Today: [Numbers Chapter One] What Tribe Are You in God? Introduction to the Book of Numbers. The book of Numbers gets it’s name from the various census that God instructs Moses to take. The people were numbered by tribe. Did you know there are tribes in God? What tribe are you? You will find out in this study of Numbers chapter one. When God numbers a people it prepares them for war. When man numbers the people he get’s in trouble. In Numbers 1 God numbers the people for the third time since leaving Exodus. This is done to prepare them for the conquest of Canaan. Though they were in the wilderness, every day was a preparation for the land of Milk and Honey. When you are in the wilderness of life God is always preparing you likewise for the next season of conquest.