Category Archives: Numbers

The Midianite War 1-2 Godspoke to Moses: “Avenge the People of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you will go to be with your dead ancestors.” 3-4 Moses addressed the people: “Recruit men for a campaign against Midian, to exactGod’s vengeance on Midian, a thousand from each tribe of Israel to go to war.” 5-6 A […]

Tribes East of the Jordan 1-4 The families of Reuben and Gad had huge herds of livestock. They saw that the country of Jazer and Gilead was just the place for grazing livestock. And so they came, the families of Gad and of Reuben, and spoke to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the leaders […]

Campsites from Rameses to Jordan-Jericho 1-2 These are the camping sites in the journey of the People of Israel after they left Egypt, deployed militarily under the command of Moses and Aaron. UnderGod’s instruction Moses kept a log of every time they moved, camp by camp: 3-4 They marched out of Rameses the day after […]

Land Inheritance 1-2 Godspoke to Moses: “Command the People of Israel. Tell them, When you enter Canaan, these are the borders of the land you are getting as an inheritance: 3-5 “Your southern border will take in some of the Wilderness of Zin where it touches Edom. It starts in the east at the Dead […]

Cities for Levites and Asylum-Cities 1-3 ThenGodspoke to Moses on the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho: “Command the People of Israel to give the Levites as their part of the total inheritance towns to live in. Make sure there is plenty of pasture around the towns. Then they will be well taken care of with […]

The Daughters of Zelophehad 1 The heads of the ancestral clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh—they were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph—approached Moses and the leaders who were heads of the families in the People of Israel. 2-4 They said, “WhenGodcommanded my master to hand over the inheritance-lands […]