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Table 4.F Outline of Numbers

  1. Priestly Code (1:1-10:10)
    1. Census of the tribes (1-4)
    2. Purity of the people (5)
    3. Nazirite vow and Aaronic benediction (6)
    4. Preparation of the Levites (7-8)
    5. Passover, the cloud, trumpets (9:1-10:10)
  2. Journey from Sinai to Moab (10:11-21:35)
    1. Departure (10:11-36)
    2. Fire and Quail (11)
    3. Rebellion of Aaron and Miriam (12)
    4. Twelve spies and rebellion (13-14)
    5. Cultic laws (15)
    6. Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (16)
    7. Aaron's budding staff (17)
    8. Responsibilities of Aaronic priests and Levites (18)
    9. Red heifer (19)
    10. Moses's rebellion at Meribah and death of Aaron (20)
    11. Battles and the bronze serpent (21)
  3. Events in Transjordan (22-36)
    1. Balaam the prophet (22-24)
    2. Israel's apostasy at Baal-Peor (25)
    3. Second census (26)
    4. Zelophad's daughters and Moses's successor (27)
    5. Offerings and festivals (28-29)
    6. Vows (30)
    7. War against Midian (31)
    8. Allotment of land in Transjordan (32)
    9. Israel's itinerary from Egypt to Canaan (33)
    10. Boundaries of the Promised Land (34)
    11. Levitical cities and cities of refuge (35)
    12. Inheritance laws (36)

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