Heres a book with spies and rebellions, talking donkeys, healing snakes, sex, and violence, and yet the book seems to get one collective yawn from most viewers. It begins by setting the stage for the conquest of Israel. The Jews eventually earn their privilege not by being so pure, but by truly confessing and repenting, as was the case of the brothers in Genesis, Moses on behalf of the Jews in Exodus, and the Israelites in Numbers. This teaches us an important lesson. We are never beyond hope.