Numbers
36 chapters, 1288 verses. The 4th of 66 books, in The Law.
How it begins
1And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
3From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Chapters
- 1The first census
- 2The arrangement of camps
- 3Aaron and the Levites
- 4Service of the sons of Levi
- 5Purity laws and the jealousy offering
- 6The Nazarite and the blessing
- 7Offerings of the princes at dedication
- 8Consecration of the Levites
- 9The passover and the cloud
- 10The two silver trumpets
- 11Complaint and the quails
- 12Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses
- 13The spies search Canaan
- 14Israel refuses to enter Canaan
- 15Laws of offerings and remembrance
- 16Korah's rebellion and judgment
- 17Aaron's rod blooms
- 18Duties of priests and Levites
- 19Water of purification for sin
- 20Water from the rock and Aaron's death
- 21Victories and the bronze serpent
- 22Balaam called to curse Israel
- 23Balaam's oracles of blessing
- 24Balaam's prophecies fulfilled
- 25Israel joins Baal–peor
- 26The second census
- 27Zelophehad's daughters inherit
- 28Continual offerings ordained
- 29Offerings for the appointed feasts
- 30Laws governing vows
- 31Vengeance on the Midianites
- 32Reuben and Gad settle Gilead
- 33The stages of the march
- 34Boundaries of the promised land
- 35Levite cities and cities of refuge
- 36Heiresses must marry within their tribe
King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.