THE FIRST CENSUS
Numbers 1: 1 - 4: 49
Questionnaire
THE FIRST CENSUS
Numbers 1-4
Key Verses: 1:2,3
- When, where, what and why did the LORD command to Moses? (1:1-4) Whom did God choose from each tribe as the head and what was their role? (5-19) How many were numbered from each tribe and from all? (20-46) What do you learn from the census result? (Ge 1:18; 22:17) Why were the Levites exempted? (47-54)
- How did God arrange the camps of the tribes and the marching order? (2:1-34) What were in the middle of the camps? (2,17) What do you learn from the arrangement of the camps and the marching order?
- To whom was the priesthood given and what was the role of the non-priestly Levites? (3:1-10) What happens to him if an outsider does the priesthood? (10b; 2Ch 26:19) Why does God take the Levites and their animals as his own instead of the firstborns? (11-13) How many Levites were listed, where did they camp and what were their specific duties? (14-39) How did God redeem the firstborns? (40-51)
- How should the priests protect the Kohathites from death? (4:1-20) What articles of the tabernacle did the Kohathites, Gershonites and Merarites carry? (15-16, 21-33) How many Levites were listed between the ages of 30 and 50? (34-49) In what sense is the service blessing to the Levites?