Readings in Numbers 16–34
THE readings are all found in Numbers, chapters 16 to 34. The great central thoughts of these chapters are as follows: chapter 16, the rebellion of Korah; chapter 17, God's testimony to the call of Moses; chapter 18, duties of the priests and Levites; chapter 19, the purification of the unclean; chapter 20, Miriam's death, the smiting of the rock, the death of Aaron; chapter 21, the fiery serpents, and the songs of the wells; chapters 22, 23, 24, Balaam's curses turned to blessings; chapter 25, the curse of Baal-peor; chapter 26, the numbering of Israel at the end of the forty years (compare with chapter 1; note how some of the tribes fell off and how others increased); chapter 27, daughters' inheritance; chapters 28, 29, instructions concerning various offerings; chapter 30, vows; chapter 31, division of spoil taken in war; chapter 32, the inheritance of the two and one half tribes; chapter 33, the journeyings through the wilderness; chapter 34, the instructions concerning the division of the land.