CONTENTS

I INTRODUCTORY

II THE CENSUS AND THE CAMP 1 The Mustering Numbers i. 1-46

III PRIESTS AND LEVITES 1 The Priesthood Numbers iii. 1-10

IV DEFILEMENT AND PURGATION Numbers v

V NAZIRITISM: THE BLESSING OF AARON Numbers vi

VI SANCTUARY AND PASSOVER 1 The Offerings of the Princes Numbers vii

VII THE CLOUD AND THE MARCH 1 The Guiding Cloud Numbers ix. 15-23

VIII HOBAB THE KENITE Numbers x. 29-36

IX THE STRAIN OF THE DESERT JOURNEY Numbers xi

X THE JEALOUSY OF MIRIAM AND AARON Numbers xii

XI THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT Numbers xiii.; xiv. 1-10

XII THE DOOM OF THE UNBELIEVING Numbers xiv

XIII OFFERINGS: SABBATH-KEEPING: DRESS Numbers xv

XIV KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM Numbers xvi., xvii

XV TITHES AND CLEANSINGS Numbers xviii., xix

XVI SORROW AND FAILURE AT KADESH Numbers xx

XVII THE LAST MARCH AND THE FIRST CAMPAIGN Numbers xxi

XVIII BALAAM INVOKED Numbers xxii. 1-19

XIX BALAAM ON THE WAY Numbers xxii. 20-38

XX BALAAM'S PARABLES Numbers xxii. 39-xxiv. 9

XXI THE MATTER OF BAAL-PEOR Numbers xxiv. 10-xxv. 18

XXII A NEW GENERATION Numbers xxvi., xxvii

XXIII OFFERINGS AND VOWS Numbers xxviii.-xxx

XXIV WAR AND SETTLEMENT 1 The War with Midian Numbers xxxi

XXV THE WAY AND THE LOT Numbers xxxiii., xxxiv

XXVI THE CITIES OF REFUGE Numbers xxxv., xxxvi

INDEX

FOOTNOTES:

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