Blessings and curses. Moses renews Covenant with all of the Israelites
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Day 78 (March 19): Offering of first crops of new land, obey God’s commands, blessings and curses

Ways of life regulations. Captive women must have their hair cut in order to marry an Israelite.
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Day 77 (March 18): Captive wives, firstborn rights, unruly sons, rules on living, chaste, worship laws, Edomites and Egyptians may worship, other regulations

Judges and officers appointed in towns charged to judge fairly in the Israel tribes
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Day 76 (March 17): Judge fairly, choosing a king, gifts for priests and Levites, avoid foreign sin, future prophets, battle regulations, unsolved murders

Moses instructs Israelites what they can eat — clean animals — and what they can't eat — unclean animals.
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Day 75 (March 16): Idolatry warning, clean/unclean animals, tithes, treatment of debtors, slaves, firstborn male animal sacrifices, Passover, Festivals

Moses repeats laws to Israelites
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Day 74 (March 15): Moses reviews Ten Commandments, on mountain with God, urges to love and obey God, God orders places for worship in each tribe

Moses preaches and reminds Israel of God's faith and the need to obey Him.
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Day 73 (March 14): Moses calls Israel to fully commit to God, God’s blessings, God to drive out the wicked, Golden calf reviewed again

God forbids Moses Promised Land. God shows Moses Canaan, but he is not allowed to enter it.
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Day 72 (March 13): Moses banned from Promised Land, but gets a good look, reminds Israel to obey, God’s love of Israel, Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy Moses Bible open to book of Deuteronomy
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Day 71 (March 12): Moses gives instructions from God, Moses recaps 40-year journey

Israel's land divided Map of Israel's land divisions by tribe.
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Day 70 (March 11): God defines Israel’s borders, Leaders divide land, Levites given own towns, cities of refuge, retaining land rights

Canaan preparation When Israel arrived in the land of Jazar and Gilead, the tribes of Reuben and Gad (who had large flocks of sheep) noticed what wonderful sheep country it was. So they asked Moses and the priests for this land as our portion instead of the land on the other side of the Jordan River.’
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Day 69 (March 10): Gad, Reuben choose land, Moses warns of opposing God, desert journey recounted, God charges to clear Canaan, land assigned

Midianite victory. The Israeli army took as captives all the Midianite women and children, and seized the cattle and flocks and a lot of miscellaneous booty. All of the cities, towns, and villages of Midian were then burned.
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Day 68 (March 9): Vows to God are serious, victory over Midianites, dividing the spoils

Joshua Israel's new leader. Eleazer the priest charges him with leading the Israelites.
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Day 67 (March 8): Rights to Inherit land, Joshua chosen as next Israelite leader, offering rules

Second census of Israel for men of 20 years and older.
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Day 66 (March 7): Israelite men defile themselves with Moabite women, God’s fury sends plague killing 24,000, second census of troops

Balaam and Balak. God caused donkey to speak against getting beat.
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Day 65 (March 6): Balak asks Balaam to curse Israel, God ensures Balaam’s readiness, donkey talks, Balaam aids Israel, Balaam shares Israel’s future

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Day 64 (March 5): Purifying with water, Miriam dies, water from rock, Moses punished, King refuses Israel, Aaron dies, victories, manna woes, bronze snake, Moab

Rebellion. The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Moses said, ‘By this you shall know that God has sent me to do all these things that I have done… if the Lord does a miracle and the ground opens up and swallows them and everything that belongs to them… then you will know that these men have despised the Lord.’ He had hardly finished speaking the words when the ground suddenly split open beneath them, and a great fissure swallowed them up, along with their tents and families and the friends who were standing with them, and everything they owned.
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Day 63 (March 4): Korah challenges Moses, Moses tests challengers, Aaron’s staff shows he’s chosen, priests and Levites duties defined, tithing

Israelites punished The Israelites complain against Moses and Aaron. They went ahead into the hill country, despite the fact that neither the Ark nor Moses left the camp. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in the hills came down and attacked them and chased them to Hormah.
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Day 62 (March 3): Israelites doubt, God backs Caleb and Joshua, Moses pleads for Israelites, Complainers punished, offering rules, Sabbath penalty, tassels

quail Israelites Many Israelites become sick and died after eating quail after complaining about the manna.
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Day 61 (March 2): Moses takes Israelites complaints to God, God sends meat, Miriam and Aaron become envious, scouts report giants in Canaan

Nazirite Law Painting of Moses holding Ten Commandments and Aaron in priest's clothing.
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Day 60 (March 1): God gives three laws to set apart Nazirites, ‘May the Lord bless you’ blessing, silver trumpets

Leap Year King David, along with all the Israelites, is dancing before the Ark of the Covenant
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Fun with leap year

More laws and instructions. Map of Israelite tribes and clans placed around Tabernacle. Rev. Yves Langevin/FreeBibleimages.org
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Day 59 (Feb. 28): God assigns Tabernacle duties to Levite clans, clans counted, keeping camp pure, marital faithfulness

Israel gets organized. NLT Bible open to the introduction of Numbers. Tribes assigned place in camp, Levites to serve priests, Levites register, Firstborn sons redeemed through Levites
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Day 58 (Feb. 27): Tribes assigned place in camp, Levites serve as priests, Levites register, Firstborn sons redeemed through Levites

Israel first census On the fifteenth day of April in the second year after the Israelis left Egypt, the Lord issued the following instructions to Moses … ‘Take a census of all the men twenty years old and older who are able to go to war, indicating their tribe and family.’
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Day 57 (Feb. 26): Dedications to God, Israel’s first census, tribes and leaders, Levites guardians of Tabernacle

Redemption and blessings. Moses passed down all the laws from God to the Israelites Credit: Sweet Publishing / FreeBibleimages.org
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Day 56 (Feb. 25): Property redemption, poor and enslaved redemption, blessings, punishments

Annual festivals
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Day 55 (Feb. 24): Annual festivals: Passover, Unleavened Bread, Harvest x 2, Trumpets, Atonement, Shelters; light for God, eye for eye, Sabbath Year, Jubilee

Israelite conduct instructions
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Day 54 (Feb. 23): Punishments, priests and marriage, worthy offerings

Law and Order. God gave the Israelites specific instructions on how to treat each other, including sexual conduct.
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Day 53 (Feb. 22): Blood is necessary for purification, sexual conduct, how to treat others, more of God’s decrees

Atonement. God gave Moses specific instructions for Aaron on practices for the Day of Atonement.
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Day 52 (Feb. 21): Contaminated houses, Ceremonially unclean rules, Day of Atonement a.k.a. Yom Kippur

Purification. Woman with newborn child must set out to be purified for a set amount of time in order to be deemed ceremonially clean.
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Day 51 (Feb. 20): Purifying after childbirth, skin disease decrees, suspicious spots (mildew, leprosy, etc.)

Priestly conduct Because of their carelessness, two of Aaron's sons who were priests, Nadab and Abihu, died after burning incense in a way that God had not instructed.
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Day 50 (Feb. 19): Priests start work, Aaron’s sons sin, priest conduct explained, ceremonially clean, unclean animals