NUMBERS

Updated 12/2023

CHAPTER 1

  1. a. Why was Moses to take a census of males 20 years old and older? b. How many were numbered? c. Why were the Levites not numbered?

CHAPTER 2

  1. How was Moses to arrange the tribes?

CHAPTER 3

  1. What did God change according to the law of the firstborn?
  2. a. What was the difference between the numbered first born of the Levites and of the Israelites? b. What were the Israelites required to do as a result of this difference?

CHAPTER 4

  1. What were the duties of the sons of Kohath?
  2. Why were all the articles of the tabernacle covered?
  3. What were the duties of the sons of Gershon?
  4. What were the duties of the sons of Merari?
  5. What was the age range for the sons?

CHAPTER 5

  1. a. What did a man do if he felt his wife had been unfaithful? b. If a woman were found guilty of unfaithfulness what would happen to her?

CHAPTER 6

  1. What were the requirements to be a Nazirite?
  2. What did a Nazirite do?

CHAPTER 7

  1. How many leaders brought offerings to the priest to anoint the tabernacle?
  2. For what were the oxen and carts to be used?
  3. Why did the sons of Kohath not need to use a cart?

CHAPTER 8

  1. What did the rest of the Levites become to God?
  2. What was the age range for service of the Levites?

CHAPTER 9

  1. When could someone on a journey or who had become unclean observe the Passover?
  2. When did the Israelites know to pick up and journey?

CHAPTER 10

  1. How long did the Israelites stay at Mount Sinai? (See Exodus 19:1)
  2. For what use were the two silver trumpets?

CHAPTER 11

  1. What did the Israelites complain about?
  2. a. Who was Moses to use to help him with the workload? b. What did God do to these men?
  3. What food did God provide the Israelites?
  4. What happened to those who had complained they were better off in Egypt?

CHAPTER 12

  1. Why did Aaron and Miriam speak against Moses?
  2. What happened to Miriam?
  3. How did God describe Moses?

CHAPTER 13

  1. a. How many men were sent to spy out the land of Canaan? b. What did they find?
  2. a. What did most of the spies report to the people of Israel? b. Why did they say this?

CHAPTER 14

  1. What two men sent as spies into the land of Canaan came back with a good report?
  2. What did God want to do to the people of Israel?
  3. How did Moses reason with God?
  4. What did God resolve to do to the children of Israel?
  5. How long would it be before the children of Israel entered into the Promised Land?
  6. What two spies would enter the land?
  7. What happened to the men who brought back the bad report?
  8. a. What did the children of Israel decide to do on their own? b. What happened to them?

CHAPTER 15

  1. What law and custom was for the stranger living in Israel?
  2. What offering was made for unintentional sin of the congregation?
  3. What offering was made for unintentional sin of an individual?
  4. What happened to a person who sinned intentionally?
  5. What happened to a man picking up sticks on a Sabbath?
  6. Why were tassels attached to the Israelites garments?

CHAPTER 16

  1. a. Who rebelled against Moses and Aaron? b. What did God initially want to do to the rebels? c. What did Moses ask God to do? d. What did God finally do to the rebels?
  2. a. Who did the children of Israel blame for the deaths of their brothers? b. What did God do about their complaining?
  3. a. How many people died in the plague? b. How was this stopped?

CHAPTER 17

  1. What purpose were rods placed in front of the tabernacle?

CHAPTER 18

  1. What did God do with all the heave offerings?
  2. What were the Levites to tithe to God?

CHAPTER 19

  1. a. What was mixed with water for purification of sins? b. Where was it stored?

CHAPTER 20

  1. Who died at Kadesh?
  2. What did the children of Israel complain about at Kadesh?
  3. a. From what did Moses supply the need of the people? b. What was Moses' error? c. What was Moses' punishment because of this error?
  4. a. Who refused to let Israel cross their border? b. Who are these people?
  5. Who died at Mount Hor?

CHAPTER 21

  1. a. What did Israel complain about upon leaving Mount Hor? b. What did God do because of this complaint?
  2. a. Who would not let Israel pass through their land at this time? b. What happened to these people?
  3. a. Who came out against Israel when they left the city of Sihon? b. What happened to these people?

CHAPTER 22

  1. Why did Balak send for Balaam?
  2. Why did God get angry with Balaam?
  3. When leaving, who spoke to Balaam?
  4. What did the angel of the Lord try to do to Balaam?

CHAPTER 23

  1. What prophesy did Balaam have for Balak?

CHAPTER 24

  1. Why did Balaam continue to help Balak?
  2. Why did Balaam set up the altars and sacrifices each time?
  3. What Star would come out of Jacob?

CHAPTER 25

  1. What harlotry did Israel commit in Moab?
  2. What did God tell Moses to instruct the Israelites to do?
  3. Who was zealous for God against the sinful Israelites?
  4. How many people died because of God's anger?
  5. What did Phinehas receive from God for his zeal?

CHAPTER 26

  1. What did God tell Moses and Eleazar to do at this time?
  2. Who remained of the house of Korah?
  3. What was the number of those able to go to war?
  4. How much inheritance was determined for each tribe?
  5. a.  How many people remained of the first census? b. Who were these people? c. Why did they remain?

CHAPTER 27

  1. a. Why did the daughters of Zelophehad come before Moses? b. What law did God enforce in this situation?
  2. a. Who did God say would replace Moses? b. Why?

CHAPTER 28 – 29

  1. What were the offerings the people were reminded to keep?
  2. How many animals were sacrificed during the Feast of Tabernacles?
  3. Why did God instruct the people of Israel about the offerings again?

CHAPTER 30

  1. If a man made a vow to God, could it be unbound?
  2. If a woman in her father's house makes a vow, who could break it?
  3. If a father did not overrule his daughter's vow, what must she do?
  4. If a woman had taken a vow and marries, what can her husband do?
  5. Why could the vow of a widow or a divorced woman not be broken?
  6. How could a husband confirm his wife's vow?

CHAPTER 31

1.      a. Why was Moses angry with the men who came back with the spoil from the Midianites? b. Who counseled the people of Midian to commit harlotry with the men of Israel?  c. What were they to do about this?

2.       How did the Israelites divide the spoil?

3.      Why did the men of war give a special offering to the Lord?

CHAPTER 32

1. a. What tribes decided they wanted their inheritance early? b. What did they agree they would do first before they received their inheritance?

CHAPTER 33

1.      What were the children of Israel to do when they crossed over into the land of Canaan?

2.      How would the inhabitants of the land be a thorn in the side of the children of Israel?

CHAPTER 34

1.      Who settled on the east side of the Jordan?

2.      Who did God instruct Moses to use to divide the inheritance?

CHAPTER 35

1.      What did God command the children of Israel to give to the Levites?

2.      How would the Levites be distributed in the Promised Land?

3.      a. Why were the cities of refuge established? b. How many cities of refuge were established?

CHAPTER 36

1.      What other problem did the daughters of Zelophehad face?

2.      How did God solve the problem of daughters who receive their father’s inheritance?