numbers outline

1. Israel at Mount Sinai (1:1-10:10)

a. Israel Numbered and Arranged (1:1-4:49)

i. The Census of Israel’s Warriors (1:1-54)

ii. The Order of the Camps (2:1-34)

iii. The Levites (3:1-4:49)

1. The Sons of Aaron (3:1-4)

2. The Duties of the Levites (3:5-13)

3. The Registration of the Levites from One Month Old (3:14-39)

a. The Gershonites (3:21-26)

b. The Kohathites (3:27-32)

c. The Merarites (3:33-36)

d. Moses and Aaron (3:37-39)

4. The Redemption of the Firstborn (3:40-51)

5. The Duties of the Clans of Levi (4:1-33)

a. The Kohathites (4:1-20)

b. The Gershonites (4:21-28)

c. The Merarites (4:29-33)

6. The Numbering of the Levites from Thirty to Fifty (4:34-49)

b. Purification of the Camp (5:1-10:10)

i. Ritually Unclean Excluded from the Camp (5:1-4)

ii. Confession and Restitution (5:5-10)

iii. The Adultery Test (5:11-31)

iv. The Nazirite Vow (6:1-21)

v. The Aaronic Blessing (6:22-27)

vi. The Offerings of Dedication from the Twelve Tribes (7:1-89)

vii. The Lampstand (8:1-4)

viii. The Cleansing of the Levites (8:5-26)

ix. The Second Passover (9:1-14)

x. The Cloud Above the Tabernacle (9:15-23)

xi. The Two Silver Trumpets (10:1-10)

2. The Journey from Sinai to Paran (10:11-12:16)

a. Israel Leaves Mount Sinai (10:11-36)

b. The People Complain (11:1-35)

i. The Burning at Taberah (11:1-3)

ii. The Complaints About Food (11:4-35)

1. Israel Eats Manna (11:4-9)

2. Seventy Elders Anointed (11:10-17)

3. The Quail and the Plague (11:18-35)

c. The Complaint of Miriam and Aaron (12:1-16)

3. Israel in the Wilderness of Paran (13:1-19:22)

a. The Twelve Spies (13:1-15:41)

i. The Spies Explore Canaan (13:1-24)

ii. The Report of the Spies (13:25-33)

iii. Israel’s Rebellion (14:1-45)

1. Joshua and Caleb Intercede (14:1-12)

2. Moses Intercedes (14:13-19)

3. God’s Forgiveness and Judgement (14:20-39)

4. The Defeat at Hormah (14:40-45)

iv. God’s Call to Obedience (15:1-41)

1. The Drink Offerings (15:1-21)

2. Offerings for Unintentional Sins (15:22-31)

3. The Sabbath-Breaker Stoned (15:32-36)

4. The Law of Tassels (15:37-41)

b. Korah’s Rebellion (16:1-18:32)

i. Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (16:1-37)

ii. The Earth Swallows and Fire Consumes (16:28-40)

iii. Aaron Halts the Plague (16:41-50)

iv. Aaron’s Staff Buds (17:1-13)

v. Priests and Levites’ Duties (18:1-32)

c. The Red Heifer (19:1-22)

i. The Offering of the Red Heifer (19:1-10)

ii. The Water of Purification (19:11-22)

4. The Journey from Paran to the Plains of Moab (20:1-21:35)

a. The Death of Miriam (20:1)

b. The Sin of Moses and Aaron (20:2-13)

c. Edom Refuses Passage (20:14-21)

d. The Death of Aaron (20:22-29)

e. The Defeat of Arad (21:1-3)

f. The Bronze Serpent (21:4-9)

g. The Journey to Moab (21:10-20)

h. The Defeat of Sihon (21:21-30)

i. The Defeat of Og (21:31-35)

5. Israel in the Plains of Moab (22:1-36:13)

a. Balaam and the King of Moab (22:1-25:18)

i. Balak, King of Moab, hires Balaam (22:1-21)

ii. The Angel and Balaam’s Donkey (22:22-41)

iii. Balaam Blesses Israel (23:1-24:25)

iv. The Baal of Peor Incident (25:1-18)

1. Moab Seduces Israel (25:1-5)

2. The Zeal of Phinehas (25:6-18)

b. The Second Census (26:1-65)

c. Instructions for the Second Generation (27:1-30:16)

i. The Daughters of Zelophehad (27:1-11)

ii. Moses’ Successor (27:12-23)

iii. The Offerings (28:1-29:40)

1. Daily Offerings (28:1-8)

2. The Sabbath Offerings (28:9-10)

3. The Monthly Offerings (28:11-15)

4. The Festival Offerings (28:16-29:40)

a. Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (28:16-25)

b. The Feast of Weeks (28:26-31)

c. The Feast of Trumpets (29:1-6)

d. The Day of Atonement (29:7-11)

e. The Feast of Tabernacles (29:12-40)

iv. Laws about Vows (30:1-16)

1. Vengeance on Midian (31:1-54)

2. The Tribes East of the Jordan (32:1-42)

3. Final Preparations to Enter the Promised Land (33:1-36:13)

v. Summary of the Wilderness Journeys (33:1-49)

vi. Instructions for Occupying Canaan (33:50-56)

vii. The Boundaries of Canaan (34:1-29)

viii. The Inheritance of the Levites (35:1-34)

1. The Forty-Eight Levitical Cities (35:1-8)

2. The Six Cities of Refuge (35:9-34)

ix. The Inheritance of the Daughters of Zelophehad (36:1-13)