Holy Ghost teach me...
Numbers 1:
:20 - only the males 20 years old and older, the age they were allowed to go to war, were numbered
Children of Reuben: 46,500
Children of Simeon: 59,300
Children of Gad: 45,650
Children of Judah: 74,600 (:27-3 score = 60 and 14 thousand = 74 thousand and 600)
Children of Issachar: 54,400
Children of Zebulun: 57,400
Children of Joseph (Ephraim): 40,500
Children of Manasseh: 32,200
Children of Benjamin: 35,400
Children of Dan: 62,700
Children of Asher: 41,500
Chilren of Naphtali: 53,400
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Total: 603,550
Levites were not numbered because God said they were in charge of the tabernacle upkeep.
Numbers 2
East: Judah's camp
South: Reuben's camp
West: Ephraim's camp
North: Dan's camp
Numbers 3
Aaron's 4 sons are consecrated to minister in priest's office, but 2 die because they offered strange fire before the LORD. 2 that live: Eleazar & Ithamar. 2 that died: Nadab & Abihu
Levites are numbered by males over a month old.
Levis sons are placed around the camp:
Gershon - behind the tabernacle westward
Kohath - on the side of the tabernacle southward
Merari - on the side of the tabernacle northward
Moses & Aaron & Aaron's sons - toward the east
Apparently Levites were taken instead of the firstborn to belong to God. (vs.45) They were redeemed with money given to Aaron and his sons. (vs.48)
Numbers 4
:9 - snuffdishes - 1) fire-holder, censer, firepan, snuff dish, tray a) snuff-dish b) fire-pans c) censer
:31 & :32 -charge of their burden - interesting way to describe work of the ministry
:47 - service of the burden - again I am fascinated with the word choice
Numbers 5
Putting out of the unclean
:15 - offering of jealousy & offering of memorial
Numbers 6
Nazarite vow
:24-:26 - The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Numbers 7
No king for the children of Israel yet, but they had princes.
The first 12 days' listings of offerings.
:37 - charger = dish or platter
Numbers 8
All my questions about Levites are being answered!
They were allowed to do the service between 25-50 years old. After 50, waiting upon the service became minister with their brethren.
Numbers 9
Keeping the passover
Following the cloud
Numbers 10
Silver trumpets to call assembly and journey camps
Numbers 11
The complaints begin.
The Lord distributes the burden of Moses to elders.
The Lord names a place instead of the people. Kibrothhattavaah - Graves of lust
Numbers 12
Miriam becomes leprous for looking down on Moses for marrying an ethiopian woman.
Numbers 13
Spies are sent to scope out Canaan
Numbers 14
The people believed the negative report, of course. The consequence of their unbelief was not to go into the land. But God did not make this a generational curse because their children got to go in.
Numbers 15
Offering instructions for when they come into the promised land.
A man is stoned for gathering sticks on the sabbath!
Numbers 16
Here we see the mercy of Moses & Aaron, who fell on their faces asking God not to consume everyone. Korah led a rebellion and because of M. & A.'s prayers, only Korah's family was taken in an earth opening. But then more of the C.O.I. were plagued because they complained about God's action of judgment.
Numbers 17
Rods. C.O.I.'s names on them. Aaron's & Levi's families shared one rod.
Numbers 18
Firstfruits commanded to be offered to the Lord. A covenant of Salt. (:19) - most holy, most firm, because in making such a covenant, consecrated salt was eaten http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H4417&t=KJV#
Levites would not receive an inheritance.
Numbers 19
Heifer offering rules. Being unclean always last until evening...probably because the Jewish next day starts in the evening?
Water of separation-water by which the unclean were purged, cleansing water
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=H5079
Numbers 20
Desert of Zin
Water comes out of the rock after children of Israel complain about having to die in the wilderness like Miriam & Kadesh.
Edom. Mount Hor.
Aaron dies and his clothes are passed on to his son, Eleazar.
Numbers 21
- Fiery serpents from the Lord bite and kill some C.O.I. because of their constant complaining! Then Moses made a serpant of brass on a pole that the C.O.I. had to look up to to be healed. Wow.
- Places listed: Hormah, Oboth, Valley of Zared, Arnon, Mattanah, Nahaliel, Bamoth, Moab, Pisgah, Jeshimon, Heshbon, Sihon, Chemosh, Dibon, Nophah, Medeba, Jaazer, Bashan, Edrei
- They smote (killed) all the people of the lands they possessed. Somehow before I never thought about this when I thought of the wilderness journey to the promised land.
Balak asks Balaam to curse a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth (:11)
Now we hear God speaking through 2 voices not Jewish/Israelite. Balaam & his ass.
Numbers 23
Balak really doesn't want to lose his kingdom. He just won't give up sending Balaam out to curse C.O.I. I wonder if Balaam let Balak know that the Lord used his ass to rebuke him?
Numbers 24
Balaam looks at C.O.I. in wilderness and hears from God as the spirit of God comes upon him. Even riches and royalty of this world cannot alter the blessing of God upon his people.
Numbers 25
C.O.I. commit woredom with daughters of Moab - worshipping their gods. Aaron's grandson, Phinehas, a priest, killed the 2 who were inter-marrying. (:7) This turned away God's wrath! (:11) 24,000 died in a plague sent from God for their whoredom. (:9)
Numbers 26
More counting. This time in the plain of Moab.
43,730 - Reubenites
22,200 - Simeonites
40,500 - Gad
76,500- Judah
64,300 - Issachar
60,500 - Zebulunites
52,700 - Manasseh
32,500 - Ephraim
45,600 - Benjamin
64,400 - Shuhamites
53,400 - Asher
45,400 - Naphtali
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Total: 601,730
Numbers 27
Manasseh's daughters plea for an inheritance and move God to create the instruction to allow daughters to receive inheritance when there are no sons.
Numbers 28
More offering instructions.
Numbers 29
Holy Convocations: 7/1 - a day of blowing the trumpets (:1)
7/10 - afllict souls and do no work. Burnt offerings.
7/15 - no servile work. Keep a 7 day feast. Offerings for 7 days. Solemn assembly & offering on 8th day.
Numbers 30
Vows instructions
Numbers 31
Avenge the C.O.I. of the Midianites. Since they did not slay this land that they were to possess along the way to begin with, they have to do it now with vengeance & plagues.
Spoils from these people were cleaned by going through the fire (gold, silver, brass, iron, tin, lead)
beeves = cattle
Numbers 32
A couple tribes asked to stay behind after seeing land that would be good for their flocks/herds. God is displeased and punishes C.O.I. for not wholly believing and following Him. Then God says if they will help fight to possess the next area over Jordan, they can go back and possess that land they want.
Numbers 33
Journeys listing of C.O.I. Aaron died at 123 years old.
Numbers 34
When ye come into the land...instructions from God. Divisions of inheritance to be made by named men.
Numbers 35
C.O.I. were commanded to give Levites cities of certain meaurements to dwell in.
6 Cities of refuge - places to go for one who has accidentally killed someone. Revenger of blood could not kill them there. That person had to stay there until the death of the high priest.
Numbers 36
Daughters of Zelophehad had to marry into the tribe of their father to keep the inheritance within that tribe.
