And Jehovah Proceeded to Speak, poetry

First Edition: Published in Academic Exchange Extra (University of Northern Colorado [Greeley, CO]), 2010, January.
Revised Edition: LukivPress (Victoria, BC), 2022.

Introduction

The book of Numbers, written by Moses, covers almost 39 years (1512 BCE to 1473 BCE), and records events of the Israelites in three geographical locations: at Mount Sinai, in the wilderness, and on the Plains of Moab. The themes of obedience to Jehovah and respect for his representatives ring like great bells throughout the book's 36 chapters.

An excerpt

Chapter 1

These guardians of the
Sanctuary, blowers of war
Trumpets and singers before
Men of battle, how their war
Apart from swords and bows
And spears would succeed
If they "did just so,"
Like Noah who built
An ark not of wood
That sailed eight through
A wilderness of demons.

The author

Dan Lukiv, published in 19 countries, is a poet, novelist, columnist, short story and article writer, and independent education researcher (hermeneutic phenomenology). As a creative writer, he apprenticed with Canada's Professor Robert Harlow (recipient of the George Woodcock Achievement award for an outstanding literary career), the USA's Paul Bagdon (Spur Award finalist for Best Original Paperback), and England's D. M. Thomas (recipient of the Cheltenham Prize for Literature, Orwell Prize [biography], Los Angeles Fiction Prize, and Cholmondeley award for poetry). He attended The University of British Columbia (creative writing department), the acclaimed Humber School for Writers (poetry writing program), and Writer's Digest University (novel writing program).