The Torah · Old Testament
Numbers
Numbers is book 4 of 66 and belongs to the Torah in the Old Testament. It has 36 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 210 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Numbers 1: Israel's military census and the Levites' separate charge
At Sinai, on the first day of the second month in the second year after the departure from Egypt, the Lord tells Moses and Aaron to count Israel's… - Numbers 2: The tribes camp and march around the tabernacle
The Lord assigns Israel's camps their positions around the tabernacle. Judah, Issachar and Zebulun camp on the east and move first. Reuben, Simeon… - Numbers 3: The Levites stand in place of Israel's firstborn
The chapter names Aaron's sons, recalls the deaths of Nadab and Abihu and identifies Eleazar and Ithamar as serving priests. The Lord assigns the… - Numbers 4: Assigned duties for carrying the tabernacle
Moses and Aaron are told to count the Levites aged thirty to fifty for tabernacle service. Aaron and his sons must cover the sacred furnishings… - Numbers 5: Camp purity, restitution and the jealousy procedure
Israel removes people with specified conditions of uncleanness from the camp, because the Lord dwells there. A further instruction requires… - Numbers 6: The Nazirite vow and the priestly blessing
A man or woman may take a Nazirite vow of separation to the Lord. During the vow the person avoids grape products, leaves the hair uncut and avoids… - Numbers 7: The tribal leaders' gifts for the tabernacle and altar
After the tabernacle and altar are set up and anointed, Israel's leaders bring six covered wagons and twelve oxen. Moses assigns two wagons and four… - Numbers 8: The lamps and the Levites' dedication to service
Aaron arranges the seven lamps as commanded, and the lampstand is described as beaten gold made according to the pattern shown to Moses. The Levites… - Numbers 9: Passover provisions and following the cloud
Israel keeps Passover at Sinai on the fourteenth evening of the first month in the second year after Egypt. Men made unclean through contact with a… - Numbers 10: Trumpet signals and departure from Sinai
The Lord instructs Moses to make two silver trumpets for assembling the people and directing the camps. Different signals summon leaders or the whole… - Numbers 11: Complaints, shared leadership and the quail judgment
A complaint is followed by fire at the camp's edge; Moses prays and it stops. Further craving for meat leads the people to recall Egypt's foods and… - Numbers 12: Miriam and Aaron challenge Moses
Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses concerning his wife and question whether the Lord has spoken only through him. The narrator describes Moses as… - Numbers 13: Scouting Canaan and disputing the report
Moses sends twelve tribal representatives from Paran to examine Canaan. He asks about its people, defenses, soil and trees, and tells them to bring… - Numbers 14: Refusal, intercession and a failed ascent
The congregation weeps, complains against Moses and Aaron, and proposes returning to Egypt. Joshua and Caleb urge trust in the Lord, but the people… - Numbers 15: Offerings, wrongdoing and reminders to obey
Instructions for life in the land specify the flour, oil and wine accompanying animal offerings and require a contribution from the first dough. The… - Numbers 16: Challenges to Moses and Aaron, and a halted plague
Korah and other leaders challenge Moses and Aaron, arguing that the whole congregation is holy. Moses proposes an incense test and rebukes the… - Numbers 17: Aaron's rod bears almonds
The Lord directs Moses to collect twelve rods from the leaders of Israel's ancestral houses, with each man's name written on his rod and Aaron's name… - Numbers 18: Sanctuary responsibilities and support for its servants
The Lord assigns Aaron's family responsibility for the sanctuary and priesthood, with Levites given to assist in the tent's service. Priestly access… - Numbers 19: Purification after contact with death
A red heifer without blemish and never yoked is brought outside the camp and killed before Eleazar. Its burning includes cedar, hyssop and scarlet… - Numbers 20: Water at Meribah and the deaths of Miriam and Aaron
Miriam dies and is buried at Kadesh. With no water, the congregation quarrels with Moses and Aaron. The Lord directs them to speak to the rock; Moses… - Numbers 21: Serpents, a well and victories over Sihon and Og
After some Israelites are captured, Israel vows destruction against the attacking Canaanites, and the account reports that destruction at Hormah. On… - Numbers 22: Balak summons Balaam, and a donkey sees the danger
Israel camps in the plains of Moab near Jericho. Alarmed by Israel's numbers and victories, Balak of Moab summons Balaam son of Beor to curse the… - Numbers 23: Two blessings frustrate Balak's request
Balaam asks for seven altars with a bull and ram offered on each. God meets him and gives him words for Balak. The first oracle asks how he could… - Numbers 24: A third blessing and oracles of future dominion
Balaam turns toward the wilderness without seeking enchantments as before. Seeing Israel camped by tribes, he receives the spirit of God and speaks… - Numbers 25: Baal-peor, Phinehas and a stopped plague
At Shittim, Israelites become sexually involved with Moabite women and join sacrificial meals and worship of their gods. The Lord's anger follows… - Numbers 26: A new census and the coming inheritance
After the plague, Moses and Eleazar count the Israelites aged twenty and above who are able to go to war. The tribal family lists total 601,730. Land… - Numbers 27: The daughters' inheritance and Joshua's commission
Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah ask for a possession among their father's relatives because Zelophehad died without a son. They say he was… - Numbers 28: Daily offerings and the early festival calendar
The Lord commands offerings at their appointed times. Two year-old lambs, one each morning and evening, form the continual burnt offering with flour… - Numbers 29: Offerings for the seventh month's assemblies
The seventh-month schedule begins with an assembly and trumpet blowing on the first day. On the tenth, the people are to afflict themselves and… - Numbers 30: Vows, household authority and the time to object
Moses gives the tribal heads rules concerning vows and binding oaths. A man must do what he has promised. A young woman in her father's house is… - Numbers 31: War against Midian and the division of captives and spoil
The Lord commands vengeance on Midian before Moses' death. Twelve thousand Israelites go to war with Phinehas, kill the males and five kings, and… - Numbers 32: An eastern inheritance tied to a shared campaign
Reuben and Gad ask to settle in the cattle country east of Jordan. Moses fears that remaining behind will discourage the other Israelites, as the… - Numbers 33: The recorded journey and a warning at its destination
The chapter presents Israel's stages from departure out of Egypt to the plains of Moab, saying that Moses wrote the journeys at the Lord's command… - Numbers 34: Canaan's boundaries and the leaders dividing the land
The Lord defines the land of Canaan that Israel is to receive, tracing its southern, western, northern and eastern boundaries. Moses states that this… - Numbers 35: Levitical cities and refuge after a killing
Israel is to provide the Levites with forty-eight cities and surrounding land, including six cities of refuge. Three refuge cities are to be on each… - Numbers 36: The daughters' marriages and the tribe's inheritance
Leaders from the Gileadite families of Manasseh raise a concern about the inheritance granted to Zelophehad's daughters. If the women marry into…
