{"id":61787,"date":"2025-12-01T02:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61787"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:12:02","slug":"best-commentaries-on-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From David Prince<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>David Prince is Pastor of Preaching and Vision at Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in Lexington, KY. 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Currid (Author)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"publisher\">EP BOOKS<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"pages\">479 pages<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"price\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"wp-block-ct wp-block-ct-amazon wp-block-ct-amazon-type-book\">\n\t<div class=\"cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0830842047?tag=christtoday-20&#038;linkCode=ogi&#038;th=1&#038;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/31oQ8f15QSL._SL160_.jpg\" width=\"104\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Numbers: An Introduction and Commentary (Volume 4) (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries)\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<svg height=\"27\" width=\"56\" class=\"icon availableatamazon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\">\n\t\t<title id=\"title-availableatamazon-59066\">availableatamazon<\/title>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#availableatamazon\"><\/use>\n\t\t\n\t<\/svg>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"item-info\">\n\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0830842047?tag=christtoday-20&#038;linkCode=ogi&#038;th=1&#038;psc=1\" class=\"amazon-link\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\tNumbers: An Introduction and Commentary (Volume 4) (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries)\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"byline\">Gordon J. 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