GENERATION
SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF NUMBERS
| BIBLICAL PERIOD | #3 THE TWELVE TRIBES / THE SINAI COVENANT | ||||||||
| FOCUS | OLD EXODUS GENERATION | TRANSITION | NEW WILDERNESS
GENERATION |
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| THE COVENANT | THE SINAI COVENANT [Covenant with Phineas] | ||||||||
| SCRIPTURE | 1:1 |
5:1 |
10:1 |
13:1 |
15:1 |
21:1 |
26:1 |
28:1 |
27–31:13 |
| DIVISION | Organization of Israel | Sanctification of Israel | Journey to Kadesh | At Kadesh Barnea | In the Wilderness | Plains of Moab | Re-organization of Israel | Review of Covenant sacrifices and Holy Days of obligation | Conquest of Midian. Planning the conquest of Canaan |
| TOPIC | ORDER | DISORDER | REORDER | ||||||
| PREPARATION | POSTPONEMENT | PREPARATION | |||||||
| LOCATION | MOUNT SINAI | WILDERNESS | PLAINS OF MOAB | ||||||
| TIME | Last 20 days [left Sinai 20th day, 2nd month in the 2nd year after Egypt] | 38 years, 3 months, 10 days | approx. 5 months | ||||||
TIME LINE (BC)
World Empire:
Egypt ———————————————————————————United Kingdom
| 2000 BC | 1600 BC | 1350 BC | 1000 BC |
| ABRAHAM?— | ?—Exodus—?
Numbers |
—KING DAVID
conquers Jerusalem |
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