Class Notes on Sacred History
Volume I: The Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Job.
J. W. McGarvey (1893)
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NUMBERS
PART FIRST: THE FIRST CENSUS AND THE ORDER OF THE CAMP

Num. 1:1-10:10

  I. THE FIRST CENSUS. Num. 1:1-46.

 II. THE PLAN OF THE ENCAMPMENT. Num. 1:47-2:34.

III. THE LEVITES AND THEIR SERVICE. Num. 3:1-4:49.

 IV. A GROUP OF STATUTES, CEREMONIAL AND CIVIL. Num. 5:1-6:27.

  V. OFFERING MADE BY THE PRINCES. Num. 7:1-89.
     1. An Offering of Wagons and Oxen. Num. 7:1-9.
     2. Offerings for the Dedication of the Altar. Num. 7:10-83.
     3. The Aggregate of Gifts. Num. 7:84-88.
     4. How Moses Now Hears the Lord. Num. 7:89.

 VI. THE CONSECRATION OF THE LEVITES. Num. 8:1-26.

VII. THE PASSOVER, THE PILLAR OF CLOUD, AND THE SILVER TRUMPETS.
     Num. 9:1-10:10.
     1. The Second Passover Kept. Num. 9:1-14.
     2. The Guidance of the Pillar of Cloud. Num. 9:15-23.
     3. Two Silver Trumpets and Their Uses. Num. 10:1-10.

PART SECOND: THE WANDERINGS FROM MOUNT SINAI TO THE PLAINS OF MOAB
Num. 10:11-22:1.


  I. THE MARCH FROM SINAI TO KADESH. Num. 10:11-12:16.
     1. The Removal from Sinai. Num. 10:11-28.
     2. Hobab Invited to Go with Israel. Num. 10:29-32.
     3. The First Journey. Num. 10:33-36.
     4. Murmuring and Fire at Taberah. Num. 11:1-3.
     5. The People Murmur Again, and Moses Cries for Help.
     6. God Promises Aid for Moses and Flesh for the People.
        Num. 11:16-23.
     7. The Seventy Elders Qualified. Num. 11:24-30.
     8. Quails Are Brought, and a Plague Follows. Num. 11:31-35.
     9. The Sedition of Miriam and Aaron. Num. 12:1-16.

 II. THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE SPIES. Num. 13:1-14:45.
     1. They Are Selected and Sent. Num. 13:1-20.
     2. Their Route and Their Report. Num. 13:21-33.
     3. The People Rebel. Num. 14:1-10.
     4. God Proposes to Destroy the People, but Grants the Prayer of
     5. The Sentences on That Generation. Num. 14:26-39.
     6. Repentance Too Late. Num. 14:40-45.

III. A GROUP OF RITUAL STATUTES. Num. 15:1-41.

 IV. THE REBELLION OF KORAH. Num. 16:1-17:15.
     1. The Conspiracy Inaugurated. Num. 16:1-3.
     2. Moses Proposes an Appeal to God. Num. 16:4-11.
     3. Dathan and Abiram Denounce Moses, and the Others Assemble at
        the Tent. Num. 16:12-19.
     4. The Lord's Decision. Num. 16:20-35.
     5. The Censers Are Made a Memorial. Num. 16:36-40.
     6. The People Murmur and Are Saved by Aaron. Lev. 16:41-50.
     7. Aaron's Priesthood Still Further Confirmed. Lev. 17:1-13.

  V. LAW FOR THE SUPPORT OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES. Num. 18:1-32.

 VI. THE LAW OF UNCLEANNESS FROM A DEAD BODY. Num. 19:1-22.

VII. EVENTS AT KADESH AND MOUNT HOR. Num. 20:1-21:3.
     1. Death of Miriam, and the Sin of Moses and Aaron. Num. 20:1-13.
     2. Passage Through Edom Sought and Refused. Num. 20:14-21.
     3. Death of Aaron at Mount Hor. Num. 20:22-29.
     4. Israel Attacked by the King of Arad. Num. 21:1-3.

 VIII. THE JOURNEY FROM MOUNT HOR TO THE PLAINS OF MOAB. Num. 21:4-22:1.
     1. The Plague of Fiery Serpents. Num. 21:4-9.
     2. The Journey to Oboth and Thence to Arnon. Num. 21:10-15.
     3. Journey from the Arnon to Pisgah. Num. 21:16-20.
     4. Sihon Defeated and His Country Occupied. Num. 21:21-25.
     5. The Career of Sihon. Lev. 21:26-31.
     6. Bashan Conquered, and the Camp Pitched in the Plains of Moab.
        Lev. 21:32-22:1.

PART THIRD: EVENTS WHILE THE CAMP WAS IN THE PLAINS OF MOAB
Num. 22:2-36:13.

  I. BALAAM'S ATTEMPTS TO CURSE ISRAEL. Num. 22:2-25:18.
     1. Balak Sends for Balaam. Num. 22:2-14.
     2. He Sends Again and Succeeds. Num. 22:15-21.
     3. Balaam Is Rebuked and Warned. Num. 22:22-38.
     4. Balaam's First Attempt. Num. 22:39-23:12.
     5. A Change of Place and Another Attempt. Num. 23:13-26.
     6. Another Place, and a Third Attempt. Num. 23:27-24:13.
     7. Other Predictions. Num. 24:14-25.
     8. Israel Ensnared and Many Slain. Num. 25:1-5.
     9. The Zeal of Phinehas, and Its Reward. Num. 25:6-15.
    10. The Midianites to Be Punished. Num. 25:16-18.

 II. THE SECOND CENSUS. Num. 26:1-65.

III. MORE LAWS GIVEN, AND A SUCCESSOR TO MOSES APPOINTED.
     Num. 27:1-30:16.
     1. The Law of Inheritance. Lev. 27:1-11.
     2. Moses Soon to Die, and Joshua to Succeed Him. Lev. 27:12-23.
     3. A Law Concerning Stated Burnt Offerings. Lev. 28:1-29:40.
     4. A Law Concerning the Vows of Women. Lev. 30:1-16.

 IV. THE PUNISHMENT OF THE MIDIANITES. Num. 31:1-54.
     1. The Army and Their Victory. Num. 31:1-12.
     2. Disposal of the Women and Children. Num. 31:13-18.
     3. The Purification of the Warriors and the Prey. Num. 31:19-24.
     4. The Quantity and Distribution of the Prey. Num. 31:25-47.
     5. An Oblation Made by the Officers. Num. 31:48-54.

  V. HOMES ASSIGNED TO TWO AND A HALF TRIBES. Num. 32:1-42.

 VI. A LIST OF ALL THE ENCAMPMENTS. Num. 33:1-49.

VII. ORDERS CONCERNING THE PROMISED LAND. Num. 33:50-36:13.
     1. General Order. Num. 33:50-56.
     2. The Boundaries of the Land. Num. 34:1-15.
     3. The Men to Divide the Land Are Appointed. Num. 34:16-19.
     4. The Inheritance to Be Assigned the Levites. Num. 35:1-8.
     5. The Law Concerning Cities of Refuge. Num. 35:9-34.
     6. An Addition to the Law of Inheritance. Num. 36:1-13.

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