJV}} contains the verse used by [[Samuel Morse]] for his first [[telegraph]] communication ([[King James Version]]):
{{cquote|What hath God wrought!}}
{{cquote|What hath God wrought!}}
This book is considered to have been written by [[Moses]] along with the other books of the [[Torah]] (the first five books of the Old Testament). It relates the story of Israel's journey from [[Mount Sinai]] to the plains of [[Moab]] on the border of [[Canaan]].
This book is considered to have been written by [[Moses]] along with the other books of the [[Torah]] (the first five books of the Old Testament). It relates the story of Israel's journey from [[Mount Sinai]] to the plains of [[Moab]] on the border of [[Canaan]].