Special prize for those of you who figured out the cryptic-ish title:
"Well done."
Now that prizegiving is over, here's how I summarised Numbers chapter-by-chapter. This is how I tackled the book, and will use the same method to get into the other three books on our reading for the week.
My next step will be to pick out a dozen or so bits I really like the look of, and spend tomorrow reading through those bits.
Why not do the same, or share with us all how you are digging into the reading this week?
1 - Census time (603,550 warriors)
2 - Camp planning
3 - Levites given job description, redeeming the firstborn (cf. Exodus 13)
4 - To-do lists for the Levites
5 - Purity & faithfulness
6 - Nazirite laws (cf. Samson in Judges 13-16 & Paul in Acts 18)
7 - Dedication offerings to the Tabernacle
8 - Preparing the lamps (cf. Revelation), dedicating the Levites
9 - Passover mk. 2, The Appearance of the Fiery Cloud
10 - Trumpets & complaining (the two are unrelated)
11 - Complaining, punishing & forgiving #1
12 - Complaining, punishing & forgiving #2 (Miriam & Aaron)
13 - Spies in Canaan - fear
14 - Complaining, punishing & forgiving #3
15 - Bonus laws - offerings, Sabbath & tassels
16 - Complaining, punishing & forgiving #4 (Korah, plagues & fire)
17 - God chooses Levi (again, just to show the silly people he meant it)
18 - Rights & responsibilities of the priests
19 - Water of purification - how to wash
20 - Complaining, punishing & forgiving #5 (death of Aaron)
21 - Military victories & possessing the land begins
22 - Balaam's Ass (seriously. This is one to read)
23 - Balaam recovers from the incident with the talking donkey
24 - More Balaam. Still a good read
25 - Moab seduces Israel - intermarriage etc. Very good death here.
26 - Census time mk. 2 (601,730 warriors)
27 - Joshua chosen to lead Israel
28 - On offerings - daily, weekly, monthly, yearly.
29 - On offerings at festivals
30 - Laws about promises
31 - Revenge on Midian, lots of booty
32 - Reuban & Gad are big girls blouses - Moses recaps ch. 13
33 - Remembering the journey & instructions on taking the land
34 - Boundaries of the land - where is the Promised Land?
35 - Towns for the Levites; Cities of Refuge
36 - Women who inherit property
All this prepares Israel for the big fat super-recap in the form of Deuteronomy.
Those of you who read Joshua last week will know what happens next...
Monday, 10 October 2011
...Once I Caught A Fish Alive
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