The wonderful thing about numbers is that they speak for themselves in any language. History is much the same.
Both statistics and raw data can be misused, but at least when they are presented it is up to the jury, that is, the reader, to decide. In the book we call Numbers, the reader finds many names and numbers to show God and His followers what they had and what was needed to face the coming challenges.
Victory in battle, though, was an harbinger to disaster when it brought forth arrogance. When a gifted, but unbelieving, prophet found he could not curse the Israelites, he advised his king to infiltrate via marriage. To the extent that it succeeded, Israel failed. Moses countered with drastic countermeasures to restore the young nation.
Even the laws covered here read like a primer for godliness.
Such it is with data mining. It this review of 40 years, the facts speak for themselves. We see who the leaders were and where they went. This is nothing but the best history media available.
