Numbers has three cycles of revelation and instruction: at Sinai; at Kadesh-Barnea, and at Moab.

Redemption comes before understanding because God’s Laws are only for those who trust Him.

God’s holiness required some Levites to act the same as the Cherubim with the flaming sword in Eden.

The Levites were mediators, intercessors, and guardians of God’s holiness.

God created hierarchies of lower and higher status among humans and angels with varieties of service.

To seek unclean things, or not to protect ourselves from the unclean, harms our walk with God.

He who is without sin casts the first stone—lessons from a woman accused of adultery.

For God’s people only, a vow of thankful consecration and a blessing that bestows good things

Some final preparations to make the priesthood and God’s earthly dwelling place complete

The second Passover and all Passovers onward would commemorate the first Passover in Egypt.

In the midst of trumpet blasts and following the cloud of fire, Israel leaves Mt. Sinai.

When Israel leaves Mt. Sinai, rebellion begins, leading to 38 years of wandering in the wilderness.

The same Spirit that Moses possesses gets drawn from him and shared with the 70 elders.

Aaron and Miriam challenge Moses’ authority, but God vindicates Moses and afflicts Miriam.

Ten leaders’s lack of faith and courage caused three million Israelites to pay the price.

When the Israelites refused to enter the Land, Moses requested a pardon that God grants.

The principle of vertical retribution postpones and passes punishment to the next generation.

Understanding the difference between a foreigner and a first class citizen in God’s Kingdom

The use of a special fringe on a garment’s four corners serves as a reminder to obey God’s laws.

The story of the rebellion shows the indispensable purpose and position of the Priesthood.

The rebels had been redeemed yet preferred their old lives to the new ones God offered them.

The rebels prove the danger of holiness if an unauthorized person attempts to acquire it.

The red heifer paradox: the same ashes which purify the defiled, defile the pure

With the people still grumbling, Moses and Aaron make a mistake that shows a distrust in God.

A plague of serpents is sent to kill the rebellious people, but God has a solution to the snake bites.

Despite trying to avoid conflicts, Israel is forced to fight and conquer before entering Canaan.

Balaam the Diviner learns that it is spiritually impossible to curse that which God has blessed.

Balaam is a gentile who desires to be under the covering and benefits of Israel’s covenants.

The new generation of Israelites failed to absorb the lessons meted out upon their elders.

Defining the laws of land inheritance—how the land passed on when a clan or family leader dies

The calendar of God’s ordained, Torah-based, and authorized sacrificial system

Principles behind the laws of oaths and vows and the consequences of failing to honor them

The extermination of Midian after they intentionally tried to draw God’s people away from Him

Israel’s journey to the promised land and their failure to heed God’s warning to drive out the inhabitants

Conquering Canaan and the creation of Israel as part of the 600-year-old Abrahamic covenant

Asylum and the use of sanctuary cities begins when Israel is inside the Promised Land.