SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF NUMBERS
SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF NUMBERS
| Biblical Period | #3 THE TWELVE TRIBES/SINAI COVENANT | ||||||||
| Focus | OLD EXODUS GENERATION | TRANSITION | NEW WILDERNESS GENERATION | ||||||
|
Covenant |
SINAI COVENANT (Covenants with Aaronic Priesthood and Phinehas) | ||||||||
| Scripture | 1:1--------------5:1------------------10:11---------13:1------------15:1----------20:1-------------26:1----------------28:1-------------31:1------36:13 | ||||||||
| Division of Text | Organization of Israel |
Sanctification of Israel |
Journey to Kadesh |
at Kadesh Barnea |
In the Wilderness |
War; Covenant Ordeal on the Plains of Moab |
Reorganization of Israel | Review of Covenant sacrifices & Holy Days | War with Midian; Planning the conquest of Canaan |
| Topic | ORDER | FAILURE / DISORDER | REORGANIZATION | ||||||
| PREPARATION | POSTPONEMENT | PREPARATION | |||||||
| Location | MOUNT SINAI | WILDERNESS | PLAINS OF MOAB | ||||||
| Time | Last 20 days (left Sinai 20th day, 2nd month in 2nd year after Egypt) |
38 years 3 months 10 days |
about 5 months | ||||||
TIME LINE (BC)
World Empire:
Egypt ———————————————————————————United Kingdom
| 2000 BC | 1600 BC | 1350 BC | 1000 BC |
| ABRAHAM?— | ?—Exodus—?
Numbers |
—KING DAVID
conquers Jerusalem |
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