Outline of the Pentateuch
GENESIS
- Beginnings
1. Six Day Creation
2. Adam & Eve
3. The Fall of Man
4. Cain & Abel & Seth
5. Adam to Noah
6. The World Condemned
7. The Flood
8. The Flood Recedes
9. Covenant with Noah
10. Table of Nations
11. Tower of Babel to Birth of Abram
- Abraham
12. Call of Abram
13. God Gives Abram and Lot Separate Lands
14. Battles and Blessings Near Sodom
15. Covenant of Sons in Slavery
16. Hagar and Ishmael
17. Covenant of Circumcision to Abraham
18. Abraham Intercedes for Sodom
19. Lot Escapes Sodom's Destruction
20. Abraham and Abimelech
21. Enter Isaac, Exit Ishmael
22. Abraham Tested To Sacrifice Isaac
23. Abraham Buries Sarah in the Cave of Machpelah
- Isaac
24. Isaac and Rebekah
25. Jacob and Esau
26. Isaac Grows Rich in the Land of Abimelech
27. Isaac Tricked into Blessing Jacob
- Jacob
28. Jacob's Dream
29. Jacob Marries Leah & Rachel
30. Jacob's Family & Flocks Increase
31. Jacob Flees from Laban
32. Wrestling with God on the way Back to Meet Esau
33. Jacob Greeted by Esau
34. Dinah & The Schechemites
35. Jacob Talks with God at Bethel (promised land)
36. Esau's Descendants
37. Joseph Sold into Slavery
38. Judah, Onan, & Tamar
- Joseph
39. Joseph & Potiphar's Wife
40. The Cupbearer & The Baker
41. Joseph Rises to Power
42. Joseph's Brothers Come to Egypt
43. Benjamin & The Second Journey to Egypt
44. Benjamin Framed with Cup Theft
45. Joseph Reveals Himself
46. Jacob Moves to Egypt
47. Joseph Shrewdly Handles Famine Relief
48. Ephraim and Manasseh Blessed by Jacob
49. Jacob Blesses His Sons
50. Death & Burial of Jacob & Joseph
EXODUS
- Israelites in Egypt
1. Oppression of the Israelites
2. Moses's Life in Egypt & Midian
3. Moses Called by God
4. God Sends Moses Back to Egypt
5. Bitterness Under Tightened Oppression
6. Family Credentials of Moses & Aaron
7. Miraculous Signs Before Pharaoh & The Plague of Blood
8. Plagues: Frogs, Gnats, Flies
9. Plagues: Livestock, Boils, Hail
10. Plagues: Locusts, Darkness
11. God Promises the Plague of the Firstborn
- Exodus to Sinai
12. Passover & Exodus
13. Instructions to Consecrate Every Firstborn
14. Victory Passing through The Red Sea
15. Celebration & Discouragement at Marah
16. God Provides Mannah & Quail
17. Water from a Rock & Victory over Amalek
18. A Visit from Jethro
19. Moses with God on Sinai for 3 Preliminary Talks
- The Law Given on Sinai
20. Ten Commandments
21. Personal Laws
22. Civil Laws
23. National Laws & Promise
24. Leaders of Israel up on Sinai
25. Instructions: Offering, Ark, Table, Lampstand
26. Instructions: Curtains & Frames for the Tabernacle
27. Instructions: Altar, Courtyard, Oil
28. Instructions: Priestly Garments
29. Instructions: Ordination of Priests
30. Instructions: Altar of Incense, Atonement Money, Basin for Washing, Anointing Oil, Incense
31. Arrangements for Work & Reminder to Rest
- Repentance & The Construction of the Tabernacle
32. The Golden Calf & Purging the Camp
33. Moses Intercedes with God at the Tent of Meeting
34. Moses' Face Radiant From Seeing God on Sinai
35. Offerings of Goods & Skills for the Tabernacle
36. Making the Tabernacle
37. Making the Interior Furniture
38. Finishing the Exterior of the Tabernacle
39. Making the Priestly Garments
40. Tabernacle Set up & Filled by God
LEVITICUS
- Regulations on Offerings
1. Burnt Offering
2. Grain Offering
3. Fellowship Offering
4. Sin Offering, Causes & Options
5. Guilt Offering
6. Ceremonial Instructions for the Priests
7. More & the Priests' Share
- The Beginning of the Priesthood
8. Ordination of Aaron & Sons
9. The Priests Offer Sacrifices
10. Mistakes of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar
- Cleanliness & Personal Laws
11. Unclean Livestock, Fish, Birds, Insects, Reptiles
12. Uncleanness After Childbirth
13. Unclean Skin Diseases & Mildews
14. Cleansing from Skin Diseases & Mildews
15. Uncleanness from Bodily Discharges
16. Sacrifices & Scapegoat for the Day of Atonement
17. No Private Sacrifices or Eating Blood
18. Unlawful Sexual Relations
19. Laws of Social Morality
20. Penalities for Idolatry & Adultery
- Priestly & National Laws
21. Ceremonial Restrictions to Keep Priests Holy
22. Restrictions on Partakers of the Sacrifice & Sacrificial Animals
23. The Appointed Feasts
24. Tabernacle Trimmings and A Blasphemer's Death
25. Sabbatical Year & Year of Jubilee
26. Results of Obedience & Disobedience
27. Redeeming Things Dedicated to God
NUMBERS
- Census & Tribal Responsibilities
1. Census by Tribes
2. Tribal Leaders & Camp Areas
3. Levite Clans and Responsibilities for Moving the Tabernacle
4. Tabernacle Duties by Clan
5. Testing for Marital Unfaithfulness
6. Nazirite Responsibilities
7. Offerings for the Tabernacle by Tribe
8. Setting apart the Levites
- Grumbling of the Journey to Canaan
9. God Leads the People in a Cloud
10. The Silver Trumpets & Departure from Sinai
11. New Leaders, Quail, & Punishment for Grumbling
12. God Rebukes Competitive Grumbling in Miriam & Aaron
- Rebellion at the Edge of Canaan
13. Exploration and Report of Canaan
14. Rebellion and Retribution
15. New Revelations: Offerings, Punishment, Tassels
16. Korah's Rebellion & God's Punishment
17. The Budding of Aaron's Staff
18. God Reiterates Priestly Duties
19. The Water of Cleansing
- Years in the Desert
20. Moses & Aaron Bring Water from a Rock Rashly
21. Early Military Victories & The Bronze Snake
22. Balaam Rebuked for Going with Moab
23. Balaam Refuses to Curse Israel
24. Balaam Blesses Israel & Curses Moab
25. Sexual Immorality with the Moabites, Phinehas Appeases God
26. Census of the New Generation
27. God Instructs Moses on Zelophehad's Daughters & Moses' Successor
- God Reiterates Some National Laws
28. Daily, Monthly, & Annual Offerings
29. Religious Feasts
30. Vows and Special Regulations for Dependents
- Preparations for Entering the Promised Land
31. Vengeance on the Midianites
32. Allotment of the Transjordan Inheritance
33. Recalling Israel's Journeys
34. Boundaries of the Promised Land
35. Murder Laws & the Cities of Refuge
36. Marriage & Inheritance Laws
DEUTERONOMY
- Historical Introduction & Admonition (Historical Address)
1. From Horeb to the Edge of Canaan
2. 40 Years in the Wilderness
3. Establishment of the Transjordan Tribes
4. Admonitions against Disobedience for the Sake of God's Greatness
- Restating the Law (Legal Address)
5. The Ten Commandments & Fear of the Israelites
6. Love and Obey the Lord Your God
7. Driving out the Nations
8. Do Not Forget the Lord
9. Not Because of Israel's Righteousness (The Calf)
10. Fear the Lord
11. Obey the Lord and Teach it to Your Children
12. One Place and Method for Worship
13. Worshiping Other Gods
14. Clean & Unclean Food
15. Generosity & the Year of Canceling Debts
16. Celebrate 3 Annual Feasts
17. Judges & the King, Instructions about
18. Don't Look to Divination, But to the Prophet
19. Cities of Refuge & Testing Witnesses
20. Going to War
21. Treating Wives & Sons Fairly
22. Marriage Violations (and Rape)
23. Keep the Assembly & the Camp Holy
24. Marriage, Lending, & Harvesting
25. Brother-in-Law's Marriage Responsibility
26. Declarations over Firstfruits & Tithes
- Warning Address
27. An Altar & Curses on Mt Ebal
28. Blessings & Curses
29. Admonition to Confirm the Covenant
30. Now Choose Life
- Farewell Address
31. God Tells Moses of Joshua's Leadership & Israel's Rebelliousness
32. The Song of Moses Taught to Israel
33. Moses Blesses the Tribes
34. The Death & Epitaph of Moses