An
outline
The
fourth book of Moses. This deals
with the
wilderness wanderings of the children of Israel. The
name
of the book, is taken from the two numberings of the nation:
one
at Mount Sinai ( Ch.1) and the second after the
wanderings,
after the present generation had perished.(Ch.26). The Hebrew Bible has
as its title " In
the Wilderness."
The book can be divided into three
sections: The journey to
Kadesh; failure in the wilderness and preparing for the
promised
land.
Chapter
Outline
Section
| Subsection
| Chapters
| Notes
| Sinai to
Kadesh |
|
|
| | The
first
numbering
| 1
- 4
| The
numberings were to set the camp in an
orderly way.
| |
| More legislation
|
5
- 10
| This
was the twentiteh day since the first
numbering. cmp. 1:1
and 10:11
|
Failure in the
wilderness |
| |
| | Murmurings
before Kadesh
| 11-12
|
Here the Israelites complain about the
way, the food and the leaders.
|
| Unbelief at Kadesh
| 13-14
|
see also Dt.1:19-46
and Heb. 3 -4
|
| The offerings restated.
| 15
|
| | Murmerings against the
appointed priests
| 16
- 17
|
|
| The High priest and sons
|
18
|
| | The red heifer
|
19
|
|
| Murmurings for
water
| 20
| note: Miriam's
death and Moses' and
Aaron's
disobedience and the latter's death.
|
| Murmurings about the way
| 21:4-9
|
The serpent of brass
|
Victory in the
wilderness | Over
Arad , Sihon and Og
| 21
|
|
| Baalim and Barak
|
22-25
| see Ch.
31:13-20;
II
Pet.
2:15; Rev.2:14
|
| The
second
numbering
| 26
|
|
| The law of inheritance
| 27
| Joshua
appointed successor
|
| Various laws
|
28-30
|
|
| Victory over the Midianites
| 31
|
|
| Preparations to enter Cannan
|
32-36
|
| The
Numberings
These were the totals of those men 20 yrs. upward, who were eligible
for
war.
| The
Numberings
| Tribe
| The
First.
Ch.1
| The
Second Ch.
26
| Reuben
|
46,500
|
43,730
|
Simeon
| 59,300
| 22,200
| Gad
| 45,650
|
40,500
|
Judah
| 74,600
| 76,500
| Issachar
| 54,400
|
64,300
|
Zebulun
| 57,400
| 60,500
| Joseph/Ephraim
| 40,500
|
52,700
|
Manasseh
| 32,200
| 32,500
| Benjamin
| 35,400
|
45,600
|
Dan
| 62,700
| 64,400
| Asher
| 41,500
|
53,400
|
Naphtali
| 53,400
| 45,400
| TOTALS
|
603,
550
| 601,730
|
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