Read Numbers 1:1-4:20 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
1:1-19 {s} The leaders chosen by name of their fathers’ tribes to number Israel
1:20-21 {p} The number of the army of Reuben (of Leah): 46,500.
1:22-23 {p} The number of the army of Simeon (of Leah): 59,300.
1:24-25 {p} The number of the army of Gad (of Zilpah): 45,650 (the south encampment)
1:26-27 {p} The number of the army of Judah (of Leah): 74,600.
1:28-29 {p} The number of the army of Issachar (of Leah): 54,400.
1:30-31 {p} The number of the army of Zebulun (of Leah): 57,400 (the east encamp-ment)
1:32-33 {p} The number of the army of Ephraim (of Rachel): 40,500.
1:34-35 {p} The number of the army of Manasseh (of Rachel): 32,200.
1:36-37 {p} The number of the army of Benjamin (of Rachel): 35,400 (the west en-campment)
1:38-39 {p} The number of the army of Dan (of Bilhah): 62,700.
1:40-41 {p} The number of the army of Asher (of Zilpah): 41,500.
1:42-43 {p}The number of the army of Naphtali (of Bilhah): 53,400 (the north encamp-ment)
1:44-47 {p} The number of the armies of Israel: 603,550.
1:48-54 {p} The Levites not numbered as they have charge of the tabernacle
2:1-9 {s} The east camp 1st: Judah, Issachar, Zebulun: 186,400.
2:10-16 {s} The south camp 2nd: Reuben, Simeon, Gad: 151,450.
2:17 {s} The tabernacle of meeting with the Levites in the middle
2:18-24 {s} The west camp 3rd: Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin: 108,100.
2:25-31 {p} The north camp last: Dan, Asher, Naphtali: 157,600.
2:32-34 {p} The number of the children of Israel + Levites not numbered
3:1-4 {p} The sons of Aaron who ministered as priests
3:5-10 {p} Aaron and sons attend to his priesthood, Levites attend to Aaron and the tab-ernacle
3:11-13 {p} YHVH has taken the Levites instead of every firstborn
3:14-26 {s} Number the Levites + Gershon
3:27-39 {s} Kohath + Eleazar + Merari + camp of Moses + Aaron + number of Levites
3:40-43 {p} The number of the firstborn males
3:44-51 {p} The redemption money for the firstborn given to Aaron
4:1-16 {p} The duty of Kohath + Eleazar the priest
4:17-20 {p} That Kohath may live and not die
Strong themes of the parashah
1:1-21 {s+p} The leaders of the tribes + the number of the army of Reuben
1:22-54 {px13] The number of the armies of Israel + the Levites not numbered
2:1-31 {sx4+p} The encampment of the tribes of Israel around the tabernacle of the Testimony
2:32-34 {p} The number of Israel + Levites not numbered
3:1-13 {px3} Aaron + sons to attend to their priesthood; Levites to attend to Aaron + tabernacle instead of the firstborn
3:14-43 {s+s+p} Number of the Levites + number of the firstborn males
3:44-51 {p} The redemption money for the firstborn given to Aaron
4:1-20 {p+p} The duty of Kohath, Eleazar the priest, that Kohath may live and not die
Num 1:1-4:20 triennial Torah portions
Num 1:1-54 triennial Bamidbar, “In the desert”
Num 2:1-34 triennial Ish al diglo, “Each man by his own banner”
Num 3:1-4:16 triennial V’eleh toldot, “these are the generations”
Num 4:17-20 triennial Al tachritu, “Do not let … be cut off”
Num 1:1-4:20 Chiastic structure
Download the fully expanded Num 1:1-4:20 Bamidbar chiasm pdf.
Theme of the parashah
The encampment of the tribes surrounding the tabernacle of the testimony.
Finding Messiah in Bamidbar
Additional readings for this parashah
Hos 2:1-22 (my notes) | Mat 4:1-17 (my notes)
Studies in Bamidbar
Num 1:1-4:20, Bamidbar Chiastic structure (with Leviticus)
Num 1:1-4:20, Paragraph divisions and chiastic structures
Num 1:1-2:34, Chiastic structure
Num 1:20-2:34, Chiastic structure
Num 1 and 2, Warfare in the kingdom/Messianic prophecy in the encampment
Num 3:1-4:20, Chiastic structure
Num 3 and 4, Levites in the place of the firstborn
Num 3 and 4, Paradigm shift of tectonic proportions
Further study off site
Bamidbar – Restoration of Torah
Bamidbar Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | NUMBERS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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