THE CENSUS
ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 1, A MAN HAD TO BE AT LEAST THIS OLD AND ABLE TO DO THIS IN ORDER TO BE COUNTED IN THE ISRAELITE CENSUS.
WHAT IS 20 YEARS OLD AND ABLE TO GO TO WAR (SERVE IN THE ARMY)?
GOD CHOSE THE LEVITES TO SERVE HIM INSTEAD OF TAKING THIS SPECIFIC FAMILY MEMBER FROM EVERY OTHER ISRAELITE HOUSEHOLD.
WHO IS THE FIRSTBORN?
CHAPTER 6 OUTLINES THIS SPECIAL, TEMPORARY OR LIFELONG VOW OF DEDICATION, WHICH REQUIRED AVOIDING WINE, VINEGAR, GRAPES, AND CUTTING ONE'S HAIR.
WHAT IS A NAZIRITE VOW?
IN CHAPTER 7, THE LEADERS OF THE 12 TRIBES PRESENTED AN ENORMUS GIFT FOR THE TABERNACLE'S TRANSPORT, INCLUDING 6 COVERED WAGONS AND THIS MANY OXEN.
WHAT IS 12 OXEN?
IN CHAPTER 5, ANYONE WITH A SKIN DISEASE, A BODILY DISCHARGE, OR ANYONE WHO BECAME DEFILED BY CONTACT WITH A DEAD BODY WAS ORDERED TO BE PUT HERE TO KEEP THE CAMP PURE.
WHERE IS OUTSIDE THE CAMP?
THIS SPECIFIC TRIBE WAS EXEMPTED FROM THE MILITARY CENSUS AND ASSIGNED TO CARE FOR THE TABERNACLE INSTEAD.
WHAT IS THE TRIBE OF LEVI?
THIS CLAN OF KOHATHITES WAS GIVEN THE MOST DANGEROUS AND HOLY MOVING DUTY: CARRYING THESE SACRED ITEMS THEMSELVES RATHER THAN USING CARTS.
WHAT ARE THE HOLY OBJECTS/THE ARK OF THE COVENANT?
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUDES WITH THIS FAMOUS, BEAUTIFUL BLESSING THAT AARON AND HIS SONS WERE INSTRUCTED TO PLACE UPON THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
WHAT IS THE PRIESTLY BLESSING ("THE LORD BLESS THEE, AND KEEP THEE")
CHAPTER 8 DESCRIBES THE POSITIONING OF THE LAMPS ON THE GOLDEN LAMPSTAND SO THAT THEY GAVE LIGHT TOWARD THIS AREA OF THE LAMPSTAND.
WHAT IS THE FRONT?
CHAPTER 5 STATES THAT WHEN SOMEONE WRONGS ANOTHER PERSON, THEY MUST MAKE FULL RESTITUTIONFOR THE GUILT AND ADD THIS EXACT PERCENTAGE ON TOP OF THE ORIGINAL VALUE.
WHAT IS 20% (OR ONE-FIFTH)?
IN CHAPTER 2, THE CAMP OF ISRAEL WAS ORGANIZED IN A SPECIFIC FORMATION, WITH THIS SACRED STUCTURE PLACED RIGHT IN THE CENTER.
WHAT IS THE TABERNACLE (THE TENT OF MEETING)?
IN CHAPTER 8, BEFORE THE LEVITES COULD BEGIN THEIR SERVICE, THEY UNDERWENT A CLEANSING RITUAL THAT INVOLVED BEING SPRINKLED WITH THIS SPECIAL WATER AND DOING THIS TO THEIR BODY HAIR.
WHAT IS SHAVING THEIR ENTIRE BODIES?
CHAPTER 5 DESCRIBES A RITUAL INVOLVING "DUST FROM THE TABERNACLE FLOOR" MIXED INTO BITTER WATER TO TEST A WIFE ACCUSED OF THIS SPECIFIC OFFENSE BY HER HUSBAND.
WHAT IS UNFAITHFULNESS (ADULTERY)?
DAY AFTER DAY FOR 12 DAYS, EACH TRIBAL LEADER BROUGHT IDENTICAL DEDICATION OFFERINGS, WHICH INCLUDED A SILVER PLATE, A SILVER BASIN FILLED WITH FINE FLOUR, AND A GOLD DISH FILLED WITH THIS.
WHAT IS INCENSE?
THIS SPECIFIC SON OF AARON, ALONG WITH ELEAZAR, WAS GIVEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE TO OVERSEE THE DUTIES AND TRANPORT BURDENS OF THE LEVITE CLANS.
WHO IS ITHAMAR?
EXCLUDING THE LEVITES, THIS SPECIFIC TRIBE REGISTERED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF FIT MEN IN THE CENSUS, TOTALING 74,600.
WHAT IS THE TRIBE OF JUDAH?
ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 4, LEVITES IN THE CLAN OF KOHATH, GERSHON, AND MERARI WERE ELIGIBLE TO PERFORM THE HEAVY PHYSICAL LABOR OF TRANPORTING THE TABERNACLE ONLY BETWEEN THESE TWIO AGES.
WHAT IS BETWEEN 30 AND 50 YEARS OLD (25 FOR LIGHTER SEVICE INITIATION)?
IF A NAZIRITE ACCIDENTALLY DEFILED THEIR VOW BECAUSE SOMEONE DIED SUDDENLY NEXT TO THEM, THEY HAD TO OFFER TWO OF THESE SPECIFIC BIRDS ON THE EIGHTH DAY TO START THEIR VOW OVER.
WGAT ARE TURTLEDOVES (OR YOUNG PIGEONS)?
THE 6 COVERED WAGONS GIFTED BY THE TRIBAL LEADERS WERE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE LEVITES: 2 WENTBTO THE GERSHONITES, AND THIS MANY WENT TO MERARITES, TO HAUL THE HEAVY FRAMES.
WHAT IS FOUR WAGONS?
WHEN MOSES ENTERED THE TENT OF MEETING TO SPEAK WITH THE LORD, HE HEARD A VOICE SPEAKING TO HIM FROM ABOVE THE MERCY SEAT THAT WAS ON TOP OF THIS OBJECT, BETWEEN THE TWO CHERIBUM.
WHAT IS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT (OR THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONY)?
WHEN THE CAMP MOVED OUT, THIS SPECIFIC TRIBE WAS DESIGNATED TO ALWAYS MARCH FIRST, LEADING THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE CAMPS.
WHAT IS THE TRIBE OF JUDAH?
WHILE OTHER CLANS CARRIED THE CURTAINS AND FRAMES OF THE TABERNACLE USING WAGONS, THE KOHATHITES HAD TO CARRY THE HOLY FURNISHINGS ON THESE.
WHAT ARE THE SHOULDERS (USING POLES)?
IN CHAPTER 5, WHEN A PERSON CONFESSED TO DEFRAUDING SOMEONE AND THE WRONGED PERSON HAS NO CLOSE RELATIVE TO RECIEVE THE RESTITUTION, THE PAYMENT GOES DIRECTLY TO THIS PERSON.
WHO IS THE PRIEST?
IN CHAPTER 7, THIS TRIBAL LEADER FROM THE TRIBE OF NAPHTALI WAS THE 12TH AND FINAL LEADER TO PRESENT HIS DEDICATION OFFERINGS ON DAY 12.
WHO IS AHIRA (SON OF ENAN)?
IN CHAPTER 7, THIS TRIBAL LEADER FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH WAS THE VERY FIRST PERSON TO BRING HIS DEDICATION OFFERING ON DAY 1.
WHO IS NAHSHON (SON OF AMMINADAB)?