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Who was the author of Numbers?</a><br><br> <a href="when-was-Numbers-written.html">When was Numbers written?</a><br><br> <a href="life-Aaron.html">Who was Aaron in the Bible?</a><br><br> <a href="life-Moses.html">Who was Moses in the Bible?</a><br><br> <a href="Numbers-census.html">Why did God order a census in the book of Numbers?</a><br><br> <a href="numbers-Bible-accurate.html">Are the numbers in the Bible accurate? 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