Summary of Numbers
Numbers 1-2: Each Tribe is Numbered/
Order and Leaders are Established
Numbers 3-4: Aaron and his sons administer/30+ Years
Numbers 3-4: Aaron and his sons administer/30+ Years
Numbers 7-8: The Lord Speaks to Moses/ Washed and Consecrated
Numbers 9-10: Commanded to Keep the Passover/ Ark of the Covenant
Numbers 11-12: The 70 Elders of Israel/Speaking to Moses; Mouth to Mouth
Numbers 13-14: Twelve Spies to the Land of Canaan/Israel Murmurs Against Moses
Numbers 15-16: Garments/Israel Murmurs
Numbers 17-18: Almonds= Token Against Rebels/Levites are Called to Service
Numbers 19-20: Sprinking Water = Clean Sin!/ Water from a Rock
Numbers 21-22: Serpent of Brass/Balak Offers Money and Cattle
Numbers 23-24: Balaam Blesses Israel/Vision of Balaam
Numbers 25-26: Worshipping False Gods/The People in Moab
Numbers 27-28: Law of Inheritances/Sacrifices; Morning and Night
Numbers 29-30: Sacrifices During the 7th Month/Law of Vows and Oaths
Numbers 31-32: Moses sends 12,000 Warriors/Conquering of Canaan
Numbers 33-34: Journey from Egypt to Canaan/Borders of Israel
Numbers 35-36: Murderers/Marry in your Tribe
Summary of
Numbers:
God, in
the wilderness of Sinai, commands Moses to get an accounting of all men twenty
years and older, who are able to bear arms. Moses appoints princes over each
tribe and finds that 603,550 Israelites are fit for warfare. Everyone is
required to serve in the military, except the tribe of Levi, who are exempt
because of their service in the Tabernacle. The Levites are divided into three
families, the Merarites, Gershonites and Kohathites who are all headed by
Eleazer (the son of Aaron) and the High Priest. The Levites are commanded to
build/take care of the Tabernacle, then to prepare for the march into the
Promised Land.
While
marching towards the promised land the children of Israel start to murmur,
those who murmured are consumed by fire. Moses goes to God and asks him for
help, because he cannot bear being the leader anymore. So God gives him the
authority to call 70 Elders of Israel who can assist him in the duties of the
Lord. Miriam and Aaron insult Moses at Hazeroth, which angers God and punishes
Miriam with Leprosy (according to Israelite Law, banishing Miriam from the camp
for 7 days).
In the
Desert of Paran, twelve spies are sent out to Canaan and come back to report to
Moses. Two of the spies say that the land is fit for the taking, describing it
as "flowing with milk and honey", while the other spies tell of giant
humans who dwell there. The Israelites refuse to enter into the land, and for
their lack of faith, the Lord causes them to wander in the desert for 40 years.
Moses is
commanded to make plates to cover the altar with the 250 censers (containers to
burn incense) left after the destruction of the band of Korah. The Children of
Israel, again murmur. God causes a plague to come down on them and 14,700
perish.
Miriam dies
at Kadesh Barnea, and the Israelites set out for Moab (which is on the western
border of the land of Canaan). While in this area, the Israelites start to moan
about the lack of water. They blame Moses for being a poor leader and believe
that they would have been better off as slaves in Egypt than to perish in the
desert.
As a
solution to the water, God commands Moses to speak to a rock, when Moses
disobeys... the Lord tells him that he will not enter into the Promised Land.
The Israelites continue their journey, asking the king of Edom for permission
to pass through his land. The king of Edom refuses, so they go around his land.
While on this journey, Aaron dies on the mount of Hor. For speaking out against
Moses and God, the children of Israel are plagued with Fiery flying serpents, a
bronze serpent however is constructed to horde-off these serpents.
When the
congregation of Israel arrive in the plains of Moab, they gather a new census
of males 20 years+ who are fit for war. The new number is 601,730; 1,820 less
than the first census taken almost one generation before. The Levites are again
not included in this census, but counted separately at 23,000. Zelophehad,
having only daughters are to receive his inheritance. The laws of Inheritances
are also given.
Joshua is
called as the successor to Moses and is given the authority by the laying on of
hands, by the power from God. God commands the Israelites to kill all of the people
of Midian, and they do it. The land east of the Jordan River is divided by Lots
among the tribes of Reuben, Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh.
Moses explains
why they had to wander for 40 years in the desert and gives command to exterminate
all the Canaanites and their idols (because they caused them to sin). The land of
Canaan is to be divided under the supervision of Eleazer, Joshua and the twelve
appointed princes of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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