Read Numbers 8:1-12:16 at Bible Gateway.
num 8:1-12:16, paragraph divisions and chiastic structure 2012 jun 09
num 7-8, the menorah 2011 mar 04
num 9-10, two silver trumpets 2011 mar 05
num 11-12, three complaints 2011 mar 06
1a) Num 8:1-26 {p+s+p} The menorah and the Levites:
1) Num 8:1-4 {p} Seven lamps;
2) Num 8:5-26 {s+p} Levites set aside from the children of Israel;
1b) Num 9:1-8 {p} Defilement with death prevented some from keeping the Passover;
1c) Num 9:9-23 {s+p} The 2nd month Passover + Israel encamped and journeyed at the command of the Lord;
central axis) Num 10:1-10 {p} The law of the two silver trumpets;
1a) Num 10:1, And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying;
1b) Num 10:2a, Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work;
1c) Num 10:2b, You shall use them for calling the congregation;
1d) Num 10:2c, And for directing the movement of the camps;
central axis) Num 10:34, When they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you;
2d) Num 10:5-6, When the advance sounds, instruction for the movement of the camp;
2c) Num 10:7, And when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but not sound the advance;
2b) Num 10:8-10, The sons of Aaron shall blow the trumpets to sound the alarm + rejoicing at the moedim of YHVH:
1a) Num 10:8-9a, The sons of Aaron to blow the trumpets to sound the alarm:
1) Num 10:8-9a, When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you;
2) Num 10:9b, Then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets;
3) Num 10:9c, And you will be remembered before the Lord your God;
central axis) Num 10:9d, And you will be saved from your enemies;
2a) Num 10:10, The sons of Aaron shall blow the trumpets to sound the rejoicing:
1) Num 10:10a, Also in the day of your gladness + appointed feasts + at the beginning of your months;
2) Num 10:10b, You shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings + peace offerings;
3) Num 10:10c, And they shall be a memorial for you before your God,
2a) Num 10:10d, I am the Lord your God.
2c) Num 10:11-36 {s+s+p} In the 2nd month, Israel set out and encamped at the command of the Lord;
2b) Num 11:1-12:13 {px3+s+p} Defilement by coveteousness + evil speaking:
1a) Num 11:1-3 The people complained/ the Lord heard it + His anger was aroused/ Moses’ intercession;
1b) Num 11:4-6, The mixed multitude incited an intense craving for meat;
1c) Num 11:7-15 {p} Manna provided by the Lord;
1d) Num 11:16-17, The seventy elders commanded;
1e) Num 11:18, The Lord will provide them with meat;
1f) Num 11:19-20a, Israel shall eat meat for a whole month until it becomes loathsome to them;
central axis) Num 11:20b, Because you have despised the Lord/ wept before Him;
2f) Num 11:21-22 {p} Where can we get meat for a whole month for the thousands of Israel;
2e) Num 11:23, “Has the Lord’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not;”
2d) Num 11:24-30, The seventy elders commissioned;
2c) Num 11:31-32, Quail provided by the Lord;
2b) Num 11:33-35 {p} While the meat was still between their teeth, the Lord struck them at The Graves of Craving;
2a) Num 12:1-13 {s+p} Complaint of Miriam + Aaron against Moses/the Lord heard it + His anger/ Moses’ intercession:
1a) Num 12:1, Miriam + Aaron spoke against Moses because of his Ethiopian wife;
1b) Num 12:2, Their complaint (their words), and the Lord heard it;
central axis) Num 12:3 {s} Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth;
2b) Num 12:4-12, The Lord came down/ “Hear now My words” + His reply/ the Lord departed:
1a) Num 12:4-5, The Lord came down in the door of the tabernacle;
1b) Num 12:6-7a, I make Myself known to My prophets in visions + dreams/ not so with My servant Moses;
central axis) Num 12:7b, He is faithful in all My house;
2b) Num 12:8, I speak with him face to face, not in dark sayings; why were you not afraid?
2a) Num 12:9-12, The Lord departed/ Miriam became leprous, as white as snow;
2a) Num 12:13 {p} Moses’ intercession: “Please heal her, O God, I pray!”
2a) Num 12:14-16 {p} Leprosy and Miriam:
1) Num 12:14, Seven days;
2) Num 12:15-16 {p} Miriam set aside from the children of Israel.
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