B’midbar means ‘in the wilderness.’ This part of Torah follows the journey of the Israelites in the wilderness of the Sinai Peninsula. This journey should have only taken only ten days or so, but because of their faithlessness, they camped and broke camp for 40 years. The title ‘Numbers’ comes from the reference to the census taken in the first verses.
"Your eyes will see Jerusalem: A tent which will not be folded; its stakes will never be pulled up" (Isaiah 33:20).
