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I.  Being formed into an army—1:1-9:14A.  Being numbered—1:1-54
1.  By the families and their leaders according to age—vv. 1-46
2.  The Levites not numbered among the army—vv. 47-54
B.  Encamping in array—2:1-34C.  The holy service—3:1-4:49D.  Dealing with defilement—5:1-31
1.  The corporate dealing—vv. 1-4
2.  The individual dealing—vv. 5-10
3.  Dealing with a wife over whom her husband was jealous—vv. 11-31
E.  To be sanctified—to be a Nazarite—6:1-21F.  Being blessed by God—6:22-27G.  Offerings by the twelve tribes for the worship of God—7:1-89H.  Lighting the lamps—8:1-4I.  The presenting of the Levites (serving ones of the priesthood)—8:5-26
1.  Cleansing them first—vv. 5-8
2.  Presenting them to God—vv. 9-22
3.  The age for the service of the Levites—vv. 23-26
J.  Keeping the passover—9:1-14II.  Journeying—9:15-20:29; 21:4-20; 33:1-49A.  The guidance—9:15-10:10
1.  By the cloud—9:15-23
2.  By the two trumpets—10:1-10
B.  Setting out—10:11-36
1.  The guidance of the cloud—vv. 11-13
2.  The sequence of the setting out—vv. 14-28
3.  Trusting in man—vv. 29-32
4.  The leading of the Ark—vv. 33-36
C.  Failures—11:1-14:45
1.  Murmuring evil—11:1-3
2.  Lusting—11:4-35
3.  Slandering—12:1-16
4.  Not believing in God—13:1-14:38
a.  God commanding Moses to send twelve men to spy out the land of Canaan—13:1-20b.  The twelve men going up and spying out the land—13:21-24c.  The twelve men returning—13:25-14:10d.  God's abhorring of the people of Israel—14:11-38
5.  Transgressing the word of God—14:39-45
D.  Ordinances—15:1-41
1.  Concerning the offerings—vv. 1-31
2.  Concerning the breaking of the Sabbath—vv. 32-36
3.  Concerning the people's dress—vv. 37-41
E.  Rebellion—a more serious failure—16:1-17:13
1.  The cause of the rebellion and the reaction of Moses—16:1-18
2.  God's judgment—16:19-50
3.  God's vindication—17:1-13
F.  The Levitical service and the Aaronic priesthood, with their reward—18:1-32
1.  The Levitical service and the Aaronic priesthood—vv. 1-7
2.  The reward—vv. 8-32
a.  To Aaron and his sons as the priests—vv. 8-20b.  To the Levites as the serving ones in the Tent of Meeting—vv. 21-32G.  The water for impurity—19:1-22H.  Further failures—20:1-13, 23-29; 21:4-9
1.  The result of Miriam's failure—20:1
2.  Contending for water—20:2-13
3.  The result of Aaron's failure—20:23-29
4.  Speaking against God and Moses—21:4-9
I.  Further journeying—20:14-22; 21:10-20
1.  From Kadesh to Mount Hor—20:14-22
2.  Arriving at the top of Pisgah—21:10-20
J.  The stations of the journey—33:1-49III.  Fighting—21:1-3; 21:21-32:42; 33:50-36:13A.  Defeating the king of Arad—21:1-3B.  Defeating Sihon the king of the Amorites—21:21-32C.  Defeating Og the king of Bashan—21:33-35D.  The harassment by Balak and Balaam—22:1-25:18
1.  Balak's evil intention—22:1-40
2.  Balaam's prophesying in parables—22:41-24:25
a.  The first parable—22:41-23:12b.  The second parable—23:13-26c.  The third parable—23:27-24:13d.  The fourth parable—24:14-25
3.  Israel's fall in fornication and idolatry—25:1-18
E.  The renumbering of the people—26:1-65F.  The statute of judgment for the women's inheriting of the land—27:1-11
1.  The request of the daughters of Zelophehad—vv. 1-4
2.  God's statute of judgment—vv. 5-11
G.  The death of Moses, and his successor—27:12-23
1.  The death of Moses (the result of Moses' failure)—vv. 12-14
2.  The successor of Moses—vv. 15-23
H.  The statutes—28:1-30:16
1.  Concerning the offerings—28:1-29:40
a.  The offerings by fire, God's satisfying fragrance—28:1-2b.  A continual burnt offering for every day—28:3-8c.  A burnt offering for every Sabbath—28:9-10d.  A burnt offering for the beginning of every month—28:11-15e.  A burnt offering following the Passover—28:16-25f.  A burnt offering for the Feast of Weeks—28:26-31g.  A burnt offering for the Day of the Blowing of Trumpets—29:1-6h.  A burnt offering for the Day of Expiation—29:7-11i.  A burnt offering for the Feast of Tabernacles—29:12-38j.  All the offerings for every day, for every Sabbath, for the beginning of every month, and for all the yearly feasts—29:39-40
2.  Concerning vows—30:1-16
I.  Overcoming the Midianites—31:1-54
1.  The commandment of Jehovah to avenge the sons of Israel on the Midianites—vv. 1-2
2.  The strategy of Moses—vv. 3-6
3.  The victory of the Israelites over the Midianites—vv. 7-12
4.  The purging and purification of the captives and the spoil—vv. 13-24
5.  The distribution of the plunder, both of man and of cattle—vv. 25-47
6.  The offering to Jehovah by the officers of the army—vv. 48-54
J.  The prearrangement of the distribution of the good land—32:1-42; 33:50-36:13
1.  Concerning the land east of the Jordan—32:1-42
a.  The request of the two tribes, Reuben and Gad—vv. 1-5b.  The rebuking and warning of Moses—vv. 6-15c.  The promise of the two tribes—vv. 16-19d.  The permission of Moses—vv. 20-42
2.  The statutes for inheriting the good land—33:50-56
3.  The boundaries of the good land and its distributors—34:1-29
a.  The boundaries of the good land—vv. 1-15b.  The distributors of the good land—vv. 16-29
4.  The cities given to the Levites and the cities of refuge—35:1-34
a.  The cities given to the Levites—vv. 1-8b.  The cities of refuge—vv. 9-34
5.  A further statute concerning the females among Israel inheriting the good land—36:1-13
Outline of Numbers
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