Leviticus and Numbers

Leviticus like the whole Bible was composed by different people for a long time later written down by priests and acquired a sacred look. At this time the zhretses'' estate originally merged with the chief of the tribe is being formed the council of elders is losing power more and more... In a broad sense - the final stage of decomposition of primitive society and its transformation into a slave-owning society the economy of ancient Jewish tribes underwent various changes during this time as well as other peoples: from hunters to shepherds then to agriculture; from subsistence farming to men''s gradually formed a slave-owning system which was reflected in Levit. The Book of Numbers describes the first census of the Israelites but the main content of this book is a historical account of how the Israelites roamed through Sinai. Defining the lands of the future seizure of Canaan - Palestine. However the Torah was compiled after the invasions so the concept of future conquest is used purely rhetorically processing the texts of ancient tales by Jewish theologians in the V-IV centuries BC and gave the Torah its present appearance.