Week 7: Dividing the land

Objective: 

• Vengeance on the Midianites 

• Dividing of the plunder 
• The tribes settling East of the Jordan
• Review of the Journey from Egypt 
• Instructions for the conquest of Canaan 
• The boundaries of Canaan 
• The cities of the Levites and the cities if the refuge 

Resources:

• Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary
• Catena Bible Commentary
  

Reading:

• Numbers 31: All
• Numbers 32: All
• Numbers 33: 1-2 then 50-56
• Numbers 34: All
• Numbers 35: All
• Numbers 36: Skip

Key verse(s):

• " “This is the land which you shall inherit by lot," Numbers 34:13

Comments:

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Review/recap questions:
**Servant may add more questions

1.  What vengeance did the Israelites had against the Midianites?
2. Under Moses command what action was taken with the spared Midianite children and women?
3. Can you think of a reason as to why Pinehas was selected to lead the Midianite Battle?
4. Why would soldiers obeying God's command become unclean?
5. . Why did the Gadites and Reubenites want to settle the land they had help to conquer just before the Jordan
   River?
6. What would happen to the two tribes if they failed to live up to their agreement with Moses?
7. If the Gadites and Reubenites failed to stay with the whole Israelite community in conquering Canaan it might
   lead to the whole community revolting. What does this remind one of in Chapters 13 and 14?
8. What repeated assurances do the Gadites and Reubenites give Moses? How did Moses bind them to their
   words?
9. Who was commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites?
10. The East Side of the Jordan across from Jericho would belong to whom?
11. God set three major steps to make sure there will not be any conflict between the Israelites in Canaan. Mention
    them
12. The listing of the new tribal leaders in Chapter 34 recalls what?
13. Explain a “city of refuge.”
14. What happen if a person was found guilty of killing?
15. Why were the Levites to be spread out throughout the land and not placed in an isolated encampment?
16. Why banish an innocent man?

Homework:
**Servant may add more questions

1. . ____________is the number of Israelite men who marched against the Midianites.
2. Which priest did Moses send with the Israelites? a) Aaron b) Eleazar c) Balaam d) Phinehas
3. What did Pinehas take with him to the battle with the Midianites?
4. List the plunder and spoils the Israelite army took to Moses, Eleazar, and the leaders.
5. Name the 2 tribes that wanted to settle in the lands located before crossing the Jordan.
   a) Gadites and Reubenites b) Gadites and Levites c) Manassah and Moabites
6. State the name of the land Moses gave to the Makerites, descendants of Manassah.
   a) Midian b) Canaan c) Gilead d) Trans Jordan
7. Under what condition did the Lord through Moses allow the Gadites and Reubenites to settle the fertile lands
   before the Jordan River?
8. What did the Lord allow the Tribes of Reuben and Gad to do before going into war?
9. Israel’s western boundary in the Promised Land extended to the coast of the ____________.
10. Canaan was assigned to how many tribes?
11. How many tribes inherited in the land of Canaan?
12. Who were to divide the land among the tribes?
13. A man who kills another intentionally can live the rest of his life in the city of refuge. True or false?
14. The number of cities of refuge was: a) seven b) forty two c) six d) forty eight
15. 1. How many cities were set as cities of refuge?
16. How many towns did the Levites receive?