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Numbers Summaries
A concise summary of every chapter in Numbers — what happens, the key verses, and the main themes.
Numbers 1The First Census of Israel's TribesNumbers 2Israel's Tribal Camp Arrangement OrderedNumbers 3Levites Numbered, Assigned, and Substituted for FirstbornNumbers 4Levitical Clans Assigned Tabernacle DutiesNumbers 5Purity Laws, Restitution, and the Jealousy OrdealNumbers 6Nazirite Vow and Priestly BlessingNumbers 7Twelve Princes Dedicate the AltarNumbers 8Lampstand Instructions and Levite ConsecrationNumbers 9Passover Observed and Cloud Guides IsraelNumbers 10Silver Trumpets and Israel's Departure from SinaiNumbers 11Israel's Complaints, Quail, and PlagueNumbers 12Miriam and Aaron Challenge MosesNumbers 13Twelve Spies Search Canaan's LandNumbers 14Israel's Rebellion and Its ConsequencesNumbers 15Offerings, Atonement, Sabbath, and FringesNumbers 16Korah's Rebellion and Its ConsequencesNumbers 17Aaron's Rod Buds and BlossomsNumbers 18Priestly Duties, Portions, and TithesNumbers 19The Red Heifer and Purification from DeathNumbers 20Deaths, Meribah, and Edom's RefusalNumbers 21Serpents, Wells, and Amorite ConquestsNumbers 22Balak Summons Balaam to Curse IsraelNumbers 23Balaam Blesses Israel TwiceNumbers 24Balaam's Oracles Bless and ProphesyNumbers 25Israel's Idolatry and Phinehas's ZealNumbers 26Second Census of Israel's TribesNumbers 27Zelophehad's Daughters and Joshua's CommissionNumbers 28Appointed Offerings and Sacred FeastsNumbers 29Sacred Feasts and Appointed OfferingsNumbers 30Laws Governing Vows and OathsNumbers 31Israel's War Against MidianNumbers 32Transjordan Tribes Negotiate Their InheritanceNumbers 33Israel's Wilderness Journey RecordedNumbers 34Boundaries and Leaders for Dividing CanaanNumbers 35Levite Cities and Cities of RefugeNumbers 36Tribal Inheritance Boundaries for Daughters