Chapter 1 |
Moses takes a census of the people to see who can go to war (1:1-4) |
The princes and numbering of the tribes (1:5-46) |
The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord (1:47-54) |
Chapter 2 |
The order of the tribes in their tents in the East (2:1-9) |
The order of the tribes in their tents in the South (2:10-16) |
The order of the tribes in their tents in the Middle (2:17) |
The order of the tribes in their tents in the West (2:18-24) |
The order of the tribes in their tents in the North (2:25-31) |
The camp of Israel is arranged (2:32-34) |
Chapter 3 |
The sons of Aaron (3:1-4) |
The Levites are given to the priest for the service of the tabernacle (3:5-10) |
God uses the tribe of Levi instead of the first born (3:11-13) |
The Levites are numbered by their families (3:14-20) |
The families, number and charge of the Gershonites (3:21-26) |
The families, number the charge of the Kohathites and the Merarites (3:27-37) |
The place and charge of Moses and Aaron (3:38-39) |
The first born are freed by the Levites (3:40-43) |
The surplus of the first born are redeemed (3:44-51) |
Chapter 4 |
The age and time of the Levites' service (4:1-3) |
The service of the Kohathites (4:4-15) |
The charge of Eleazar (4:16) |
The office of the priests (4:17-20) |
The service of the Gershonites (4:21-28) |
The service of the Merarites (4:29-33) |
The number of the Kohathites (4:34-38) |
The number of the Gershonites (4:38-41) |
The number of the Merarites (4:42-49) |
Chapter 5 |
The unclean are removed out of the camp (5:1-4) |
Restitution is to be made for sin (5:5-10) |
The trial of jealousy (5:11-31) |
Chapter 6 |
The law of the Nazarites (6:1-21) |
Priestly Benediction by Aaron (6:22-27) |
Chapter 7 |
The offering of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle (7:1-9) |
Their several offerings at the dedication of the altar (7:10-88) |
God speaks to Moses from the mercy seat (7:89) |
Chapter 8 |
Aaron lights the seven lamps in the tabernacle (8:1-4) |
The cleansing of the Levites (8:5-22) |
The age and time of their service (8:23-26) |
Chapter 9 |
The passover is commanded again (9:1-5) |
A second passover allowed for them that were unclean or absent (9:6-14) |
The cloud covers the tabernacle (9:15-23) |
Chapter 10 |
The use of the silver trumpets (10:1-10) |
The Israelites depart from Mount Sinai to Paran (10:11-13) |
The order of their march (10:14-28) |
Hobab is entreated by Moses not to leave them (10:29-32) |
The blessing of Moses at the removing and resting of the ark (10:33-36) |
Chapter 11 |
Moses' prayer stops the burning at Taberah (11:1-3) |
The people lust for flesh and loathe manna (11:4-9) |
Moses complains about the people (11:10-13) |
Moses complains about his own life (11:14-15) |
God divides Moses's burden among seventy elders (11:16-30) |
God provides Quails (11:31-32) |
God sends plagues (11:33-35) |
Chapter 12 |
Miriam and Aaron speak out against Moses(12:1-9) |
Miriam's leprosy is healed though God commands her to be shut out of the host (12:10-16) |
Chapter 13 |
The men who were sent to search out the land of Canaan (13:1-16) |
Moses instructions to the spies (13:17-20) |
The spies acts in Canaan (13:21-25) |
Their unfavorable report of the spies (13:26-33) |
Chapter 14 |
The people murmur at the news (14:1-12) |
Moses pleads with God and obtains pardon (14:13-25) |
The murmurers are forbidden to enter into the land (14:26-35) |
The men who brought the unfavorable report die by a plague (14:36-39) |
The people who want to invade the land against the will of God are smitten (14:40-45) |
Chapter 15 |
The law of the meal offering and the drink offering (15:1-13) |
The stranger is under the same law (15:13-16) |
The law of the first of the dough for a heave offering (15:17-21) |
The sacrifice for the sin of ignorance (15:22-29) |
The punishment of the presumptuous person (15:30-31) |
The man who violated the sabbath is stoned (15:32-36) |
The law of wearing fringes as a remembrance (15:37-41) |
Chapter 16 |
The rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram (16:1-22) |
Moses separates the people from the rebel's tents (16:23-30) |
The earth swallows up Korah, and a fire consumes others (16:31-35) |
The censers are reserved for holy use (16:36-40) |
Fourteen thousand and seven hundred are slain by a plague for murmuring against Moses and Aaron (16:41-45) |
Aaron by incense stays the plague (16:46-50) |
Chapter 17 |
Of all the rods, only Aaron's flourishes (17:1-13) |
Chapter 18 |
The charge of the priest and Levites (18:1-8) |
The priest's portion (18:9-20) |
The Levite's portion (18:21-24) |
The heave offering to the priests out of the Levite's portion (18:25-32) |
Chapter 19 |
The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer (19:1-10) |
The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean (19:11-22) |
Chapter 20 |
The Israelites come to Zin, where Miriam dies (20:1) |
They murmur for want of water (20:2-6) |
Moses, smiting the rock, brings forth water at Meribah (20:7-13) |
Moses at Kadesh desires passage through Edom, which is denied him (20:14-21) |
At Mount Hor Aaron resigns his place to Eleazar, and dies (20:22-29) |
Chapter 21 |
The Israelites, with some loss, destroy the Canaanites at Hormah (21:1-3) |
The people, murmuring, are plagued with fiery serpents (21:4-6) |
Repenting, they are healed by a brazen serpent (21:7-9) |
Various journeys of the Israelites (21:10-20) |
Sihon is overcome (21:21-32) |
Og is defeated (21:33-35) |
Chapter 22 |
Balak's first message for Balaam is refused (22:1-14) |
After a second message from Balak, Balaam goes with the Moabite princes (22:15-21) |
An angel would have slain him, if his ass had not saved him (22:22-35) |
Balak entertains him (22:36-41) |
Chapter 23 |
Balak's sacrifice (23:1-6) |
Balaam's parable (23:7-30) |
Chapter 24 |
Balaam, leaving divination, prophesies the happiness of Israel (24:1-9) |
Balak in anger dismisses him (24:10-14) |
He prophesies of the star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations (24:15-25) |
Chapter 25 |
The Israelites commit idolatry at Shittim (25:1-5) |
Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi (25:6-9) |
God therefore gives him an everlasting priesthood (25:10-15) |
The Midianites are to be vexed (25:16-18) |
Chapter 26 |
The second census taken of Israel (26:1-51) |
The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land (26:52-56) |
The families and number of the Levites (26:57-62) |
None were left of those who were numbered at Sinai except Caleb and Joshua (26:63-65) |
Chapter 27 |
The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance (27:1-5) |
The law of inheritances (27:6-11) |
Moses is told of his death (27:12-14) |
Moses asks God to appoint his successor (27:15-17) |
Joshua is named to suceed Moses (27:18-23) |
Chapter 28 |
Offerings are to be observed (28:1-2) |
The continual burnt offering (28:3-8) |
The offering on the sabbath (28:9-10) |
The offering at the new moons (28:11-15) |
The observance of the passover (28:16-25) |
The observance of the day of first fruits at the feast of weeks (28:26-31) |
Chapter 29 |
The offering at the feast of trumpets (29:1-6) |
Day of Atonement (29:7-12) |
The feast of tabernacles offerings (29:13-40) |
Chapter 30 |
Vows are not to be broken (30:1-2) |
The exception of a maid's vow (30:3-5) |
The wife's vow (30:6-8) |
The widow's, or her that is divorced vows (30:9-16) |
Chapter 31 |
The Midianites are killed, and Balaam slain (31:1-12) |
Moses is angry with the officers for saving the women alive (31:13-18) |
How the soldiers with their captives and spoil are to be purified (31:19-24) |
The proportion whereby the prey is to be divided (31:25-47) |
The voluntary offering (31:48-54) |
Chapter 32 |
The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance beyond Jordan (32:1-5) |
Moses reproves them (32:6-15) |
They offer conditions which are satisfactory to him (32:16-32) |
Moses assigns them the land (32:33-38) |
They conquer it (32:39-42) |
Chapter 33 |
From Egypt to Sinai (33:1-15) |
From Sinai to Kadesh (33:16-17) |
Forty-two journeys of the Israelites (33:18-36) |
From Kadesh to Moab (33:37-49) |
The Canaanites are to be destroyed (33:50-56) |
Chapter 34 |
The borders of Canaan's land (34:1-15) |
The names of the men who will divide the land (34:16-29) |
Chapter 35 |
Forty-eight Levitical cities (35:1-5) |
Six are to be cities of refuge (35:6-8) |
The laws of murder (35:9-30) |
No satisfaction for murder (35:31-34) |
Chapter 36 |
The problem of the inheritance of daughters (36:1-4) |
is solved by their marrying in their own tribes (36:5-6) |
lest the inheritance be taken from the tribe (36:7-9) |
The daughters of Zelophehad marry their father's brothers' sons (36:10-13) |
Return To The Chronology Of The Books Of The Bible |
Chapter 1 |
Moses's speech, in the fortieth year, briefly reviewing the story (1:1-5) |
of God's promise, and of giving them officers (1:6-18) |
of sending the spies to search the land (1:19-33) |
of God's anger at their incredulity and disobedience (1:34-40) |
Defeat at Hormah (1:41-46) |
Chapter 2 |
The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites (2:1-8) |
Not to meddle with the Moabites (2:9-16) |
Not to meddle with the Ammonites (2:17-23) |
but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them (2:24-37) |
Chapter 3 |
The story of the conquest of Og, king of Bashan (3:1-11) |
The distribution of his lands to the two tribes and a half (3:12-22) |
Moses's prayer to enter into the land (3:23-25) |
Moses is permitted to see Canaan (3:26-29) |
Chapter 4 |
An exhortation to obedience (4:1-8) |
Israel experience at Horeb (4:9-14) |
Warning against Idolatry (4:15-40) |
Moses appoints the three cities of refuge beyond Jordan (4:41-49) |
Chapter 5 |
The covenant in Horeb (5:1-5) |
The ten commandments (5:6-21) |
At the people's request Moses receives the law from God (5:22-33) |
Chapter 6 |
The purpose of the law and an exhortation to obey it (6:1) |
The Great Commandment (6:2-9) |
Warning against disobedience (6:10-25) |
Chapter 7 |
All communion with other nations is forbidden (7:1-3) |
For fear of idolatry (7:4-5) |
For the holiness of the people (7:6-8) |
For the nature of God in His mercy and justice (7:9-11) |
Blessing of Obedience to God (7:12-16) |
For the assuredness of victory (7:17-26) |
Chapter 8 |
An exhortation to obedience and remembrance (8:1-10) |
Warning about forgetting God (8:11-20) |
Chapter 9 |
Moses changes their opinion of their own righteousness by recalling their numerous rebellions (9:1-29) |
Chapter 10 |
God's mercy in restoring the two tables (10:1-5) |
In continuing the priesthood (10:6-7) |
In separating the tribe of Levi (10:8-9) |
In hearing Moses's plea for the people (10:10-22) |
Chapter 11 |
An exhortation to obey the commandments (11:1) |
Their own experience of God's great works (11:2-7) |
Promise of God's great blessings (11:8-15) |
God's warnings about serving other Gods and punishment (11:16-17) |
A careful study of God's words is required (11:18-25) |
A blessing and a curse are set before them (11:26-32) |
Chapter 12 |
Monuments of idolatry are to be destroyed (12:1-4) |
The place of God's service is to be kept (12:5-14) |
Blood is forbidden (12:15-16) |
Holy things must be eaten in the holy place (12:17-18) |
The Levite is not to be forsaken (12:19-28) |
Idolatry is not to be practiced (12:29-32) |
Chapter 13 |
Enticers to idolatry (13:1-5) |
If somebody you know ask to serve other gods (13:6-8) |
They are to be stoned to death (13:9-11) |
Idolatrous cities are not to be spared (13:12-18) |
Chapter 14 |
God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning (14:1-2) |
What may, and what may not be eaten (14:3) |
What beasts you may eat and what you can't eat (14:4-8) |
What fishes you may eat and what you can't eat (14:9-10) |
What fowls you may eat andf what you can't eat (14:11-20) |
Animals which dies of itself may not be eaten (14:21) |
Tithes of divine service (14:22) |
Tithes and firstlings eaten before the Lord (14:23-27) |
In the third year tithe of alms (14:28-29) |
Chapter 15 |
In the seventh year release for the poor (15:1-6) |
Sending or giving to the needy must continue (15:7-11) |
A Hebrew slave (15:12) |
Unless he will not leave, must in the seventh year go forth free and well provisioned (15:13-18) |
Offering fhe firstling (15:19-23) |
Chapter 16 |
The feast of the passover (16:1-8) |
The Feast of weeks (16:9-12) |
The Feast of tabernacles (16:13-15) |
Every male must offer at these three feasts, according to his blessing from the Lord (16:16-17) |
Of judges and justice (16:18-20) |
Groves aren't allowed near the altar of God and images are forbidden (16:21-22) |
Chapter 17 |
The things sacrificed must be sound (17:1) |
Idolaters must be slain (17:2-7) |
Hard controversies are to be ruled upon by the priests and judges (17:8-11) |
The condemner of their decision must die (17:12-13) |
The election and duty of a king (17:14-17) |
He shall be guided by the law of the Lord (17:18-20) |
Chapter 18 |
The rightful dues of the priests and Levites are the offerings to the Lord (18:1-2) |
The priest's due and the Levite's portion (18:3-8) |
The abominations of the nations are to be avoided (18:9-14) |
Christ the Prophet is foretold. The people are to hearken unto Him (18:15-19) |
God commands that the presumptuous prophet is to die (18:20-22) |
Chapter 19 |
The cities of refuge (19:1-3) |
These are provided for the man who kills another unintentionally (19:4-13) |
The neighbor's landmark is not to be removed (19:14) |
Two witnesses, at least, required (19:15) |
The punishment of a false witness (19:16-21) |
Chapter 20 |
The priest's exhortation to encourage the people to battle (20:1-4) |
Men who are to be dismissed from the war (20:5-9) |
What to do to the cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of peace (20:10-15) |
What cities must be dedicated (20:16-18) |
Man's food trees must not be destroyed (20:19-20) |
Chapter 21 |
Atonement for an uncertain murder (21:1-9) |
The treatment of a captive taken for a wife (21:10-14) |
The first born is not to be disinherited on private preference (21:15-17) |
A stubborn son shall be stoned to death (21:18-21) |
The body must not hang all night on a tree (21:22-23) |
Chapter 22 |
Of humanity toward brethren (22:1-4) |
The sexes are to be distinguished by clothes they wear (22:5) |
The dam is not to be taken with her young ones (22:6-7) |
The house must have battlements (22:8) |
Confusion is to be avoided (22:9-11) |
Fringes upon the vesture (22:12) |
The punishment of the one who slanders his wife (22:13-19) |
The punishment of adultery (22:20-24) |
The punishment of rape (22:25-28) |
The punishment of fornication (22:28-29) |
Incest (22:30) |
Chapter 23 |
Who may or may not enter into the congregation (23:1-8) |
Uncleanness to be avoided in the host (23:9-10) |
Cleanness during war of filthiness (23:11-14) |
Of the fugitive servant (23:15-17) |
Of abominable sacrifices (23:18) |
The lending of usury (23:19-20) |
The keeping of vows (23:21-23) |
Of trespasses (23:24-25) |
Chapter 24 |
The law of divorce (24:1-4) |
A newly married man goes not to war (24:5) |
The law of pledges (24:6) |
The law of stealing (24:7) |
The law of leprosy (24:8-13) |
Wages are to be given to the hired servant (24:14-15) |
The law of justice (24:16-18) |
Of charity toward the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow (24:19-22) |
Chapter 25 |
A condemned man must not be beaten with more than forty stripes (25:1-3) |
The ox is not to be muzzled (25:4) |
Of raising seed unto a brother (25:5-10) |
Of the immodest woman (25:11-12) |
Of unjust weights (25:13-16) |
The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out (25:17-19) |
Chapter 26 |
The confession of him that offers the basket of first fruits (26:1-11) |
The prayer of him that gives his third year tithes (26:12-15) |
The covenant between God and the people (26:16-19) |
Chapter 27 |
The people are commanded to write the law upon stones (27:1-4) |
To build an altar of whole stones (27:5-10) |
The tribes divided on Gerizim and Ebal (27:11-13) |
The curses pronounced on Mount Ebal (27:14-26) |
Chapter 28 |
The blessings for obedience (28:1-14) |
The curses for disobedience (28:15-68) |
Chapter 29 |
Moses exhorts them to obedience (29:1-9) |
All are presented before the Lord to enter into His covenant (29:10-17) |
The great wrath on him who prides himself in his wickedness (29:18-28) |
Secret things belong unto God (29:29) |
Chapter 30 |
Great mercies promised to the repentant (30:1-10) |
The commandment is not hard (30:11-14) |
Death and life are set before them (30:15-20) |
Chapter 31 |
Moses encourages the people (31:1-6) |
He encourages Joshua (31:7-8) |
He delivers the law unto the priests (31:9-13) |
God gives a charge to Joshua (31:14-18) |
A song to testify against the people (31:19-23) |
Moses delivers the book of the law to the Levites, and makes a declaration to the elders (31:24-29) |
Song of Moses (31:30) |
Chapter 32 |
Moses's song which sets forth God's mercy and vengeance (32:1-45) |
Moses exhorts them to set their hearts upon Canaan (32:46-47) |
God sends him up to Mount Nebo, to see the land, and die (32:48-52) |
Chapter 33 |
The blessings of the twelve tribes (33:1-25) |
The everlasting arms of the eternal God (33:26-29) |
Chapter 34 |
Moses views the land from Mount Nebo (34:1-4) |
Moses dies in the land of Moab (34:5) |
Moses's burial (34:6) |
Moses's age (34:7) |
Thirty days' mourning for Moses (34:8) |
Joshua succeeds Moses (34:9) |
The praise of Moses (34:10-12) |