Class Notes on Sacred History
Volume I: The Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Job.
J. W. McGarvey (1893)
Table of Contents


NUMBERS.


PART FIRST.

THE FIRST CENSUS AND THE ORDER OF THE CAMP
AND MARCH.

i. 1-x. 10.

§ I. THE FIRST CENSUS. i. 1-46.

§ II. THE PLAN OF THE ENCAMPMENT. i. 47-ii. 34.

§ III. THE LEVITES AND THEIR SERVICE. iii. 1-iv. 49.

§ IV. A GROUP OF STATUTES, CEREMONIAL AND CIVIL. v. 1-v. 27.
§ V. OFFERING MADE BY THE PRINCES. vii. 1-89.

1. An Offering of Wagons and Oxen. vii. 1-9.

2. Offerings for the Dedication of the Altar. 10-83.
3. The Aggregate of Gifts. 84-88. [78]
4. How Moses Now Hears the Lord. 89.

§ VI. THE CONSECRATION OF THE LEVITES. viii. 1-26.

§ VII. THE PASSOVER, THE PILLAR OF CLOUD, AND THE
SILVER TRUMPETS. ix. 1-x. 10.

1. The Second Passover Kept. ix. 1-14.

2. The Guidance of the Pillar of Cloud. 15-23.
3. Two Silver Trumpets and Their Uses. x. 1-10.


PART SECOND.

THE WANDERINGS FROM MOUNT SINAI TO THE
PLAINS OF MOAB.

x. 11-xxii. 1.

§ I. THE MARCH FROM SINAI TO KADESH. x. 11-xii. 16.

1. The Removal from Sinai. x. 11-28.

2. Hobab Invited To Go with Israel. 29-32.
3. The First Journey. 33-36.
4. Murmuring and Fire at Taberah. xi. 1-3.
5. The People Murmur again, and Moses Cries for Help. 4-15.
6. God Promises Aid for Moses and Flesh for the People. 16-23.
7. The Seventy Elders Qualified. 24-30.
8. Quails Are Brought, and a Plague Follows. 31-35.
9. The Sedition of Miriam and Aaron. xii. 1-16.

§ II. THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE SPIES. xiii. 1-xiv. 45.

1. They Are Selected and Sent. xiii. 1-20.

2. Their Route and Their Report. 21-33.
3. The People Rebel. xiv. 1-10.
4. God Proposes To Destroy the People, but Grants the
Prayer of Moses. 11-25.
5. The Sentences on That Generation. 26-39.

6. Repentance too Late. 40-45.

§ III. A GROUP OF RITUAL STATUTES. xv. 1-41.
§ IV. THE REBELLION OF KORAH. xvi. 1-xvii. 15.

1. The Conspiracy Inaugurated. xvi. 1-3.

2. Moses Proposes an Appeal to God. 4-11.
3. Dathan and Abiram Denounce Moses, and the Others
Assemble at the Tent. 12-19.
4. The Lord's Decision. 20-35.
5. The Censers Are Made a Memorial. 36-40.
6. The People Murmur and Are Saved by Aaron. 41-50.
7. Aaron's Priesthood Still Further Confirmed. xvii. 1-13.
§ V. LAW FOR THE SUPPORT OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES. xviii. 1-32.
§ VI. THE LAW OF UNCLEANNESS FROM A DEAD BODY. xix. 1-22.
§ VII. EVENTS AT KADESH AND MOUNT HOR. xx. 1-xxi. 3.

1. Death of Miriam, and the Sin of Moses and Aaron. xx. 1-13.

2. Passage Through Edom Sought and Refused. 14-21.

3. Death of Aaron at Mount Hor. 22-29.
4. Israel Attacked by the King of Arad. xxi. 1-3.
§ VIII. THE JOURNEY FROM MOUNT HOR TO THE PLAINS
OF MOAB. xxi. 4-xxii. 1.

1. The Plague of Fiery Serpents. xxi. 4-9.

2. The Journey to Oboth and thence to Arnon. 10-15.
3. Journey from the Arnon to Pisgah. 16-20.
4. Sihon Defeated and His Country Occupied? 21-25.
5. The Career of Sihon. 26-31.
6. Bashan Conquered, and the Camp Pitched in the Plains of
Moab. xxi. 32-xxii. 1.


PART THIRD.

EVENTS WHILE THE CAMP WAS IN THE PLAINS
OF MOAB.

xxii. 2-xxxvi. 13.

§ I. BALAAM'S ATTEMPTS TO CURSE ISRAEL. xxii. 2-xxv. 18.

1. Balak Sends for Balaam. xxii. 2-14.

2. He Sends again and Succeeds. 15-21.
3. Balaam Is Rebuked and Warned. 22-38.
4. Balaam's First Attempt. xxii. 39-xxiii. 12.
5. A Change of Place and Another Attempt. 13-26.
6. Another Place, and a Third Attempt. xxiii. 27-xxiv. 13.
7. Other Predictions. xxiv. 14-25.

8. Israel Ensnared and Many Slain. xxv. 1-5.

9. The Zeal of Phinehas, and Its Reward. 6-15.
10. The Midianites To Be Punished. 16-18.
§ II. THE SECOND CENSUS. xxvi. 1-65.
§ III. MORE LAWS GIVEN, AND A SUCCESSOR TO MOSES
APPOINTED. xxvi. 1-xxx. 16.

1. The Law of Inheritance. xxvii. 1-11.

2. Moses Soon To Die, and Joshua To Succeed Him. 12-23.

3. A Law Concerning Stated Burnt Offerings. xxviii. 1-xxix. 40.

4. A Law Concerning the Vows of Women. xxx. 1-16.

§ IV. THE PUNISHMENT OF THE MIDIANITES. xxxi. 1-54.

1. The Army and Their Victory. xxxi. 1-12.

2. Disposal of the Women and Children. 13-18.
3. The Purification of the Warriors and the Prey. 19-24.
4. The Quantity and Distribution of the Prey? 25-47.
5. An Oblation Made by the Officers. 48-54.
§ V. HOMES ASSIGNED TO TWO AND A HALF TRIBES. xxxii. 1-42.
§ VI. A LIST OF ALL THE ENCAMPMENTS. xxxiii. 1-49.
§ VII. ORDERS CONCERNING THE PROMISED LAND. xxxiii. 50-xxxvi. 13.

1. General Order. xxxiii. 50-56.

2. The Boundaries of the Land. xxxiv. 1-15.
3. The Men To Divide the Land Are Appointed. 16-19.
4. The Inheritance To Be Assigned the Levites. xxxv. 1-8.

5. The Law Concerning Cities of Refuge. 9-34.

6. An Addition to the Law of Inheritance. xxxvi. 1-13.


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