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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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