The fourth book of the Bible is Numbers, and like the other four books of the Pentateuch ( Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , and Deuteronomy), Numbers was written by Moses (the discussion on this is in the post for Genesis ). The name, inspired by the censuses taken in chapters 1 and 26, comes from the Greek Arithmoi , which is the name of the book in the Septuagint. In Hebrew, the name of the book is Bemidbar . Bemidbar translates to "Into the Wilderness," depicting the location of the Israelites throughout the book.