29 OCTOBER 1977, Page 18

The two who made it

Sir: Mr Pendlebury in his letter of 15 October has fallen into a common error. Besides Caleb and Joshua, Aaron's son Eleazar at least also entered the Promised Land, see Joshua 24-33. It was against 'those that were numbered of you. . (Numbers 14-29) that the sentence was pronounced that their carcases should fall in the wilderness, and the tribe of Levi was not included in this census, see Numbers 1-49. R. Oliver 59 Pampisford Road, Purley, Surrey