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Top Numbers Commentaries
For those who have been asking, here are the commentaries I have found most useful in studying and preaching Numbers. They fall into two categories, what I call analytical (i.e. verse by verse) and devotional (normally based on sermons).
Analytical (my first choice)
- I have found Timothy Ashley's NICOT volume of great help. Clear, whilst engaging with the text. For an evangelical perhaps one criticism is that there is a lot of discussion throughout about sources and later additions, whether or not they are genuine and so on.
- Gordon Wenham's Tyndale volume is brief in relation to the size of the text, but remarkabky rewarding even so.
- I also like the New American Commentary (this volume is by Dennis Cole). This is a variable series, but I found some helpful stuff here, even though it wasn't my first go-to.
Devotional
- Iain Duguid's Numbers volume in Kent Hughes Preach the Word series is full of brilliant insight and warm application. Also available as an ebook.
- I also like James Philip's contribution to the Preachers Commentary series (itself a bit mixed).
Interestingly these are both Scots! Also worthy of a commendation is Martin Pakula's briefer but helpful devotional commentary.