Numbers 1 3 Dec 2010 2 comments

1 The LORD told Moses to count the Israelite armies. The number of men over twenty years old was 603,550. The Levites were not counted.

Numbers 2 4 Dec 2010 2 comments

2 The Israelites shall camp around the tabernacle: Judah to the east, Reuben to the south, Ephraim to the west and Dan to the north.

Numbers 3 5 Dec 2010 4 comments

3 The Levites are to assist Aaron. I have taken them in place of every firstborn. The number of Levites over one month old was 22,000.

Numbers 4 6 Dec 2010 3 comments

4 The Kohathites are to carry the most holy things. The Gershonites are to carry the coverings. The Merarites are to carry the frame.

Numbers 5 7 Dec 2010 4 comments

5 Anyone who sins shall make restitution and add a fifth. If a man suspects his wife of unfaithfulness he shall take her to the priest.

Numbers 6 8 Dec 2010 1 comment

6 Anyone who makes a Nazirite vow shall not drink wine or cut their hair. Aaron's blessing shall be: "The LORD bless you and keep you."

Numbers 7 9 Dec 2010 2 comments

7 The leader of each tribe brought a grain offering, a burnt offering, a sin offering and peace offerings. Moses spoke with the LORD.

Numbers 8 10 Dec 2010 1 comment

8 Present the Levites as a wave offering to the LORD and make atonement for them. I have set them apart to serve at the tent of meeting.

Numbers 9 11 Dec 2010 1 comment

9 In the first month of the second year the Israelites kept the Passover. Whenever the cloud lifted from the tabernacle they journeyed.

Numbers 10 12 Dec 2010 4 comments

10 Make two silver trumpets to direct the congregation. In the second month the cloud lifted and they set out as the LORD had commanded.

Numbers 11 13 Dec 2010 3 comments

11 The people grumbled that they had no meat. The LORD was angry but he sent quails. He put his Spirit on seventy elders to help Moses.

Numbers 12 14 Dec 2010 2 comments

12 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses. The LORD was angry and Miriam became leprous. Moses prayed and after seven days she returned.

Numbers 13 15 Dec 2010 6 comments

13 Moses sent men to spy out the land of Canaan. Caleb said, "Let us go up," but the others said that the inhabitants were too strong.

Numbers 14 16 Dec 2010 4 comments

14 The people grumbled so the LORD said that they would spend forty years in the wilderness. They went up to the land but were defeated.

Numbers 15 17 Dec 2010 1 comment

15 There is one law for you and for strangers. Make an offering if you sin unintentionally. Anyone who sins defiantly shall be cut off.

Numbers 16 18 Dec 2010 2 comments

16 Korah, Dathan and Abiram rose against Moses and Aaron. Moses said, "The LORD will choose." The ground swallowed up those with Korah.

Numbers 17 19 Dec 2010 1 comment

17 The LORD told Moses to bring a staff from each tribal leader to the Tent of Meeting to stop the grumbling. Aaron's staff blossomed.

Numbers 18 20 Dec 2010 1 comment

18 The LORD told Aaron: "I have given you the Levites to work at the Tent of Meeting. Everything that is devoted to the LORD is yours."

Numbers 19 21 Dec 2010 1 comment

19 Burn a heifer outside the camp for the water of cleansing. Anyone who is unclean and does not cleanse themselves shall be cut off.

Numbers 20 22 Dec 2010 6 comments

20 The LORD told Moses to speak to a rock to produce water but he struck the rock. Edom refused Israel passage. Aaron died at Mount Hor.

Numbers 21 23 Dec 2010 3 comments

21 The people grumbled so the LORD sent snakes. Moses made a bronze snake and whoever looked at it lived. Israel defeated the Amorites.

Numbers 22 24 Dec 2010 1 comment

22 Balak sent for Balaam to curse Israel. Balaam's donkey warned him. The Angel of the LORD said, "Go, but speak only what I tell you."

Numbers 23 25 Dec 2010 3 comments

23 The LORD gave Balaam a word: "How can I curse whom God has not cursed?" Then at another place: "The LORD their God is with Israel."

Numbers 24 26 Dec 2010 2 comments

24 Balaam gave a word: "How lovely are your tents, O Jacob." Balak was angry. Balaam said: "A star and a sceptre shall rise in Israel."

Numbers 25 27 Dec 2010 1 comment

25 The people were unfaithful with Moabite women and worshipped their gods. Phinehas killed one couple and the LORD commended his zeal.

Numbers 26 28 Dec 2010 1 comment

26 The LORD told Moses and Eleazar to take a census. There were 601,730 fighting men and 23,000 Levites. Only Joshua and Caleb remained.

Numbers 27 29 Dec 2010 4 comments

27 The daughters of Zelophehad were given an inheritance. The LORD told Moses that he was to die. Moses commissioned Joshua as leader.

Numbers 28 30 Dec 2010 1 comment

28 Bring offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbath and on the first of the month. Celebrate Passover and the Feast of Weeks.

Numbers 29 31 Dec 2010 1 comment

29 In the seventh month on first day sound the trumpets; on the tenth day make atonement; on the fifteenth day celebrate for seven days.

Numbers 30 1 Jan 2011 4 comments

30 When a man makes a vow he must not break his word. When a woman makes a vow it shall stand unless her father or husband forbids it.

Numbers 31 2 Jan 2011 5 comments

31 The LORD told Moses to take vengeance on the Midianites. The Israelites killed the men, burned their cities and divided the spoils.

Numbers 32 3 Jan 2011 1 comment

32 Reuben and Gad asked to settle in Gilead. Moses agreed if they helped to conquer the land, so Reuben, Gad and Manasseh built cities.

Numbers 33 4 Jan 2011 4 comments

33 The Israelites journeyed from Egypt. In the fortieth year Aaron died. They camped by the Jordan and the LORD said, "Take the land."

Numbers 34 5 Jan 2011 2 comments

34 Your borders in Canaan shall be Edom, the Great Sea, Mount Hor and the Jordan. Eleazar and Joshua shall divide the land among you.

Numbers 35 6 Jan 2011 3 comments

35 You shall give cities to the Levites. Appoint cites of refuge for anyone who has killed accidently. A murderer shall be put to death.

Numbers 36 7 Jan 2011 4 comments

36 The clan of Gilead asked about Zelophehad's daughters. Moses said, "Daughters who inherit land must marry within their own tribe."