04 Outline of Numbers

I. The Organization of Israel............................... 1:1-4:49

A. Organization of the People     1:1-2:34

1.      The First Census of Israel    1:1-54

Num 1:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Num 1:2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;

Num 1:54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

2.      Arrangement of the Camp    2:1-34

a.   On the East     2:1-9

Num 2:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Num 2:2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.

Num 2:3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

b. On the South     2:10-16

Num 2:10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

c. On the Middle     2:17

Num 2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

d. On the West     2:18-24

Num 2:18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

e. On the North     2:25-31

Num 2:25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

f.    The Camp Is Arranged     2:32-34

Num 2:34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

B. Organization of the Priests     3:1-4:49

1. The Census of the Levites    3:1-39

a. The Family of Aaron    3:1-5

Num 3:2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

b. The Ministry of the Levites .... 3:6-13

Num 3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

Num 3:13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.

c. The Census Is Commanded . . . 3:14-20

Num 3:14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

Num 3:15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

d. The Census of Gershon    3:21-26

Num 3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

e. The Census of Kohath    3:27-32

Num 3:27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

f. The Census of Merari    3:33-37

Num 3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

g. The Summary of the Census .. 3:38, 39

Num 3:39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

2. The Substitution of the Levites for the Firstborn................. 3:40-51

Num 3:40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

Num 3:41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

3. The Ministry of the Levites    4:1-49

a. The Ministry of Kohath     4:1-20

Num 4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Num 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

Num 4:3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

b. The Ministry of Gershon     4:21-28

Num 4:21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 4:22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

Num 4:23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

c. The Ministry of Merari     4:29-33

Num 4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

Num 4:30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

d. The Census of the Working Levites............ 4:34-49

Num 4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

Num 4:35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:

II. Sanctification of Israel............................... 5:1-10:10

A. Sanctification Through Separation     5:1-31

1.   Separation of Unclean Persons    5:1-4

Num 5:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 5:2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

2.   Separation in Restitution for Sin . . . 5:5-10

Num 5:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 5:6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;

Num 5:7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.

3.   Separation from Suspected Infidelity................ 5:11-31

Num 5:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 5:12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

Num 5:15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

B. Sanctification Through the Nazarite Vow.................... 6:1-27

Num 6:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 6:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:

C. Sanctification Through Worship. . . . 7:1-9:14

1.      Israel Gives Donations    7:1-89

Num 7:1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;

Num 7:2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:

Num 7:3 And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.

2.      The Levites Are Consecrated    8:1-26

Num 8:5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 8:6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

Num 8:21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.

3.     The Passover Is Celebrated    9:1-14

Num 9:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Num 9:2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.

D. Sanctification Through Divine Guidance.................... 9:15-10:10

1.       Guidance of the Cloud    9:15-23

Num 9:15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

2.       Guidance of the Silver Trumpets. . 10:1-10

Num 10:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 10:2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

I. The Failure of Israel En Route to Kadesh......................... 10:11-12:16

A. Israel Departs Mount Sinai     10:11-36

Num 10:11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.

Num 10:12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

B. Failure of the People     11:1-9

1. Israel Complains About Circumstances................ 11:1-3

Num 11:1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

2. Israel Complains About Food    11:4-9

Num 11:4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

C. Failure of Moses     11:10-15

1. Moses Complains About the People................ 11:10-13

Num 11:11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

2. Moses Complains About His Own Life................ 11:14, 15

Num 11:14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

D. God Provides for Moses     11:16-30

Num 11:16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

E. God Provides for the People     11:31-35

1.       God Provides Quail    11:31, 32

Num 11:31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

2.       God Sends Plagues    11:33-35

Num 11:33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

F. Failure of Miriam and Aaron     12:1-16

1.   Miriam and Aaron Rebel    12:1-3

Num 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

2.   Miriam Is Punished    12:4-10

Num 12:10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

3.   Moses Intercedes    12:11-13

Num 12:13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

4.   Miriam Is Restored    12:14-16

Num 12:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.

II. The Climactic Failure of Israel at Kadesh......................... 13:1-14:45

A.  Investigation of the Promised Land. . 13:1-33

Num 13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 13:2 Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

Num 13:25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

Num 13:27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

Num 13:28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

Num 13:30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

Num 13:31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

B.  Israel Rebels Against God     14:1-10

Num 14:2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!

C. Moses Intercedes     14:11-19

Num 14:11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

Num 14:12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

Num 14:13 And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

Num 14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

D. God Judges Israel     14:20-38

1.       Israel to Wander and Die    14:20-35

Num 14:20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

Num 14:28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

Num 14:29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,

2.       Spies Die Immediately    14:36-38

Num 14:36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,

Num 14:37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

E. Israel Rebels Against the Judgment of God.................... 14:39-45

1.      Moses Warns Israel    14:39-44

Num 14:41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

Num 14:42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

Num 14:43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

2.      Amalekites Defeat Israel. .    .. 14:45

Num 14:45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

IV. The Failure of Israel En Route to Moab........................ 20:1-25:18

A. Miriam Dies     20:1

Num 20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

B. Moses and Aaron Fail     20:2-13

1.      The Sin of Israel    20:2-6

Num 20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

Num 20:3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

2.      The Command of God    20:7, 8

Num 20:7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 20:8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

3.      The Sin of Moses    20:9-13

Num 20:9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

Num 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

C. Edom Refuses Passage     20:14-21

Num 20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

Num 20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

D. Aaron Dies     20:22-29

Num 20:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

Num 20:24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

E. Israel's Victory over the Canaanites. . . 21:1-3

Num 21:3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.

F. The Failure of Israel     21:4-9

1. Israel Complains................... 21:4, 5

Num 21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

2.   God Judges with Serpents    21:6

Num 21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

3.   The Brass Serpent    21:7-9

Num 21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

G. Journey to Moab............................... 21:10-20

Num 21:10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

Num 21:20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

H. Israel's Victory over the Amorites .. 21:21-32

Num 21:25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.

I.   Israel's Victory over Bashan.............................. 21:33-35

Num 21:33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

Num 21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

J.   Failure with the Moabites............................... 22:1-25:18

1.   Balaam Is Sought by Balak    22:1-40

Num 22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

Num 22:5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

Num 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Num 22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

2.   Balaam Blesses Israel    22:41-24:25

a. The First Oracle of Balaam..                  ..22:41-23:12

Num 23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

Num 23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

Num 23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

b. The Second Oracle of Balaam 23:13-26

Num 23:13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

Num 23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

Num 23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Num 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Num 23:20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

c. The Third Oracle of Balaam...................... 23:27-24:13

Num 23:27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

Num 24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.

Num 24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Num 24:4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

Num 24:5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

d. The Fourth Oracle of Balaam 24:14-25

Num 24:15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Num 24:16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

Num 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

Num 24:25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.

3. The Sin of Israel with the Moabites.......................... 25:1-18

a. Israel Commits Harlotry    25:1, 2

Num 25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Num 25:2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

b. Phinehas Stays the Plague    25:3-15

Num 25:3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

Num 25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Num 25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

Num 25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

c. Israel to Destroy Moab    25:16-18

Num 25:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 25:17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:

Part Three: The Preparation of the New Generation to Inherit the Promised Land (26:1-36:13)

The New Generation (26�36): When the transition to the new generation is complete, the people move to the plains of Moab, directly east of the Promised Land (22:1). Before they can enter the land they must wait until all is ready. Here they receive new instructions, a new census is taken, Joshua is appointed as Moses' successor, and some of the people settle in the Transjordan.

Numbers records two generations (1�14 and 21�36), two numberings (1 and 26), two journeyings (10�14 and 21�27), and two sets of instructions (5�9 and 28�36). It illustrates both the kindness and severity of God (Rom. 11:22) and teaches that God's people can move forward only as they trust and depend on Him.

I. The Reorganization of Israel............................. 26:1-27:23

A. The Second Census     26:1-51

Num 26:1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Num 26:2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.

Num 26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

B. Method for Dividing the Land     26:52-56

Num 26:52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 26:53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

Num 26:54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

C. Exceptions for Dividing the Land..................... 26:57-27:11

1.   The Levites Have No Inheritance 26:57-62

Num 26:57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

Num 26:62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

2.   The Old Generation Has No Inheritance................ 26:63-65

Num 26:64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

3. The Special Laws of Inheritance.. 27:1-11

Num 27:1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

Num 27:6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 27:7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

D. Appointment of Israel's New Leader..................... 27:12-23

1.      Moses Is Set Aside    27:12-14

Num 27:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

2.      Joshua Is Appointed    27:15-23

Num 27:18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;

Num 27:19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

II. The Regulations of Offerings and Vows.......................... 28:1-30:16

A. The Regulations of Sacrifices     28:1-29:40

1.    Daily Offering    28:1-8

Num 28:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 28:2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

Num 28:4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;

2.   Weekly Offering    28:9, 10

Num 28:9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:

3.    Monthly Offering    28:11-15

Num 28:11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;

4.   Yearly Offering    28:16-29:40

a. Passover    28:16

Num 28:16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.

b.  Unleavened Bread    28:17-25

Num 28:17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

c. Firstfruits    28:26-31

Num 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

d. Trumpets    29:1-6

Num 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

e.    Atonement   29:7-11

Num 29:7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:

Num 29:11 One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.

f.    Tabernacles 29:12-40

Num 29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

B. The Regulations of Vows     30:1-16

Num 30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

Num 30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Num 30:16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.

III. The Conquest and Division of Israel. .. . . 31:1-36:13

A. Victory over Midian     31:1-54

1.       Destruction of the Midianites    31:1-18

Num 31:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 31:2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

2.       Purification of Israel    31:19-24

Num 31:21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

Num 31:24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

3.       Distribution of the Spoils    31:25-54

Num 31:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 31:26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

Num 31:27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

B. Division of the Land East of Jordan   32:1-42

Num 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

Num 32:2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

Num 32:4 Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

Num 32:5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

Num 32:20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

Num 32:21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

Num 32:22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

C. The Summary of Israel's Journeys ... 33:1-49

1.   From Egypt to Sinai    33:1-15

Num 33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.

2.   From Sinai to Kadesh    33:16, 17

Num 33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.

Num 33:17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.

3.   The Wilderness Wanderings    33:18-36

Num 33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.

4.    From Kadesh to Moab    33:37-49

Num 33:37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

D. Division of the Land West of Jordan................... 33:50-34:29

1. Instructions for Conquering Canaan............... 33:50-56

Num 33:50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Num 33:51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

Num 33:52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

Num 33:54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

2. Boundaries of Canaan    34:1-15

a. The South     34:1-5

Num 34:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 34:2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

Num 34:3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

b. The West     34:6

Num 34:6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

c. The North     34:7-9

Num 34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

d. The East     34:10-15

Num 34:10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:

3. Officials for Dividing Canaan    34:16-29

Num 34:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 34:17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Num 34:29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

E. Special Cities in Canaan     35:1-34

1.  Cities for the Levites    35:1-8

Num 35:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

Num 35:2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

2. Cities of Refuge    35:9-34

Num 35:9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Num 35:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

Num 35:11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

Num 35:34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

F. Special Problems of Inheritance in Canaan. .                    . .36:1-13

Num 36:5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.

Num 36:6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

Num 36:13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.