Although a lot of Christian practices reflect what is in the Book of Numbers, it is one of the books read and studied least by Christians. It is considered as not having much relevance to pressing contemporary issues. The book, however, holds a significant place in understanding the whole Torah narrative’s subject of the formation of Israel as a nation designed to possess the land of Canaan. Postcolonial and feminist approach provides the key to how the Book of Numbers contributes to pressing contemporary issues of property rights and exclusion and marginalization of large segments of society, especially women. The Book of Numbers justifies Israel’s claim to Canaanite land and its ownership by males at tribal, clan, and individual levels. Regulations and narratives work together strategically to endorse men’s exclusive rights to resources in conquered lands and the suppression of women’s interests. The Book of Numbers fits aptly into Carol P Christ’s inclusive definition of patriarchy as “a system of male domination rooted in the ethos of war which legitimates violence, …in which men dominate women through the control of female sexuality, with the intent of passing property to male heirs, by which men who are heroes of war are told to kill men, and are permitted to rape women, to seize land and treasures, to exploit resources, and to own or otherwise dominate conquered people.” The control of women’s sexuality and the disavowing and devaluing of women’s contribution is used to exclude women from the basic rights in the Book of Numbers. The book also reflects the anti-conquest ideology coined by Louise Pratt in which the protagonist proclaims innocence while actively claiming other people’s land.