Old Testament • 36 Chapters
Numbers (Old Testament, 36 chapters). Key figures: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Reuben , Simeon , Judah . Key places: Sinai , Egypt , Ephraim , Dan , Hebron , Paran . Opens with: "And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in th..."
Numbers • Chapter 1 (54 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt , saying, Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel , afte... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Reuben , Simeon , Sinai , Egypt , Ephraim , Dan .
Numbers • Chapter 2 (34 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying, Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. And on the east side toward the rising of the sun... Mentions: Moses , Aaron , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Nahshon , Ephraim , Dan .
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Numbers • Chapter 4 (49 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi , after their families, by the house of their fathers, From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in ... Mentions: Moses , Aaron , Kohath , Levi , Eleazar .
Numbers • Chapter 10 (36 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble them... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Judah , Nahshon , Sinai , Paran , Ephraim , Dan .
Numbers • Chapter 7 (89 verses)
And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; That the princes of Israel , heads of the hou... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Gershon ( Gershom ), Merari , Ithamar , Ephraim , Dan .
Numbers • Chapter 3 (51 verses)
These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai . And these are the names of the sons of Aaron ; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu , Eleazar , and Ithamar . These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointe... Mentions: Aaron, Moses, Nadab , Abihu , Eleazar , Sinai , Egypt , Hebron .
Numbers • Chapter 17 (13 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. And thou shal... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Levi .
Numbers • Chapter 14 (45 verses)
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron : and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt ! or would God we had died... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Moses , Aaron , Joshua , Nun (or Non ), Egypt , Hormah .
Numbers • Chapter 15 (41 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a fr... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Egypt .
Numbers • Chapter 5 (31 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Command the children of Israel , that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile no... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel .
Numbers • Chapter 11 (35 verses)
And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. And the people cried unto Moses ; and when Moses prayed unto the Lor... Mentions: Moses, Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Nun (or Non ), Taberah , Egypt , Hazeroth .
Numbers • Chapter 28 (31 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Command the children of Israel , and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offerin... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Sinai .
Numbers • Chapter 13 (33 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan , which I give unto the children of Israel : of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the ... Mentions: Moses, Canaan , Jacob/Israel , Reuben , Simeon , Paran , Ephraim , Dan , Zin 1 .
Numbers • Chapter 20 (29 verses)
Then came the children of Israel , even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh ; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Miriam , Moses , Aaron , Esau ( Edom ), Zin 1 , Kadesh 1 , Egypt , Meribah 1 , Edom.
Numbers • Chapter 16 (50 verses)
Now Korah , the son of Izhar , the son of Kohath , the son of Levi , and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab , and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben , took men: And they rose up before Moses , with certain of the children of Israel , two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, fa... Mentions: Korah , Izhar (or Amminadab), Kohath , Levi , Eliab .
Numbers • Chapter 8 (26 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto Aaron , and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses . Mentions: Moses, Aaron, Jacob/Israel , Egypt .
Numbers • Chapter 22 (41 verses)
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho . And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Moab, Midian , Moabites , Baal , Jordan , Jericho , Pethor .
Numbers • Chapter 6 (27 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord: He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink ... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron .
Numbers • Chapter 26 (65 verses)
And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel , from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to... Mentions: Moses , Eleazar , Aaron , Jacob/Israel , Moab , Jordan , Jericho , Egypt , Hezron .
Numbers • Chapter 32 (42 verses)
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer , and the land of Gilead , that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses , and to E... Mentions: Reuben, Gad, Moses , Eleazar , Jacob/Israel , Jazer , Gilead , Ataroth 1 , Dibon 1 , Nimrah .
Numbers • Chapter 9 (23 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt , saying, Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Sinai , Egypt .
Numbers • Chapter 23 (30 verses)
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: pera... Mentions: Moab , Aram , Jacob/Israel , Zophim , Pisgah , Egypt .
Numbers • Chapter 33 (56 verses)
These are the journeys of the children of Israel , which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron . And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Moses, Aaron , Baal , Tahath , Egypt , Rameses , Succoth 1 , Etham .
Numbers • Chapter 21 (35 verses)
And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel , and took some of them prisoners. And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Esau ( Edom ), Moses , Moab , Ammon , Arad , Hormah , Edom, Egypt , Oboth .
Numbers • Chapter 24 (25 verses)
And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel , he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of Go... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Moab , Esau ( Edom ), Amalek , Asshur , Egypt , Edom, Seir .
Numbers • Chapter 18 (32 verses)
And the Lord said unto Aaron , Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi , the tribe of thy father, bring thou w... Mentions: Aaron , Levi , Jacob/Israel , Moses .
Numbers • Chapter 31 (54 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of M... Mentions: Moses, Jacob/Israel , Midian , Phinehas , Eleazar , Rekem , Moab , Jordan , Jericho .
Numbers • Chapter 27 (23 verses)
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher , the son of Gilead , the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh , of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph : and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah , and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah . And they stood before Mo... Mentions: Manasseh, Joseph , Noah , Moses , Eleazar , Hepher , Gilead , Tirzah , Abarim , Zin 1 .
Numbers • Chapter 12 (16 verses)
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses ? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. (Now the man Moses was very meek, ab... Mentions: Miriam , Aaron , Moses, Hazeroth , Paran .
Numbers • Chapter 19 (22 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: And ye shall giv... Mentions: Moses , Aaron , Jacob/Israel , Eleazar .
Numbers • Chapter 25 (18 verses)
And Israel abode in Shittim , and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab . And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baal –peor: and the anger of the Lord... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Moab , Baal , Moses , Phinehas , Shittim , Zimri , Midian .
Numbers • Chapter 34 (29 verses)
And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Command the children of Israel , and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan ; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) Then your south quarter shall be from t... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Canaan, Esau ( Edom ), Reuben , Zin 1 , Edom, Akrabbim , Kadesh 1 .
Numbers • Chapter 29 (40 verses)
And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel .