A Chronology of the Second Year of the Exodus

Numbers reverses the chronology of the very eventful first two months of the second year of the Exodus in order to emphasize the census.

Date Event Reference

1st month, Day 1

Tabernacle completed.Laws for the offerings given.Offerings for the dedication of the altar begun.The ordination of priests begun.

Ex. 40:2Lev. 1:1Num. 7:3Lev. 8:1

1st month, Day 8The ordination of priests completed.

Lev. 9:1

1st month, Day 12Offerings for the dedication of the altar completed.The Levites appointed.

Num. 7:78Num. 8:5

1st month, Day 14 Passover celebrated.  Num. 9:2

2nd month, Day 1 Census taken. Num. 1:1

2nd month, Day 14Passover celebrated for those who were unclean.

Num. 9:11

2nd month, Day 20The cloud moved and the Israelites camp followed.

Num. 10:11

Taberah ~ burning

The people complained about God; Moses complained to God

Ps. 106 ~ 15 He gave them their request but sent leanness to their souls

Kibroth Hattaavah ~ Graves of Lust

To live with a conscious sense of destiny is a high way to live, and the temptation to take lower ground is very real, and often yielded to; when it is, spiritual life degenerates at best into a chilling mediocrity and at worst into all sorts of turning aside, backsliding, and even tragedy. -- James Philip