Sorry about the tech glitches - I’ve had a crack at editing them out in the recording… enjoy!

Just a quick note about the fact that throughout I refer to the OT people of God as the Church. I do that because in books like Numbers, that is how the Bible refers to the people. In the old Greek translation of the Bible (the Spetuagint, which was kind of the NIV of its day) the word used to describe the people collectively is ‘ekklesia’ - which throughout the NT is translated as ‘Church’. In the OT it is usually translated in English editions of the Bible as ‘congregation’ or ‘community’. I think translating it consistently hels us see the deep connections and continuity that exists between the people of God in the O&NT.

Hope it helps…