Preparing for the Lord's Battle

Outline of Numbers 1-36

The Bible Teaching Commentary

Paul J. Bucknell
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Introduction and Overview | Outline of the Book of Numbers

A. MOBILIZING HIS PEOPLE

Numbers 1-9 - Structuring

Getting Ready to Possess the Land

• Census for warriors
  

• Tribal positions & leaders
  

• Census for Levites
  

• Levitical duties
  

• Purification laws
  

• Nazirite law
  

• Purification of leaders
  

• Purification of Levites
  

• Celebration of Passover
  

B. DISPLEASED WITH HIS PEOPLE

Numbers 10-19 - Testing

Steps to Disqualify Yourself from Serving God

• Setting out
  

• Complaining spirit
  

• Jealousy for leadership
  

• Evil report of 10 spies
  

• Rebellion against the Lord
  

• Clarifying laws for Levites
  

• Coup by Korah & priests
  

• Resolving the coup
  

• Various offering laws
  

• Purification laws

C. READYING A NEW GENERATION

Numbers 20-36 -> Enduring

An Examination of their Readiness to enter the Lord’s Land

• Preparing for new leaders
  

• Serpents bite complainers
  

• Balaam rebuked by Lord
  

• Balaam’s first 2 blessings
  

• Balaam’s last 2 blessings
  

• Israel's harlotry
  

• The new census
  

• Moses asks for leader
  

• Laws for offerings
  

• Laws for seventh month
  

• Laws for vows
  

• Striking the Midianites
  

• Reuben & Gad's portion
  

• Record of their journeys
  

• Border of the Land
  

• Cities of Refuge & murder
  

• Inheritance laws