Numbers Bible — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on numbers bible, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Numbers 1:2 (KJV)
Why is the book called 'Numbers'?
Answer: Because of the numbering / census of Israel
Study note. Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel by their families…
Lesson 2 · Numbers 13:2 (KJV)
How many spies did Moses send into Canaan?
Answer: Twelve
Study note. Send thou men… of every tribe a man… Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan.
Lesson 3 · Numbers 13:30 (KJV)
Which two spies brought back a good report?
Answer: Joshua and Caleb
Study note. Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
Lesson 4 · Numbers 14:33 (KJV)
What happened because Israel believed the evil report?
Answer: They wandered forty years in the wilderness
Study note. Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness… forty years… ye shall bear your whoredoms.
Lesson 5 · Numbers 17:8 (KJV)
Whose rod budded, blossomed, and yielded almonds?
Answer: Aaron's
Study note. Aaron's rod… was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
Lesson 6 · Numbers 21:9 (KJV)
What did Moses make when fiery serpents bit the people?
Answer: A brazen serpent on a pole
Study note. Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Lesson 7 · Numbers 22:5 (KJV)
Who was the prophet hired to curse Israel?
Answer: Balaam
Study note. Balak… sent messengers therefore unto Balaam… to curse this people.
Lesson 8 · Numbers 22:28 (KJV)
What spoke to Balaam?
Answer: His donkey
Study note. The LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee?
Lesson 9 · Numbers 23:8 (KJV)
What did Balaam end up doing instead of cursing Israel?
Answer: Both blessing and prophesying
Study note. How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?… There shall come a Star out of Jacob.
Lesson 10 · Numbers 33:38 (KJV)
How old was Aaron when he died on Mount Hor?
Answer: One hundred and twenty-three
Study note. Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died.
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does numbers bible point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?