Old Testament Survey
PERIOD SIX - WILDERNESS WANDERINGS
1400 TO 1360 B. C.
I. OUTLINE.
A. EVENTS BEFORE SINAI:________________________ PEOPLE:
1. Consecration of firstborn. ______________________ 1. Moses and Aaron.
2. Encampment against the Red Sea. ________________ 2. Miriam.
3. Crossing over and destruction ___________________ 3. Pharoah and hosts.
of the Egyptian hosts. _____________________________4. Joshua and Hur.
4. The Wilderness of Shur ________________________ 5. Amalek.
Bitter waters of Marah and Elim. ____________________ 6. Jethro.
5. The Wilderness of Sin. _________________________ 7. Zipporah, Gershom,
Mannah and quail, first Sabbath. _____________________ 8. Eliezer.
6. At Rephidim.
Water from the rock.
Amalekites and Moses' hands
Jethro's visit and the judges.
7. Exodus 13-18 records this.
B. EVENTS AT SINAI: _______________________ PEOPLE:
1. National, conditional covenant. _________________ 1. Moses and Aaron.
2. Ten Commandments. ________________________ 2. Nadab and Abihu.
3. Dedication of Covenant. ______________________ 3. Joshua.
4. Sabbath enjoined. ________________________ 4. Bezalel and Oholiab.
5. Moses on the mount.
6. The golden calf.
7. Moses' intercession and return to the mount. His glory.
8. The tabernacle.
9. Nadab and Abihu.
10. Numbering the people.
11. Exodus 19 - Numbers 10:11 records this.
C. EVENTS AFTER SINAI: ____________________________ PEOPLE:
1. Murmering at Taberah _____________________________ 1. Joshua.
- Plague of Fire. ________________________________ 2. Eldad and Medad.
2. Murmuring over manna, ____________________________ 3. Aaron and Miriam.
70 elders, quail. _______________________________ 4. Joshua and Caleb.
3. Aaron and Miriam accuse ___________________________ 5. Korah.
Moses of his wife._______________________________ 6. Phineas.
4. 12 spies sent into Canaan. ___________________________ 7. Balak.
5. Repulsion at Hormah. ______________________________ 8. Balaam.
6. Korah's rebellion. _________________________________ 9. Zelophehad's daughters.
7. A plague stopped by Aaron.
8. Aaron's rod buds.
9. Death of Miriam.
10. Murmering at Meribah
Moses and the rock.
11. Edom refuses passage.
12. Aaron dies at Mt. Hor.
13. Destruction of Arad.
14. Fiery serpents.
15. Defeat of Amorites and Og and Bashaan.
16. Balaam prophecies.
17. Israel plays the harlot with Moab and Midian.
18. Joshua chosen.
19. Slaughter of the Midianites.
20. Reuben, Gad, Manasseh settle in Gilead.
21. Death of Moses.
22. Numbers 10:11 - Deuteronomy. Much of the material here is repeated, and
some of it is not narrative, but a recounting of the Law of Moses. The Law makes interesting reading sometimes, but it is not our purpose to refer to the law in these outlines except as some specific law has a particular effect on an event. Use discretion in reading. Skim to find narrative.
II. ADDITIONAL NOTES: