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Sedra Be Midbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20)
Chapter 1: Names of the numberers, one per tribe
Chapter 2: Positions of the tribes
Chapter 3:4 Death of Aharon's sons Nadav and Avi-Hu
3:15 Separate numbering of the Beney Levi
3:25 Beney Gershon in charge of the Tabernacle
3:27: Beney Kohat in charge of the Ark
3:32 El-Azar ben Aharon chief priest
3:35 Beney Merari in charge of the odds and ends of the Tabernacle and the Court
3:40: Numbering of the first-born, pidyon ha ben
Sedra Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89)
Chapter 4 and 5: Duties of the Beney Kohat, Gershon and Merari
Chapter 6: Sexual laws
6:20 Nazirites
Chapter 7: princely offerings; princes named
Sedra Be Halotecha (Numbers 8:1-12:16)
Chapter 8: Consecration of Beney Levi
Chapter 10:11 The Cloud goes up from the Tabernacle on the 20th day of the 2nd month in the 2nd year and rests in Midbar Pa'ran
10:12 Resumption of the journey in this order: Yehudah, Yisaschar, Zevulun, Gershon and Merari with the Tabernacle, Re'u-Ven, Shim'on, Gad, Beney Kohat with the Sanctuary, Ephrayim, Menasheh, Bin-Yamin, Dan, Asher, Naphtali
10:29 Mosheh's 3rd father-in-law, Chovav ben Re'u-El
Chapter 11:3 Back end of the camp destroyed by a volcano at Taverah
11:5 Dreams of the fleshpots of Mitsrayim
11:16 70 Elders appointed
11:26 El-Dad and Medad prophesy; Yehoshu'a outraged
11:31 Quails
11:35 On to Chatserot
Chapter 12:1 Aharon and Mir-Yam (Miriam) attack Mosheh for taking an Ethiopian wife
12:10 Mir-Yam gets leprosy
12:16 From Chatserot to Midbar Pa'ran
Sedra Shelach Lecha (Numbers 13:1-15:41)
Chapter 13: Spies into Kena'an from Kadesh in Pa'ran, one per tribe: Shamu'a ben Zachur (Re'u-Ven), Shaphat ben Chori (Shim'on), Kalev ben Yephuneh (Yehudah), Yigal ben Yoseph (Yisachar), Hoshe'a ben Nun (Ephrayim), Palti ben Raphu (Bin-Yamin), Gadi-El ben Sodi (Zevulun), Gadi ben Susi (Menasheh and Yoseph), Ami-El ben Gemali (Dan), Setur ben Micha-El (Asher), Nachbi ben Vapshi (Naphtali), Ge'u-El ben Machi (Gad).
13:17 Hoshe'a is renamed Yehoshu'a
13:21 Spying from Midbar Tsin (not the same as Midbar Sin) to Rechov, Chevron, Eshkol for forty days
13:22 Chevron and Anakim
13:28 The spies report back, negatively
13:30 Kalev wants to attack at once
13:33 Anakim perceived as giants
Chapter 14:6 Yehoshu'a and Kalev silence the protests
14:24 YHVH honours Kalev
14:25 Beney Kena'an and Beney Amalek dwell in the valley
14:30 Yehoshu'a and Kalev will enter the Promised Land, but no one else now living
14:33 Wanderings to be one year for each day the spies spied
14:45 Beney Amalek and Beney Kena'an raid the Beney Yisra-El and drive them to Charmah
Chapter 15: offerings
Sedra Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32 )
Chapter 16: Rebellion of Korach, Datan and Avi-Ram
16:6 Censers of fire
16:31 Earthquake swallows the rebels
16:33 The pit
16:47 Pague
Chapter 17: The tribal rods
Chapter 18:20 Aharon has no inheritance except the priesthood
Sedra Chukat (Numbers 19:1-22:1 )
Chapter 20:1 Mir-Yam (Miriam) dies in Midbar Tsin
20:8 Mosheh's rod brings water from the rock
20:13 Waters of Merivah
20:14 Messengers sent from Kadesh to the king of Edom asking permission to pass through
20:18 Edom says no
20:22 To Mount Hor
20:23 Aharon stripped of his priesthood as a punishment for Merivah
20:26 Eli-Ezer succeeds him
20:28 Aharon dies
Chapter 21:1 Beney Kena'an attack
21:3 Victory at Charmah
21:4 Journey from Mount Hor via the Red Sea around Edom (is this the source of the confusion at the start of the exodus?)
21:6 Fiery serpents
21:8 Brass serpent
21:10 Camp in Ovot
21:11 Camp at Avarim
21:12 Camp at Zared
21:13 Camp beyond the Arnon in Midbar ha Emori
21:14 The Book of the Wars of YHVH
21:15 Near the dwelling of Ar
21:16 Camp at Ber
21:17 Song of the water
21:18 Camp at Matanah
21:19 To Nachali-El and Bomot in the valley of Mo-Av
21:20 To the top (Pisgah) of Mount Nevo
21:21 Messengers to the Emori asking for passports
21:23 Emori attack at Yachats
21:24 Emori defeated; land seized from the Arnon to the Yavok
21:25 Amoria occupied as far as Cheshbon
21:30 Destruction as far as Dibon and Nophah in Mey-Deva
21:32 Spies to Yazer, then conquest
21:33 Into Bashan; war with Og at Edrei
Chapter 22:1 Camp in the plains of Mo-Av by Yericho
Sedra Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9)
Chapter 22:2 Balak Ben Tsipor
22:3 conference of Mo-Av with Midyan
22:5 messengers from Balak to Bilam at Petor
22:7 elders of Mo-Av and Midyan devine
22:13 Bilam refuses to help Balak
22:21 Bilam's ass
22:39 Bilam and Balak to Kiryat Chuzot
Chapter 23:1 7 altars, 7 oxen, 7 rams
23:14 Field of Tsophim on the summit of Pisgah
23:28 Top of Pe'or looking towards Yeshimon; 7 more altars
Chapter 24:5 Mah tovu
24:7 Reference to Agag
24:17 Star and sceptre of Ya'akov; reference to Beney Shet
24:18 Bilam's prophecies on Edom
24:20 On Amalek
24:21 On the Keynim
24:24 on the Chitim, Ashur and Ever
Chapter 25:1 Yisra-El in Shittim (Acacia Grove in one translation, click here); whoredom with the daughters of Mo-Av
25:3 Ba'al Pe'or
25:5 Mosheh slaughters the idolators
25:6 The Midyanite woman Kazbi vat Tsur
25:7 Pinchas and his javelin
Sedra Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1)
Chapter 25:14 Zimri and the Shim'oni prince
Chapter 26:3 Mosheh and Eli-Ezer address the people in the plains of Mo-Av
26:4 2nd numbering of the people
Chapter 27:1 The daughters of Tselaphchad ben Chepher
27:8 The law of female inheritance (later repealed)
27:12 Mosheh climbs to Mount Avarim
27:18 Yehoshu'a appointed successor
Chapter 28 laws of offerings at feasts
Sedra Matot (Numbers 30:2-32:42)
Chapter 30: vows
Chapter 31:2 Revenge on the Midyanim
31:8 Kings of Midyan slain
Chapter 32: Re'u-Ven and Gad request Yazer and Gil'ad as their tribal territories
32:19 Borders of the Promised Land
32:33 Re'u-Ven and Gad and half-Menasheh get their land
32:34 Names of the cities that Re'u-Ven, Gad and Menasheh built; but which seem to have already existed
3:40: Numbering of the first-born, pidyon ha ben
Sedra Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89)
Chapter 4 and 5: Duties of the Beney Kohat, Gershon and Merari
Chapter 6: Sexual laws
6:20 Nazirites
Chapter 7: princely offerings; princes named
Sedra Be Halotecha (Numbers 8:1-12:16)
Chapter 8: Consecration of Beney Levi
Chapter 10:11 The Cloud goes up from the Tabernacle on the 20th day of the 2nd month in the 2nd year and rests in Midbar Pa'ran
10:12 Resumption of the journey in this order: Yehudah, Yisaschar, Zevulun, Gershon and Merari with the Tabernacle, Re'u-Ven, Shim'on, Gad, Beney Kohat with the Sanctuary, Ephrayim, Menasheh, Bin-Yamin, Dan, Asher, Naphtali
10:29 Mosheh's 3rd father-in-law, Chovav ben Re'u-El
Chapter 11:3 Back end of the camp destroyed by a volcano at Taverah
11:5 Dreams of the fleshpots of Mitsrayim
11:16 70 Elders appointed
11:26 El-Dad and Medad prophesy; Yehoshu'a outraged
11:31 Quails
11:35 On to Chatserot
Chapter 12:1 Aharon and Mir-Yam (Miriam) attack Mosheh for taking an Ethiopian wife
12:10 Mir-Yam gets leprosy
12:16 From Chatserot to Midbar Pa'ran
Sedra Shelach Lecha (Numbers 13:1-15:41)
Chapter 13: Spies into Kena'an from Kadesh in Pa'ran, one per tribe: Shamu'a ben Zachur (Re'u-Ven), Shaphat ben Chori (Shim'on), Kalev ben Yephuneh (Yehudah), Yigal ben Yoseph (Yisachar), Hoshe'a ben Nun (Ephrayim), Palti ben Raphu (Bin-Yamin), Gadi-El ben Sodi (Zevulun), Gadi ben Susi (Menasheh and Yoseph), Ami-El ben Gemali (Dan), Setur ben Micha-El (Asher), Nachbi ben Vapshi (Naphtali), Ge'u-El ben Machi (Gad).
13:17 Hoshe'a is renamed Yehoshu'a
13:21 Spying from Midbar Tsin (not the same as Midbar Sin) to Rechov, Chevron, Eshkol for forty days
13:22 Chevron and Anakim
13:28 The spies report back, negatively
13:30 Kalev wants to attack at once
13:33 Anakim perceived as giants
Chapter 14:6 Yehoshu'a and Kalev silence the protests
14:24 YHVH honours Kalev
14:25 Beney Kena'an and Beney Amalek dwell in the valley
14:30 Yehoshu'a and Kalev will enter the Promised Land, but no one else now living
14:33 Wanderings to be one year for each day the spies spied
14:45 Beney Amalek and Beney Kena'an raid the Beney Yisra-El and drive them to Charmah
Chapter 15: offerings
Sedra Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32 )
Chapter 16: Rebellion of Korach, Datan and Avi-Ram
16:6 Censers of fire
16:31 Earthquake swallows the rebels
16:33 The pit
16:47 Pague
Chapter 17: The tribal rods
Chapter 18:20 Aharon has no inheritance except the priesthood
Sedra Chukat (Numbers 19:1-22:1 )
Chapter 20:1 Mir-Yam (Miriam) dies in Midbar Tsin
20:8 Mosheh's rod brings water from the rock
20:13 Waters of Merivah
20:14 Messengers sent from Kadesh to the king of Edom asking permission to pass through
20:18 Edom says no
20:22 To Mount Hor
20:23 Aharon stripped of his priesthood as a punishment for Merivah
20:26 Eli-Ezer succeeds him
20:28 Aharon dies
Chapter 21:1 Beney Kena'an attack
21:3 Victory at Charmah
21:4 Journey from Mount Hor via the Red Sea around Edom (is this the source of the confusion at the start of the exodus?)
21:6 Fiery serpents
21:8 Brass serpent
21:10 Camp in Ovot
21:11 Camp at Avarim
21:12 Camp at Zared
21:13 Camp beyond the Arnon in Midbar ha Emori
21:14 The Book of the Wars of YHVH
21:15 Near the dwelling of Ar
21:16 Camp at Ber
21:17 Song of the water
21:18 Camp at Matanah
21:19 To Nachali-El and Bomot in the valley of Mo-Av
21:20 To the top (Pisgah) of Mount Nevo
21:21 Messengers to the Emori asking for passports
21:23 Emori attack at Yachats
21:24 Emori defeated; land seized from the Arnon to the Yavok
21:25 Amoria occupied as far as Cheshbon
21:30 Destruction as far as Dibon and Nophah in Mey-Deva
21:32 Spies to Yazer, then conquest
21:33 Into Bashan; war with Og at Edrei
Chapter 22:1 Camp in the plains of Mo-Av by Yericho
Sedra Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9)
Chapter 22:2 Balak Ben Tsipor
22:3 conference of Mo-Av with Midyan
22:5 messengers from Balak to Bilam at Petor
22:7 elders of Mo-Av and Midyan devine
22:13 Bilam refuses to help Balak
22:21 Bilam's ass
22:39 Bilam and Balak to Kiryat Chuzot
Chapter 23:1 7 altars, 7 oxen, 7 rams
23:14 Field of Tsophim on the summit of Pisgah
23:28 Top of Pe'or looking towards Yeshimon; 7 more altars
Chapter 24:5 Mah tovu
24:7 Reference to Agag
24:17 Star and sceptre of Ya'akov; reference to Beney Shet
24:18 Bilam's prophecies on Edom
24:20 On Amalek
24:21 On the Keynim
24:24 on the Chitim, Ashur and Ever
Chapter 25:1 Yisra-El in Shittim (Acacia Grove in one translation, click here); whoredom with the daughters of Mo-Av
25:3 Ba'al Pe'or
25:5 Mosheh slaughters the idolators
25:6 The Midyanite woman Kazbi vat Tsur
25:7 Pinchas and his javelin
Sedra Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1)
Chapter 25:14 Zimri and the Shim'oni prince
Chapter 26:3 Mosheh and Eli-Ezer address the people in the plains of Mo-Av
26:4 2nd numbering of the people
Chapter 27:1 The daughters of Tselaphchad ben Chepher
27:8 The law of female inheritance (later repealed)
27:12 Mosheh climbs to Mount Avarim
27:18 Yehoshu'a appointed successor
Chapter 28 laws of offerings at feasts
Sedra Matot (Numbers 30:2-32:42)
Chapter 30: vows
Chapter 31:2 Revenge on the Midyanim
31:8 Kings of Midyan slain
Chapter 32: Re'u-Ven and Gad request Yazer and Gil'ad as their tribal territories
32:19 Borders of the Promised Land
32:33 Re'u-Ven and Gad and half-Menasheh get their land
32:34 Names of the cities that Re'u-Ven, Gad and Menasheh built; but which seem to have already existed
32:39-42 More conquests
Sedra Masey (Numbers 33:1-36:13)
Chapter 33: Full details of the wilderness journey
Chapter 34: The Borders of Kena'an
34:17 Instructions for the division of the land
Chapter 35: Store cities and suburbs for the Beney Levi. Six refuge cities (Deuteronomy says three)
Chapter 36:7 Patrilocal laws affirmed; exogamy outlawed even between tribes (repeal of the laws of Tselaphchad's daughters)
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