JAMES COAKLEY
OUTLINE
Introduction
I. History of the First Generation in the Wilderness (1:1–25:18)
A. Preparations of the First Generation for Entering the Promised Land (1:1–10:36)
1. First Census and Arrangement of the Tribes (1:1–2:34)
2. Levites and Their Duties (3:1–4:49)
3. Purity and the Law of Jealousy (5:1-31)
4. The Nazirite Vow and the Aaronic Benediction (6:1-27)
5. Dedicating the Tabernacle (7:1-89)
6. Dedicating the Levites (8:1-26)
7. Celebrating Passover (9:1-23)
8. Departure from Sinai (10:1-36)
B. Rebellion of the First Generation (11:1–25:18)
1. Rebellion in the Camp (11:1-35)
2. Rebellion of Aaron and Miriam (12:1-16)
3. Rebellion at Kadesh (13:1–14:45)
4. Additional Instructions Regarding Offerings (15:1-41)
5. Rebellion of Korah (16:1-50)
6. Vindication of Aaron (17:1-13)
7. Additional Instructions for the Levites (18:1-32)
8. Waters of Purification (19:1-22)
9. The Sin of Moses and the Death of Aaron (20:1-29)
10. The Bronze Serpent (21:1-35)
11. The Prophet Balaam (22:1–25:18)
a. Balaam’s Meeting with Balak (22:1-41)
b. Balaam’s Oracles (23:1–24:25)
c. Balaam’s Perversion of Israel (25:1-18)
II. Hope for the Second Generation as They Enter the Promised Land (26:1–36:13)
A. Preparations of the Second Generation for Entering the Promised Land (26:1–32:42)
1. The Second Census (26:1-65)
2. Instructions for the Second Generation (27:1–30:16)
3. War against Midian and the Settlement of the Transjordanian Tribes (31:1–32:42)
B. Encouragement for the Second Generation for Entering the Promised Land (33:1–36:13)
1. Review of Israel’s Journey (33:1-56)
2. Boundaries of the Promised Land (34:1-29)
3. Levitical Cities (35:1-34)
4. Inheritance of Women (36:1-13)