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GENERAL OUTLINES

Fivefold Fractal

PART Α: Numbers and inauguration (ch. 1–10)

Α. Numbers of Israel by tribe: the human tabernacle (ch. 1–2)

Β. Numbers of Levites: to redeem the firstborn and bear the tabernacle (ch. 3–4)

Χ. Laws (transgressions, suspected adultery, Nazarite vows) (ch. 5–6)

Ο. Day of consecration: dedication of the Levites to redeem the firstborn (ch. 7–8)

Ω. First Passover memorial and departure from Sinai (ch. 9–10)

PART Β: Overcoming rebellion (ch. 11–18)

Α. Spirit given to elders, but quail given for desiring; Miriam and Aaron envy Moses (ch. 11–12)

Β. The scouts of evil report and the sentence to die in the wilderness (ch. 13–14)

Χ. Laws for the margins: what to include and what to cut off (ch. 15)

Ο. Rebellion of Korah quenched with prayers and censing, rod of Aaron (ch. 16–17)

Ω. Restoration of the Levites; their and Aaron’s provision in lieu of land (ch. 18)

PART Χ: The water of uncleanliness that cleanses from death (ch. 19)

ς. Eleazar to oversee the burning of a red heifer outside the camp, for to gather the ashes (19:1-10)

ζ. Touching a dead body requires purification on the third and seventh days (19:11-13)

η. The use of the ashes with water to cleanse houses and people from death (19:14‑22)

PART Ο: Overcoming enemies (ch. 20–31)

Α. Compassing Edom: the water of Meribah; deaths of Miriam and Aaron; defeats of Arad, Sihon, and Og (ch. 20–21)

Β. Balak of Moab’s attempts to curse Israel foiled by the prophet Balaam (ch. 22–24)

Χ. Whoredom with Moab and covenant with Phinehas for an everlasting priesthood (ch. 25)

Ο. New census near Jericho; inheritance and festal laws; Joshua to succeed Moses (ch. 26–30)

Ω. War against the Midianites; Israel’s gratitude (ch. 31)

PART Ω: Towards the inheritance (ch. 32–36)

Α. Reuben, Gad, and Machir’s half of Manasseh apportioned land on near side of Jordan (ch. 32)

Β. Record of journeys, centered on the death of Aaron in the fortieth year (33:1-49)

Χ. Instructions on inheriting the Promised Land (33:50–ch. 34)

Ο. Cities of Levites to include refuges to regulate blood vengeance (death of high priest absolves all refugees) (ch. 35)

Ω. Machir’s concerns for Zelophehad’s daughters: landed women to marry within tribe to lock tribal inheritances for perpetuity (ch. 36)

Long-Range Palistrophic

Α.Α. Numbers of Israel by tribe: the human tabernacle (ch. 1–2)

Α.Β. Numbers of Levites: to redeem the firstborn and bear the tabernacle (ch. 3–4)

Α.Χ. Laws (transgressions, suspected adultery, Nazarite vows) (ch. 5–6)

Α.Ο. Day of consecration: dedication of the Levites to redeem the firstborn (ch. 7–8)

Α.Ω. First Passover memorial and departure from Sinai (ch. 9–10)

Β.Α. Spirit given to elders, but quail given for desiring; Miriam and Aaron envy Moses (ch. 11–12)

Β.Β. The scouts of evil report and the sentence to die in the wilderness (ch. 13–14)

Β.Χ. Laws for the margins: what to include and what to cut off (ch. 15)

Β.Ο. Rebellion of Korah quenched with prayers and censing, rod of Aaron (ch. 16–17)

Β.Ω. Restoration of the Levites; their and Aaron’s provision in lieu of land (ch. 18)

Χ. The water of uncleanliness that cleanses from death (ch. 19)

Ο.Α. Compassing Edom: Meribah; deaths of Miriam & Aaron; Arad, Sihon, Og (ch. 20–21)

Ο.Β. Balak of Moab’s attempts to curse Israel foiled by the prophet Balaam (ch. 22–24)

Ο.Χ. Whoredom with Moab and covenant with Phinehas for an everlasting priesthood (ch. 25)

Ο.Ο. New census near Jericho; inheritance and festal laws; Joshua to succeed Moses (ch. 26–30)

Ο.Ω. War against the Midianites; Israel’s gratitude (ch. 31)

Ω.Α. Reuben, Gad, and Machir’s half of Manasseh apportioned land on near side of Jordan (ch. 32)

Ω.Β. Record of journeys, centered on the death of Aaron in the fortieth year (33:1-49)

Ω.Χ. Instructions on inheriting the Promised Land (33:50–ch. 34)

Ω.Ο. Cities of Levites to include refuges to regulate blood vengeance (death of high priest absolves all refugees) (ch. 35)

Ω.Ω. Machir’s concerns for Zelophehad’s daughters: landed women to marry within tribe to lock tribal inheritances for perpetuity (ch. 36)

DETAILED OUTLINES

Fivefold Fractal

PART Α: Numbers and inauguration (ch. 1–10)

Α. Numbers of Israel by tribe: the human tabernacle (ch. 1–2)

α. Lord orders census, names princes of tribes (1:1-19)

β. Tribal numbers of war-ready males ages twenty and up (1:20-43)

χ. Total; Lord exempts Levites from census, gives them tabernacle duty (1:44‑54)

o. Cruciform camping formation and linear marching order (Levites in the middle), with numbers repeated (2:1-31)

ω. Total; but Levites exempt; everyone encamps and sets forward in order (2:32-34)

Β. Numbers of Levites: to redeem the firstborn and bear the tabernacle (ch. 3–4)

α. The names of the Levites to be numbered for a ransom (3:1-20)

β. Gershon, Kohath, and Merari males numbered, positioned, assigned tabernacle parts (3:21-38)

χ. Levites (plus a tax) taken as a ransom for Israel’s firstborn males (3:39‑51)

o. Carrying assignments for Kohath, Gershon, and Merari (4:1-33)

ω. Totals for Kohath, Gershon, and Merari; totals for Levites (4:34-49)

Χ. Laws (transgressions, suspected adultery, Nazarite vows) (ch. 5–6)

ς. Laws on lepers, those with issues, and those defiled by the dead cast out of camp (5:1-4)

ς. ζ. Law on trespasses and compensation (5:5-10)

η. Law on jealousies, concerning allegedly adulterous wives (5:11-31) [a 3×3 triad nested in a chiastic pentad]

ς. Nazarite vows: eat or drink nothing from the vine, no razor on the head, nowhere near a corpse (6:1-8)

ζ. ζ. If someone dies near him, he shaves, sacrifices, and starts over (6:9-12)

η. Minimum sacrifices and shaved hair to be offered upon fulfillment of the vow (6:13-21)

η. The Lord’s blessing on the sons of Israel (6:22-27)

Ο. Day of consecration: dedication of the Levites to redeem the firstborn (ch. 7–8)

α. Princes offer wagons and oxen to Levites for carrying the tabernacle (7:1-9)

β. Twelve days of offerings from the twelve tribes (in the order of the camps) (7:10‑88)

ξ. Moses hears voice from the mercy seat, between the cherubim (7:89)

o. Aaron to light the seven lamps of the lampstand (8:1‑4)

ω. Sanctification of the Levites, offering them in place of the firstborn (8:5-26)

Ω. First Passover memorial and departure from Sinai (ch. 9–10)

ς. Second year of exodus: first Passover memorial in the desert

ς. First Passover memorial in the desert (9:1-5)

ζ. Those made unclean by a corpse to keep Passover a month later (9:6-12)

η. Otherwise, failure to keep Passover causes alienation, but guests may participate (9:13-14)

ζ. Signals

ς. Pillar of cloud and fire as signal to stay and depart (9:15-23)

ζ. Two silver trumpets as signals to assemble and embark (10:1-7)

η. They are for the sons of Aaron to use, a perpetual ordinance: for going to war in your land and for feasts (10:8-10)

η. One month later: first journey from Sinai to Paran

ς. The order of embarking, camp by camp (10:11-28)

ζ. Hobab the Midianite implored to join them (10:29-32)

η. When the ark moves, Let God arise; when it rests, Return thousands in Israel (10:33-36)

PART Β: Overcoming rebellion (ch. 11–18)

Α. Spirit given to elders, but quail given for desiring; Miriam and Aaron envy Moses (ch. 11–12)

ς. Sinful murmuring causes a fire quenched at the prayers of Moses

ς. The people murmur sinfully, angering the Lord, who kindles a fire devouring part of the camp (11:1)

ζ. The people cry to Moses, Moses prays to the Lord, the fire is quenched (11:2)

η. The name of the place was called Burning (Taberah) (11:3)

ζ. Of meat and Spirit at the Graves of Desire (Kibrothhattaavah)

α. People desire Egyptian food, are ungrateful for the manna (11:4-9)

β. Spirit is promised on seventy elders when Moses complains about the burden (11:10-17)

χ. The Lord promises meat for a month, unto nausea, to Moses’s disbelief (11:18-23)

o. Spirit rests on seventy elders, including no-shows Eldad and Medad (11:24-29)

ω. The Lord blows quail in from the sea, and a plague for their desire; on to Hazeroth (11:30-35)

η. Miriam and Aaron envy Moses, for which she turns leprous for a week

α. Miriam and Aaron object to Moses’s Cushite wife and think themselves better, but Moses is meek (12:1-3)

β. The Lord summons all three to the tabernacle and descends in a pillar of cloud (12:4-5)

χ. The Lord: I speak to Moses perceptively, not as to prophets; why do you not fear? (12:6-8)

o. The Lord departs leaving Miriam leprous; Aaron beseeches Moses on her behalf (12:9-12)

ω. Moses prays to the Lord for Miriam, who shall be cleansed after a week outside the camp (12:13-15)

Β. The scouts of evil report and the sentence to die in the wilderness (ch. 13–14)

α. Scouts to be sent to the land of the Canaanites

ς. The Lord commands Moses to send scouts from each tribe (13:1-4)

ζ. The scouts listed by tribe and name (13:5-16)

η. Moses calls Oshea the son of Nun Joshua (13:17)

β. The scouts go and return as instructed

α. Moses sends them with instructions (13:18‑21)

β. They go (13:22-23)

χ. Brook of Eshcol and the clusters of grapes borne on a staff (13:24-25)

o. They return (13:26-27)

ω. Their report, in fulfillment of the instructions (14:28-30)

ξ. The false report and Moses’s appeal to the Lord’s reputation

α. Caleb’s good to go, but other spies give evil report (13:31‑34)

β. The people repent of the exodus, plan to mutiny and go back (14:1-4)

χ. Moses and Aaron prostrate themselves before the assembly (14:5)

o. Joshua and Caleb urge faithfulness and obedience (14:6-10a)

ς. The Lord predicts to Moses the disinheritance of Israel (14:10b-12)

ω. ζ. Moses argues on behalf of the Lord’s reputation among the nations (14:13-19)

η. The Lord pardons but bans them from the promised land, except Caleb (14:20-25)

o. The verdict for this generation, and the next

α. The Lord speaks to Moses: how long shall I endure their murmuring against you? (14:26‑27)

β. Everyone counted in the census shall die in the wilderness (14:28-30a)

χ. Caleb and Joshua excepted (14:30b)

o. Your little ones shall inherit the land after wandering for forty years (14:31-34)

ω. I the Lord have spoken; they shall die (14:35)

ς. The evil scouts die of plague before the Lord (14:36-37)

ζ. Joshua and Caleb live on (14:38)

η. Moses tells Israel, and the people mourn (14:39)

ω. Some invade the land of Canaanites without a blessing and are destroyed

ς. They rise early in the morning and say they’ll go anyways (14:40)

ζ. Moses: Why? Don’t! The Lord will not be with you; you’ll perish (14:41-43)

η. They force their way and are routed and destroyed (14:44-45)

Χ. Laws for the margins: what to include and what to cut off (ch. 15)

α. Flour and wine added to burnt offerings of lamb, ram, bullock (15:1-12)

β. One law for natives and for guests (15:13‑16)

ξ. Firstfruits of bread dough to be separated as a heave-offering (15:17‑21)

o. For an unknown sin among the congregation: calf and goat to be offered (15:22‑26)

ω. For one soul’s involuntary sin (native or guest): she-goat of first year (15:27-29)

ς. But the presumptuous sinner to be cut off (15:30‑31)

ζ. Death penalty for breaking the sabbath revealed when a man does it (15:30‑31)

η. Hyacinthine fringes on garments for a reminder of commandments (15:30‑31)

Ο. Rebellion of Korah quenched with prayers and censing, rod of Aaron (ch. 16–17)

α. Rebellion of Korah the Kohathite and Moses’s indignant response

α. Korah the Levite with Dathan, Abiram, and On the Reubenites and 250 all rebel (16:1-3)

β. Moses suggests a censing contest with Korah the next day (16:4-7)

χ. Moses rebukes Korah for ingratitude and ambition (16:8-11)

o. Dathan and Abiram refuse Moses’s call and accuse him of lust for power (16:12-14)

ω. Moses asks God to refuse their offering, citing his blamelessness before them (16:15)

β. Rebel leaders lose censing contest; congregation saved by Moses and Aaron

α. Moses begins the censing contest for Aaron, Korah, and all 250 rebels (16:16-18a)

β. The Lord tells Moses and Aaron to step aside, but they intercede for the whole apart from the one (16:18b-22)

χ. The congregation, including Dathan and Abiram, is separated from Korah (16:23-27)

o. Moses’s oracle: that his works are of the Lord will be known by the rebels’ death (16:28-30)

ω. The earth swallows Korah; fire consumes the 250 that offered incense (16:31-35)

χ. Eleazar to beat their censers into a plate to cover the altar (17:1-5 [16:36-40])

o. When the people murmur, Aaron’s atoning incense in the camp stays a plague

α. The people murmur; the cloud covers the tabernacle, and Moses and Aaron go in (17:6-8 [16:41-43])

β. The Lord again tells Moses and Aaron to depart, that he may consume; they prostrate (17:9-10 [16:44-45])

χ. Moses tells Aaron to make atonement with censing from the alter amidst the camp (17:11 [16:46])

o. A plague is stopped when Aaron stands between dead and living with incense lit from altar (17:12-13 [16:47-48])

ω. 14,700 die in the plague; Aaron returns to Moses at the tabernacle; the plague ceases (17:14-15 [16:49-50])

ω. The rod of Aaron buds blossoms and almonds, a memorial against murmuring

α. Rods to be taken from the twelve houses with the princes’ names written on them (17:16-18 [1-3])

β. Placed in the tabernacle, one will blossom, to remove the murmuring (17:19-20 [4-5])

χ. Moses gathers the twelve rods from Israel, and among them Aaron’s (17:21 [6])

o. Laid in the tabernacle overnight, Aaron’s rod alone buds blossoms and almonds (17:22-24 [7-9])

ω. Rod to be preserved a testimony against murmuring; the people overreact with despair (17:25-28 [10-13])

Ω. Restoration of the Levites; their and Aaron’s provision in lieu of land (ch. 18)

ς. Aaron and sons — with Levites adjoining, not strangers — shall serve the tabernacle

α. Aaron and his sons shall bear the sins of their priesthood (18:1)

β. Take the Levites to thee, to be joined to thee in tabernacle ministry (18:2-3)

χ. They, and not strangers, shall be joined to thee to serve the tabernacle (18:4)

o. The Levites have been taken from Israel to serve the tabernacle (18:5-6)

ω. Aaron and his lineage shall serve their priesthood; approaching strangers shall die (18:7)

ζ. The people’s offerings to the Lord given to Aaron and his family

α. The holy offerings given to the Aaronic priesthood to be eaten in the holy of holies (18:8-10)

β. The first-fruits wave-offerings to be eaten by all clean members of Aaron’s family (18:11-13)

χ/ξ. Every devoted thing among the sons of Israel shall be Aaron’s (18:14)

o. All first-born are Aaron’s; unclean cattle redeemed for a price, but the clean for the altar (18:15-18)

ω. The heave-offerings for Aaron and his sons and daughters, a covenant of salt for ever (18:19)

η. On tithes in place of inheriting land

ς. In lieu of land, the Lord is Aaron’s inheritance, and Israel’s tithes are the Levites’ (18:20-24)

ζ. From their tithes, the Levites are to give a tithe to Aaron (18:25-29)

η. When the Levites offer first-fruits, then they may eat of their tithes anywhere without sin (18:30-32)

PART Χ: The water of uncleanliness that cleanses from death (ch. 19)

Χ: The water of uncleanliness that cleanses from death (ch. 19)

ς. Eleazar to oversee the burning of a red heifer outside the camp, for to gather the ashes (19:1-10)

ζ. Touching a dead body requires purification on the third and seventh days (19:11-13)

η. The use of the ashes with water to cleanse houses and people from death (19:14‑22)

PART Ο: Overcoming enemies (ch. 20–31)

Α. Compassing Edom: the water of Meribah; deaths of Miriam and Aaron; defeats of Arad, Sihon, and Og (ch. 20–21)

α. The water of Meribah (Strife): Miriam’s death, the failure of Moses’s faithfulness (20:1-13)

β. Brother Edom refuses Israel passage on the highway or by the mountain (20:14‑22)

ς. Death of Aaron and succession of Eleazar, at Mt. Hor outside Edom (20:23-29)

ξ. ζ. Anathematization of Arad the Canaanite at Hormah (21:1-3)

η. Deadly serpents sent for complaints while skirting Edom; the brass serpent remedy (21:4-9)

o. Journeys, with a book about a war and a song about a well (21:10‑19)

ω. Sihon king of the Amorites defeated, and Og of Bashan; capture of Heshbon and Jaazer (21:20-35)

Β. Balak of Moab’s attempts to curse Israel foiled by the prophet Balaam (ch. 22–24)

α. In fear of Israel, Balak of Moab appeals to Balaam the prophet (22:1-20)

β. An angel of God thrice thwarts Balaam’s ass on the way to Moab (22:21-35)

χ. Balak and Balaam meet, but shall Balaam be able to please Balak? (22:36‑38)

ς. Oracle at the City of Streets (Kirjathhuzoth) (22:39–23:12)

o. ζ. Oracle at the Lookout (Zophim) (23:13-26)

η. Oracle at the Cleft (Peor) (23:27–24:13)

ω. Parting oracles concerning what Israel shall do in the last days (24:14-25)

Χ. Whoredom with Moab and covenant with Phinehas for an everlasting priesthood (ch. 25)

α. Israel’s whoredom with Moab; Lord tells Moses to slay men joined with Baalpeor (25:1-5)

β. An Israelite man brings a Midianite woman into the congregation (25:6)

χ. Phinehas javelins both at once, for a covenant of peace and everlasting priesthood (25:7-13)

o. The names of the Israelite prince and Midianite woman, daughter of a prince (25:14-15)

ω. Lord to Moses to Israel: Be enemies to the Midianites who ensnare you through Peor (25:16‑18)

Ο. New census near Jericho; inheritance and festal laws; Joshua to succeed Moses (ch. 26–30)

α. New census of the tribes taken near Jericho

α. Lord commands new census of war-ready males near Jericho (26:1-4a)

β. Numbers of war-ready males from the families of the twelve tribes (26:4b-51)

χ. Their land inheritance to be divided by lot, proportionate to their numbers (26:52-56)

o. Sons of Levi numbered from a month old and upward (26:57-62)

ω. That’s the census near Jericho; none left from Sinai but Caleb and Joshua (26:63-65)

β. The daughters of Zelophehad and the inheritance laws that precipitate

α. The daughters of Zelophehad stand before Moses and everybody at the tabernacle (27:1-2)

β. They ask for their sonless father’s inheritance that his name not be blotted out (27:3)

χ. And Moses brought their case before the Lord (27:4)

o. The Lord approves the daughters’ request (27:5-6)

ω. The prescribed order of inheritance if a man have no son (27:7-11)

ξ. Moses to die in view of Canaan’s land; Joshua ordained successor

ς. Moses called up Mt. Nebo (Abarim) to see the promised land and die because of Meribah (27:12-14)

ζ. Moses requests a new leader for the people (27:15-17)

η. Joshua chosen to be ordained by Moses with laying on of hands and glory (27:18-23)

ο. Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly sacrificial offerings

Intro (28:1-2)

α. The holy offerings given to the Aaronic priesthood to be eaten in the holy of holies (28:3-10)

β. The first-fruits wave-offerings to be eaten by all clean members of Aaron’s family (28:11-15)

χ/ξ. Every devoted thing among the sons of Israel shall be Aaron’s (28:16-25)

o. All first-born are Aaron’s; unclean cattle redeemed for a price, but the clean for the altar (28:26-31)

ω. The heave-offerings for Aaron and his sons and daughters, a covenant of salt for ever (29:1-38)

Coda (29:39-40)

ω. Fathers and husbands to be responsible for women’s vows

Intro (30:1)

α. A man’s oath stands (30:2)

β. A young woman’s oath stands if her father allows (30:3-5)

χ. A married woman’s oath stands if her husband allows (30:6-8)

o. A widow’s or a divorcée’s oath stands, subject to her husband if made in his house (30:9-12)

ω. The man is responsible if he cancels the woman’s oath after the fact (30:13-15)

Coda (30:16)

Ω. War against the Midianites; Israel’s gratitude (ch. 31)

α. The call to battle against the Midianites (31:1-6)

β. Successful war: all males killed, cities burnt, and spoils taken (31:7-13)

χ. Women captives guilty in the Peor incident, and the males, to be killed; virgins saved (31:14-20)

o. Instructions concerning the spoils; their numbers (31:21-47)

ω. Captains report no casualties, offer gold which is made a memorial (31:48‑54)

PART Ω: Towards the inheritance (ch. 32–36)

Α. Reuben, Gad, and Machir’s half of Manasseh apportioned land on near side of Jordan (ch. 32)

α. Cattle-rich Reuben and Gad request recent land gains, not to go over the Jordan (32:1-5)

β. Moses reminds them of the apostate scouts, but they promise to build cities and join battle (32:6-19)

χ. Moses accepts their conditions and warns against sin; they reaffirm (32:20-27)

o. Moses sets judges and tells everyone the plan, contingent on Reuben and Gad’s faithfulness (32:28-32)

ω. Gad and Reuben take the lands of Sihon and Og; Machir of Manasseh takes Amorite Gilead (32:33‑42)

Β. Record of journeys, centered on the death of Aaron in the fortieth year (33:1-49)

intro (33:1-2)

α. Passover, ten journeys to Sinai (33:3-15)

β. Wandering: twenty-two/three journeys, to Mt. Hor at the edge of Edom (33:16-37)

χ. Death of Aaron in the fortieth year (33:38-39)

o. Canaanite king hears of Israel’s coming — seven more journeys (33:40-47)

ω. Arrival by Jordan near Jericho to the west of Moab (33:48‑49)

Χ. Instructions on inheriting the Promised Land (33:50–ch. 34)

ς. Commandment to drive out inhabitants and possess the land (33:50-56)

ζ. Borders of the land of Canaan to be inherited, for the nine and a half tribes (34:1-15)

η. Eleazar and Joshua and the princes of the tribes to administer inheritances (34:16-29)

Ο. Cities of Levites to include refuges to regulate blood vengeance (death of high priest absolves all refugees) (ch. 35)

ς. Cities of the Levites, including six of refuge for manslayers

ς. Cities with suburbs to be given to the Levites (35:1-3)

ζ. Dimensions of the suburbs: two thousand cubits round about (35:4-5)

η. Six cities of refuge, plus 42 others, to be given the Levites proportionally from the tribes (35:6-8)

ζ. The rules of blood justice for the congregation to adjudicate

ς. Three cities on either side of Jordan for refuge of the manslayer until judgment by the congregation (35:9-15)

ζ. Smiting to death by iron, stone, or wood is murder and deserves death (35:16-18)

η. The avenger of blood shall slay him; if out of enmity, an ambush, or in anger (35:19-21)

η. Cities of refuge, blood vengeance, and the death of the high priest necessary to cleanse the land of blood

ς. For accidental death, a manslayer is to be restored to his city of refuge until the death of the high priest (35:22-25)

ζ. If he leaves before the death of the high priest, he can be killed by his revenger (35:26-28)

η. Statutes: more than one witness for a death sentence; no ransoms; necessary to cleanse the land (35:29-34)

Ω. Machir’s concerns for Zelophehad’s daughters: landed women to marry within tribe to lock tribal inheritances for perpetuity (ch. 36)

ς. Princes of Gilead concerned about Zelophehad’s daughters marrying outside the tribe (36:1-4)

ζ. The Lord says Zelophehad’s daughters or any heiresses cannot marry outside their tribe (36:5-9)

η. Zelophehad’s daughters marry within the tribe of Manasseh (36:10‑12)

Coda (36:13)

Crossbuck Supports

There are correspondences in the structure of the Book of Numbers that stick out to my mind but aren’t otherwise represented in my outlines so far. If you take the book as having two halves, each ten sections long (excluding the chiastic center), you can see the first and last section of each half each as having a special correspondence with the section seven sections away within the half (counting inclusively). See the color-coded outline below to understand which section correspondences I’m referring to.

When the Lord orders Moses to make a census in Section Α.Α., the beginning of the text follows a pattern where the princes of the twelve tribes are named in a list, flanked by two patches of text summarizing the action (1:1-19). Seven sections later (again, counting inclusively), Section Β.Β. begins with the pattern repeating: when the Lord orders Moses to send scouts into the land of Canaan, the scouts chosen from the twelve tribes are named in a list, textually flanked in a similarly triadic shape (13:1-17).

Then, at the end of the half, in Section Β.Ω., when the Levites are dedicated to the service of the tabernacle of testimony, the event serves as a re-dedication — after the rebellion of Korah — hearkening back to the original day of their consecration described at length seven sections earlier in Section Α.Ο.