Numbers
READING PLAN
Numbers 1 + Overview
Numbers Introduction For some people, the title of Numbers alone is enough to make them not want to dive into this book! As we read
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Read Numbers 2 The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps 2 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2 “The Israelites are to camp around the tent of
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Read Numbers 3 The Levites 3 This is the account of the family of Aaron and Moses at the time the Lord spoke to Moses at Mount
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Read Numbers 4 The Kohathites 4 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2 “Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans
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Read Numbers 5 The Purity of the Camp 5 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has
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Read Numbers 6 The Nazirite 6 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man or woman wants to
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Read Numbers 7 Offerings at the Dedication of the Tabernacle 7 When Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its
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Read Numbers 8 Setting Up the Lamps 8 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps,
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Read Numbers 9 The Passover 9 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they
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Read Numbers 10 The Silver Trumpets 10 The Lord said to Moses: 2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together
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Read Numbers 11 Fire From the Lord 11 Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and when he heard them
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Read Numbers 12 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 12 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married
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Read Numbers 13 Exploring Canaan 13 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the
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Read Numbers 14 The People Rebel 14 That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. 2 All the Israelites grumbled against
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Read Numbers 15 Supplementary Offerings 15 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘After you enter the land I am
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Read Numbers 16 Korah, Dathan and Abiram 16 Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons
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Read Numbers 17 The Budding of Aaron’s Staff 17 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffsfrom them, one from the
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Read Numbers 18 Duties of Priests and Levites 18 The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for
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Read Numbers 19 The Water of Cleansing 19 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2 “This is a requirement of the law that the Lord has
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Read Numbers 20 Water From the Rock 20 In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at
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Read Numbers 21 Arad Destroyed 21 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to
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Read Numbers 22 Balak Summons Balaam 22 Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan across from Jericho. 2 Now Balak
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Read Numbers 23 Balaam’s First Message 23 Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.” 2 Balak did as
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Read Numbers 24 24 Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not resort to divination as at other times, but turned his face
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Read Numbers 25 Moab Seduces Israel 25 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women, 2 who invited
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Read Numbers 26 The Second Census 26 After the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, 2 “Take a census of
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Read Numbers 27 Zelophehad’s Daughters 27 The daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, belonged
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Read Numbers 28 Daily Offerings 28 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Make sure that you present
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Read Numbers 29 The Festival of Trumpets 29 “‘On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It
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Read Numbers 30 Vows 30 Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel: “This is what the Lord commands: 2 When a man makes a vow
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Read Numbers 31 Vengeance on the Midianites 31 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be
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Read Numbers 32 The Transjordan Tribes 32 The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead
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Read Numbers 33 Stages in Israel’s Journey 33 Here are the stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by divisions
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Read Numbers 34 Boundaries of Canaan 34 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that
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Read Numbers 35 Towns for the Levites 35 On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the Lord said to Moses, 2 “Command the
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Read Numbers 36 Inheritance of Zelophehad’s Daughters 36 The family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from