# Bible chapter summary 1: the Torah

## Genesis

1. God made the heavens and earth in 6 days, ending with man
2. God rested the seventh day, made man and women in Eden's Garden
3. The serpent deceives mankind, God exiles them
4. Cain kills Abel, God curses him, listed lineage of Cain, Seth established
5. Listed lineage from Adam to Noah
6. God sees corruption and prepares flood, warns and prepares Noah with an box
7. God sends worldwide flood
8. The flood subsides, Noah leaves the box, Noah builds an altar
9. God sets a rainbow covenant, Noah's curses Ham (Canaan) and blesses Shem and Japeth, Noah dies
10. Listed lineage of Shem, Ham, and Japeth
11. Tower of Babel, listed lineage from Shem to Abraham
12. God calls Abram, Abram and Sarai go to Egypt, Abram lies about his wife
13. Abram and Lot part ways, Lot goes to Sodom, God renews His promise
14. Nine kings fight, Abram saves Lot, Melchizedek blesses Abram
15. God makes and confirms a covenant with Abram
16. Sarai makes Hagar conceive Ishmael, Hagar flees, an angel blesses Ishmael's lineage
17. God renames Abraham, sets a covenant through circumcision
18. God visits Abraham, Sarah laughs at God's promise, Abraham negotiates for Sodom
19. Angels warn Lot, Lot flees Sodom and Gomorrah as it's destroyed, Lot's daughters sleep with him
20. Abraham and Sarah settle in Gerar, Abraham lies about his wife
21. Isaac born, Hagar exiled, angel blesses Ishmael, Abraham makes covenant with Abimelech
22. Abraham sacrifices Isaac, God intervenes, listed lineage of Nahor
23. Sarah dies and is buried
24. the servant finds Isaac a wife with Rebekah, and they are married
25. Abraham's secondary listed lineage and death, listed lineage of Ishmael, Esau sells birthright to Jacob
26. God promises Isaac, Isaac lies about his wife, is prosperous, makes covenant with Abimelech, Esau takes wives
27. Isaac blesses Jacob, then gives an inferior blessing to Esau
28. Jacob leaves, Esau marries a Canaanite, Jacob has a ladder dream, Jacob establishes Bethel
29. Jacob meets Laban, then marries Rachel and Leah, then has 4 children form Leah
30. Jacob has 9 more children across 4 women, and prospers under Laban
31. Jacob flees Laban, Laban pursues Jacob, they make a covenant
32. Jacob prepares to meet Esau, then wrestles with God
33. Jacob meets Esau, then settles in Shechem
34. Dinah defined by Shechem, Simeon and Levi deceive and kill everyone
35. Jacob returns to Bethel, Benjamin born and Rachel dies, summary of Jacob's sons, Isaac dies
36. Listed lineage of Esau, listed lineage of Seir, Edom's kings
37. Joseph has dreams and brothers sell him to slavery, Jacob mourns Joseph
38. Judah has complicated story with Tamar, Tamar conceives Perez and Zerah
39. Joseph given power in Potiphar's house, then falsely imprisoned
40. Joseph gives vision to cupbearer and baker
41. Pharaoh has dreams, Joseph interprets them, Joseph given power, seven years of plenty, the beginning of seven-year famine
42. Joseph's brothers go to Egypt without Benjamin, then return to Canaan without Simeon
43. Joseph's brothers return to Egypt with Benjamin, Joseph has lunch with them
44. Joseph hides a silver cup with Benjamin, Judah pleads for Benjamin
45. Joseph reveals his identity, then sends for his father, Pharaoh invites Jacob, Jacob wants to go
46. Jacob goes to Egypt, a list of everyone who went with Jacob, Jacob arrives in Egypt
47. Jacob settles in Goshen, the famine continues
48. Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh
49. Jacob blesses each of his sons, then dies
50. Mourning for Jacob, Joseph assures his brothers, Joseph dies

## Exodus

1. Israelites multiply, a new Egyptian king oppresses Israel
2. Moses is born, adopted, rejected, and he flees, God hears Israel's cry
3. Moses meets God at a burning bush
4. God gives power to Moses' staff and hand, then appoints Aaron, Moses leaves for Egypt, the Israelites believe Moses and Aaron
5. Pharaoh refuses and mandates bricks without straw, Israel cries out against Moses
6. God promises deliverance, list of Israel's fathers' houses
7. God predicts Pharaoh's behaviors, Aaron uses his staff, God turns the Nile into blood
8. God sends plague of frogs, God sends plague of gnats, God sends plague of flies
9. God sends plague against livestock, God sends plague of boils, God sends hail
10. God sends plague of locusts, God sends plague of darkness
11. God predicts plague on the firstborn
12. God institutes the first Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread, God sends plague on the firstborn, the Exodus begins, God gives further Passover instructions
13. Israel dedicates every firstborn, God appears as a pillar of cloud and fire
14. Pharaoh pursues Israel, God parts the Red Sea and crashes it on Pharaoh
15. Moses and Israel sing a song of praise, Israel finds bitter water at Marah and God sweetens it, they camped at Elim
16. God sends manna, then sends quail, God establishes the Sabbath, a jar of manna is stored
17. Moses struck a rock and water came out, Joshua defeats the Amalekites, Moses builds an altar
18. Jethro visits and advises Moses
19. Israel visits Mount Sinai, God visits Mount Sinai
20. God gives ten commandments, Moses comforts the people, God forbids idolatry
21. Laws about Hebrew servants and personal injury
22. Laws about property and social responsibility
23. Laws about justice and mercy, Sabbath laws, God establishes three feasts, God promises He'll send an angel ahead of Israel
24. Covenant with God and Israel is sealed on an altar, Moses goes up into the mountain's cloud
25. Guidelines for tabernacle, ark of the covenant, mercy seat, showbread table, and lampstand
26. Guidelines for tabernacle's curtains, frames, bases, and veil
27. Guidelines for tabernacle's altar, courtyard, and lamp oil
28. Guidelines for various parts of priest's garments
29. Guidelines for consecrating priests, sacrifices for them, food for them, and daily offerings, with a promise God will dwell among the people
30. Guidelines for incense altar, census offering, washing basin, anointing oil, and incense
31. God appoints Bezalel and Oholiab as craftsmen, God gives sign of the Sabbath, Moses receives tablets of all the above
32. Israel worships a golden calf, Moses breaks the tablets, Moses commands Levites to kill their idolatrous family, Moses prays for repentance, God sends a plague on the people
33. Israel commanded to leave Sinai and that God will go ahead but not with them, Temt of Meeting established, God shows His presence to Moses
34. Moses makes new stone tablets, God renews the covenant
35. Moses gives directives about Sabbath, tabernacle offerings, and skilled craftsmen including Bezalel and Oholiab, the people give gifts
36. The people bring more than enough for God's work, construction of curtains, frames, and bases
37. Construction of ark of the covenant, mercy seat, showbread table, lampstand, and incense altar
38. Construction of bronze altar, bronze basin, and courtyard, an inventoried list of materials used
39. Crafting the priests' garments, Moses approves the work performed
40. Moses gives tabernacle guidelines, God's cloud and glory descends on the tabernacle

## Leviticus

1. Laws for burnt offerings
2. Laws for grain offerings
3. Laws for peace offerings
4. Laws for sin offerings
5. Sins that require a sin offering, laws for guilt offerings
6. Sins that require a guilt offering, more laws for burnt offering, more laws for grain offering, more laws for sin offering
7. More laws for guilt offering, more laws for peace offering, fat adn blood are forbidden, the priests' portion of the offering
8. Moses consecrates Aaron and his sons then gives a sin offering, burnt offering, and a ram of ordination for them
9. Aaron's first offerings
10. Nadab and Abihu sin and die in God's presence, priests are restricted from drinking wine
11. Laws that distinguish clean and unclean animals
12. Purification laws after childbirth
13. Laws about skin diseases and mildew
14. Cleansing rituals for skin diseases, signs of home contamination, rituals for cleansing a home
15. Uncleanness of men's and women's bodily fluids, and cleansing rituals for them
16. Day of Atonement established
17. Laws about where sacrifices should take place, laws against eating blood
18. Unlawful sexual relations
19. Commands to be holy, laws for loving neighbors, commands to keep God's statutes
20. Punishments for disobeying, punishments for sexual immorality, commands to distinguish between clean and unclean
21. Holiness required of priests, restrictions against those with physical defects
22. Restrictions against the unclean, worthy offerings
23. Feasts and Sabbaths established including Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Firstfruits, Feast of Weeks, Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles
24. Laws for lamp maintenance and showbread, punishment for blasphemy, "eye for an eye"
25. Establishing the Sabbath year, Jubilee Year and returning property, God gives blessings for obedience, laws of redemption
26. Blessings for obedience, punishments for disobedience, God's promise for those who repent
27. Laws on valuations and tithes

## Numbers

1. God commands Moses to take a census, list of every person, Levites were exempted
2. The tribes were ordered to camp at a distance around Meeting Tent
3. Aaron's lineage, the Levites's numbering (Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites), every firstborn numbered
4. Duties of Kohathites, Gershonites, Merarites, total Levite numbers
5. Cleansing unclean people from the camps, restitution for behaving unfaithfully, the test for adultery
6. The Nazirite vow, how Aaron should bless Israel
7. Altar dedication offerings from Israel
8. The lampstand, Levite cleansing rituals, retiring Levites from work
9. The second Passover, God's cloud is above the tabernacle
10. Two silver trumpets, traveling from Sinai to Paran, Hobab convinced to come with them
11. The people complain about manna and God kills some of them, Moses complains to God, seventy elders anointed, God sends quail and a plague
12. Miriam and Aaron complain, Miriam struck with leprosy
13. Men appointed from each tribe to spy out Canaan, spies give back a mixed report
14. Israel rebels, Moses intercedes for Israel, God forgives but delivers judgment, the spies who gave a bad report die from a plague, defeat at Hormah
15. Laws about offerings and unintentional sin offerings, Sabbath-breaker is stoned, tassels law
16. Korah's rebellion and consequences, censers are reserved for holy use, murmuring about Korah that leads to a plague
17. Aaron's staff buds
18. Duties and offerings for priests and Levites
19. Laws about the red heifer, purification of the unclean
20. Miriam dies, water comes from a rock, Edom refuses passage to Israel, Aaron dies
21. Arad defeated, the bronze serpent, journey to Moab, Sihon defeated, Og defeated
22. Balak summons Balaam, the angel and Balaam's donkey
23. Balaam prophesies, relocates, prophesies again, relocates again
24. Balaam prophesies three more times
25. Israel joins with Baal-peor, God sends a plague and commands the leaders to die, after leaders die God commands Israel to destroy Midianites
26. God orders a census
27. Daughters of Zelophehad request an inheritance from God, God grants it and makes inheritance laws, Joshua succeeds Moses
28. Laws about offerings, passover and unleavened bread, and firstfruits offerings
29. Offerings for first day of seventh month, day of atonement, feast of tabernacles
30. laws about vows made to God by women
31. battle against Midian, purification rituals afterward, distributing the spoils
32. Reubenites and Gadites request land across from Jordan River, Moses rebukes them, they promise to assist the rest of Israel, they're assigned the land
33. Summary of their journey, God instructs them about purging the Promised Land
34. God clarifies the borders of Israel, instructions to appoint leaders for appointing the Promised Land
35. Levite towns assigned, cities of refuge assigned
36. inheritance laws clarification, Moses makes a decision on inheritance

## Deuteronomy

1. Moses delivers a speech, starts with events at Horeb and Kadesh Barnea
2. further wandering, instructions about Ammon, defeat of Sihon
3. Og of Bashan destroyed, Transjordanian allotments distributed, Moses denied the Promised Land
4. admonition, reminder of Horeb, reminder of God's nature and response, cities of refuge selected, stating the covenant
5. ten commandments restated, Sinai revelation and Israel's response
6. covenant principles, insistence on worshiping and obeying the Lord, insistence on remembering the past
7. destroy the people there and don't intermarry with them, the basis of God choosing Israel, promises for obeying the covenant, insistence to destroy Canaanite paganism
8. encouragement to remember God and remember that God provides the blessing
9. indication of God's grace and Israel's stubbornness, plea on behalf of God's reputation
10. Moses remakes the tablets, Levi set apart, insistence on loving both God and people
11. indication to keep the generational trust in God, encouragement to be prepared by keeping His commandments, gives a blessing and a curse
12. restatement of the covenant, eating regulations, the abomination of false gods and prophets
13. don't listen to rebellious prophets even if they're in your family, the punishment for community idolatry
14. forbidden from shaving for the dead, eating rules, the offering of tribute
15. laws about debt cancellation, helping the poor, releasing debt slaves, giving God the firstborn of flocks
16. observing Passover, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Tabernacles, enforcing justice, altar rules
17. sacrificing and worship rules, appealing to a higher court, provision for selecting a king
18. provisions for Levites, provisions for prophets
19. laws about establishing cities of refuge in new lands, laws about witnesses
20. laws about conducting battles and war with Canaanite nations
21. laws about unsolved murders, laws about wives and children, laws about criminals' corpses
22. laws about lost possessions, laws about safety and preservation of life, laws about maintaining purity, laws about marriage purity
23. laws about unclean people entering God's assembly, laws about personal hygiene, laws about escaped slaves, laws about cult personnel, laws about others' property
24. specific laws about marriage, laws about respecting human dignity
25. laws about corporal punishment and repression, laws about respecting others' sanctity, command to destroy the Amalekites
26. Directions about firstfruit offerings, tithing instructions for every third year, God promises a blessing
27. Command to honor the laws and built an altar, a curse delivered through the covenant
28. Blessings for honoring the covenant, many curses for breaking the covenant
29. God's admonition to keep the covenant, warning against idolatry
30. God's promise to redeem if they become idolatrous, encouragement to obey the covenant
31. God promises to fulfill His end of the covenant, the covenant text is deposited, Joshua commissioned, Moses anticipates Israel will depart from God
32. Moses' song, Moses' death foretold
33. Moses blesses the 12 tribes
34. Moses dies