I. Preparations for Journey from Sinai Desert (1:1–10:10)
A. Military Census (1:1–46)
1. Instructions for Military Census (1:1–16)
2. Implementation of Military Census (1:17–46)
B. Exemption from Census and Introduction to Duties of Levites (1:47–54)
C. Arrangement of Military Camp and Marching Order of Tribes (2:1–34)
1. Judah Group (2:1–9)
2. Reuben Group (2:10–16)
3. Levites and Tabernacle (2:17)
4. Ephraim Group (2:18–24)
5. Dan Group (2:25–31)
6. Summary (2:32–34)
D. Census and Duties of Levites (3:1–4:49)
1. Levites to Assist Priests in Place of Firstborn (3:1–13)
2. Census, Camping Arrangement, and Responsibilities of Levites (3:14–39)
3. Census and Redemption of Firstborn (3:40–51)
4. Census and Specific Duties of Levite Subdivisions (4:1–49)
a. Instructions (4:1–33)
b. Fulfillment (4:34–49)
E. Laws of Community Purity and Holiness (5:1–6:27)
1. Exclusion of Seriously Impure Persons from the Camp (5:1–4)
2. Items Belonging to Priests (5:5–10)
3. Ritual for Suspected Adulteress (5:11–31)
4. Rules for Temporary Nazirites (6:1–21)
5. Priestly Blessing on the Community (6:22–27)
F. Final Preparations of the Sanctuary Infrastructure (7:1–8:26)
1. Gifts of Chieftains to Sanctuary at Initiation of Altar (7:1–88)
2. God Speaks to Moses from Above Ark of Covenant (7:89)
3. Reiteration of Instruction for Placement of Tabernacle Lamps (8:1–4)
4. Ritual Purification and Separation of Levite Work Force (8:5–22)
5. Instruction for Ages of Service to Sanctuary by Levites (8:23–26)
G. Exodus from Sinai (9:1–10:10)
1. Second Passover for Those Unable to Observe Regular Passover (9:1–14)
2. Guidance for the Israelites (9:15–10:10)
II. Journeying in the Desert (10:11–19:22)
A. Departure from Sinai (10:11–36)
1. Marching Order (10:11–28)
2. Moses’ Appeal to Hobab to Help Guide Israel (10:29–32)
3. Guidance by Ark of the Covenant (10:33–36)
B. Rebellions in the Desert (11:1–14:45)
1. Grumbling and Divine Fire at Taberah (11:1–3)
2. Grumbling, Aid for Moses, and Plague at Kibroth Hattaavah (11:4–34)
a. Grumbling for Meat Rather Than Manna (11:4–9)
b. Moses’ Prayer of Distress (11:10–15)
c. God’s Reply: Solution of Seventy Elders and Meat (11:16–23)
d. Appointment of Seventy Elders of Spirit to Assist Moses (11:24–30)
e. Quail and Graves of Craving (11:31–34)
3. Rebellion of Miriam and Aaron Against Moses at Hazeroth (11:35–12:16)
4. Major Community Rebellion at Kadesh (13:1–14:45)
a. Chieftains Chosen and Sent to Scout Canaan (13:1–24)
b. Return and Report of Scouts (13:25–33)
c. Rebellious Response of Community (14:1–10a)
d. God’s Wish to Destroy Israel (14:10b–12)
e. Moses’ Intercession (14:13–19)
f. God’s Qualified Forgiveness With Sentence on Rebels: Forty Years (14:20–35)
g. Death of Unfaithful Spies (14:36–38)
h. Presumptuous and Aborted Attempt to Enter Canaan (14:39–45)
C. Laws and Narrative Regarding Loyalty Versus Disloyalty (15:1–41)
1. Grain and Drink Accompaniments to Sacrifices (15:1–16)
2. Offering of First Dough (15:17–21)
3. Remediable Versus Irremediable Moral Faults (15:22–36)
4. Tassels to Remember God’s Commands (15:37–41)
D. Rebellion of Korah & Co. and Its Aftermath (16:1–18:32)
1. Rebellion of Korah & Co. and Moses’ Challenge to Them (16:1–17)
2. Rebels’ Presumption, God’s Threat, Intercession (16:18–22)
3. Divine Destruction of Rebels (16:23–35)
4. Censers of Rebels Become Plating on Altar (16:36–40 [Heb. 17:15])
5. Rebellious Response of Community, Plague, Intercession (16:41–50 [Heb. 17:6–15])
6. Budding of Aaron’s Rod Proves Divine Choice of High Priest (17:1–11 [Heb. 17:16–26])
7. Danger Borne by Priests and Levites (17:12 [Heb. 17:27]–18:32)
a. The People’s Fear to Come Near the Tabernacle (17:12–13 [Heb. 17:27–28])
b. Priests and Levites to Bear Community’s Responsibility (18:1–7)
c. Rewards for Priests and Levites (18:8–32)
E. Law of Purification from Corpse Impurity (19:1–22)
1. Procuring Supply of Ashes Through Red Cow Ritual (19:1–10a)
2. Application of Ash Water for Purification from Corpse Impurity (19:10b–22)
III. Up and Down Road to the Borders of the Promised Land (20:1–25:18)
A. Kadesh Again and More Bad News (20:1–29)
1. Death of Miriam (20:1)
2. Contention over Lack of Water and Divine Instructions (20:2–8)
3. Moses and Aaron’s Failure and Condemnation (20:9–13)
4. Edom Refuses Passage (20:14–21)
5. Death of Aaron at Mount Hor (20:22–29)
B. Initial Victories (21:1–35)
1. Victory over Arad (21:1–3)
2. Grumbling on Detour, Fiery Serpents, and Bronze Serpent Remedy (21:4–9)
3. On the March and Water from a Well (21:10–20)
4. Defeat of Amorite King Sihon (21:21–30)
5. Defeat of King Og of Bashan (21:31–35)
C. Attempt of King Balak to Destroy Israel Through Balaam (22:1–24:25)
1. Balak Calls Balaam to Curse Israel, but God Refuses Permission (22:1–14)
2. Balak Calls Balaam Again and God Grants Permission (22:15–20)
3. Angel Waylays Balaam and His Donkey, But Lets Him Continue (22:21–35)
4. Balaam Meets Balak (22:36–40)
5. Balaam’s Repeated Failure to Curse Israel (22:41–24:25)
a. Blessing on Israel from Bamoth Baal (22:41–23:12)
b. Blessing on Israel from the Top of Pisgah (23:13–26)
c. Blessing on Israel from the Top of Peor (23:27–24:13)
d. Parting Blessing on Israel and Prophecies Against Nations (24:14–25)
D. Apostasy by the Jordan at Shittim with the Baal of Peor (25:1–18)
1. Immorality and Idolatry of Israelite Men Enticed by Moabite Women (25:1–5)
2. Phinehas Stops Divine Plague by Slaying Zimri and Cozbi (25:6–9)
3. God’s Response (25:10–18)
IV. Preparation for Occupation of the Promised Land (26:1–36:13)
A. Déjà vu: Second Census of Surviving Younger Generation (26:1–65)
1. Divine Command for Military Census (26:1–4)
2. Military Census Carried Out (26:5–51)
3. Size of Tribal Land Inheritance Proportional to Its Population (26:52–56)
4. Census of Levites (26:57–62)
5. Summary: Only Caleb and Joshua Survive From First Census (26:63–65)
B. Transfers to Persons of Younger Generations (27:1–23)
1. Transfer of Inheritance from Zelophehad to His Daughters (27:1–11)
2. Transfer of Leadership from Moses to Joshua (27:12–23)
C. Calendar of Cyclical Sacrifices (28:1–29:40)
1. Daily Burnt Offering (28:1–8)
2. Additional Sabbath Sacrifices (28:9–10)
3. Additional New Moon Sacrifices (28:11–15)
4. Yearly Festivals (28:16–29:40)
a. Spring Festivals (28:16–31)
b. Autumn Festivals (29:1–38)
c. Summary (29:39–40)
D. Law of Vows (30:1–16)
1. Male Vows or Sworn Pledges (30:1–2)
2. Female Vows or Sworn Pledges (30:3–15)
3. Summary (30:16)
E. War of Vengeance Against Midianites (31:1–54)
1. Preparations for War (31:1–6)
2. The War Itself (31:7–12)
3. Aftermath (31:13–54)
a. Treatment of Women and Children (31:13–18)
b. Purification of Persons and Spoils from Corpse Contamination (31:19–24)
c. Distribution of Spoils (31:25–47)
d. Voluntary Contribution by Grateful Army Officers (31:48–54)
F. Allocation of Transjordanian Land to Reuben, Gad, and Half of Manasseh (32:1–42)
1. Request to Settle in Transjordan Rebuffed by Moses (32:1–15)
2. Clarification of Plan to Help Fight and Moses’ Approval (32:16–33)
3. Building Activities of Gadites and Reubenites (32:34–38)
4. Conquests by Manassites (32:39–42)
G. Summary: Stages of Travel from Egypt to the Steppes of Moab (33:1–49)
H. Instructions for Conquest and Settlement in Canaan (33:50–35:34)
1. Command to Drive Out People and Destroy Idolatry (33:50–56)
2. Boundaries of the Promised Land (34:1–15)
3. Leaders Assigned to Divide the Land (34:16–29)
4. Levite Towns (35:1–34)
I. Keeping Land in the Family When Inherited by Daughters (36:1–13)
1. Concern of Gileadites Regarding Marriage of Zelophehad’s Daughters (36:1–4)
2. Divine Solution (36:5–9)
3. Compliance by Daughters (36:10–12)
4. Summary (36:13)