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BOOK OF NUMBERS – LESSON TWO

(5:1-10:10)

        After Moses numbers Israel according to functional groups, he, in the following six chapters, gives needed instruction to His people. They needed to be instructed in the way of holiness, especially applicable to them as they camp toward the promised land.  

I. INSTRUCTION IN THE WAY OF HOLINESS (5:1-10:10)

A. Command to separate those from the camp who might be contagious from leprous skin outbreaks, bodily discharges, and contamination from contact with a dead body (5:1-4)

B. Command regarding sins against others demanding confessing, offering an atoning sacrifice and restitution (5:5-10)

C. Command regarding a husband’s jealousy of a wife suspected of committing adultery (5:11-31)

D. Commandment regarding the special Nazarite (consecrated one)  vow of separation (6:1)

E. Commandment to Aaron and is sons regarding the priestly benediction  of Jehovah blessing God’s people (6:21-27)

F. Commandment regarding the freewill offerings during the twelve days of the  dedication of the tabernacle including its furniture, altar and vessels  (7:1-89)

G. Commandment regarding how Aaron and his sons, the Levites, and the children of Israel relate to one another as the Levites are consecrated to their work       (8:1-26)

H. Commandment regarding observing the first Passover memorial and following the guiding cloud (9:1-23)

I. Commandment regarding the two trumpets of silver to be sounded by the sons of Aaron for gathering the congregation, for alarms regarding the moving of the camp and meeting the adversary, for feasts days, beginning of the months, and sacrificial offerings (10:1-10)

QUESTIONS

1. What was the two-fold purpose of the quarantines in the camp of the Israelites?

2. Should one make restitution for what he or she has wrongfully taken from another?

3. The purpose of the “water of bitterness” was for:

a. exposing the wife guilty of a secret adulterous affair.

b. embarrassing an innocent wife.

c. Allowing one to escape the death penalty of adultery under the Law of Moses.

4. The Nazarite vow was an oath taken for a definite time period where a man or woman was separated and consecrated totally unto God in a special way.  (T)  (F)

5. Why do you think the priestly benediction is revealed following the law of the Nazarite?

6. In the dedication of the tabernacle after being anointed, why was the distribution of six wagons and twelve oxen among the Levites: Gershon, Merari, and Kohath, different?

7. In the dedication of the altar, what was included in the gifts offered?

8. In light of Exodus 40:35, why do you think Moses entering the temple and Jehovah speaking to him is added at the close of the dedication record in Numbers 7?  

9. Why was the candlestick to be lit, and who was to light it?

10. What took place first before the Levites served?

11.  The Levites were “wholly” given unto God for what purpose?

12.  What is the “charge” given to the Levites beginning at age 50 that was different from the “service” they have been doing since the of 25?

13. For what purpose is placing the event surrounding the Passover in chapter 9:1, which is dated before Numbers 1:1?

14. What does the appearance of “the cloud” over the tabernacle teach us regarding having authority for what we do as Christians?

15. The two silver trumpets were to be blown by whom?

16. The silver trumpets were to be sounded for what purposes other than for alarm?

17. For what two purposes were the trumpets to be sounded as an alarm?