26 FEB 12 Reading

26 Feb 12 reading  

Numbers is the fourth book of the first five books, the Pentateuch. It links with Genesis on the subject of promises as well as Clines and curses. It follows Leviticus, and like Leviticus it contains cultic regulations given at Sinai. Numbers is a narrative covering forty years of Israel's journey from Sinai to Moab, to the threshold of the Promised Land. It is a "bridge" book to the book of Deuteronomy, which contains speeches by Moses given in the plains of Moab.

It is peek to give insight on issues of law and commands. So as I read these verses I came up with some questions along the way.

1) What was the name given to people who wanted to separate themselves to the Lord? (Numbers 6:1-2)

2) What were Nazirites told to abstain from? (Numbers 6:3)

3) What was the Nazirites told not to eat? (Numbers 6:4)

4) What were Nazirites commanded not to do? (Numbers 6:5)

5) When was a Nazirite forbidden to go near a dead body? (Numbers 6:6)

6) What was the symbol of a Nazirite's separation? (Numbers 6:7)

7) How long was a Nazirite consecrated to the God? (Numbers 6:8)

8) What defiled the hair on a Nazirite's head? (Numbers 6:9)

9) What was a Nazirite supposed to do on the eighth day? (Numbers 6:10)

10) What offerings did the Nazirite's offer for sin? (Numbers 6:11)

11) Under what circumstances did a Nazirite have to start his or her separation over? (Numbers 6:12)

12) Where did the Nazirite go when his or her period of separation was over? (Numbers 6:13)

13) What was the Nazirite told to offer to the God? (Numbers 6:14-15)

14) How was the priest role in presenting the Nazirite's offering? (Numbers 6:16-17)

15) What happened after the Nazirite shaved off his or her hair? (Numbers 6:18-20)

16) How were Aaron and his sons  told to bless the Israelites? (Numbers 6:22-27)

27:1-34

The remainder of this chapter is to note the detail an Israelite might consecrate to God, either persons, or of the animals of his possession, or his house, or any part of his land. On the other hand, the 'firstling among beasts' (26, 27) any 'devoted thing' (28, 29) and the tithe (30-33) might not be made the object of a special vow, for the simple reason that each of these already belonged to God as His rightful due. Under each of these special items a price is given according to which, if a man should wish, for any reason, to redeem again for his own use that which, either by prior divine claim or by a special vow, had been dedicated to the Lord, he might be permitted to do so. As to the dedication of land (16), it had to be redeemed before the jubilee by paying 20% more than the value of the price. Failure to redeem it before the jubilee was penalized by forfeiture.

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