How long does it take to read the book of Numbers?

About 2 hours if you read it silently. Out loud it's about 2 hours 35 minutes, and an audio Bible takes about 3 hours. Numbers has 36 chapters, 1,288 verses and 28,507 words.

Silently: 2 hr
Out loud: 2 hr 35 min
Listening: 3 hr

About Numbers

Numbers follows Israel through forty years in the wilderness, from counting the people at Sinai to standing at the edge of the promised land, with grumbling, judgment, and God's patient faithfulness.

The 4th of the Bible's 66 books, in the Old Testament (The Law).

A tip for reading it

Skim the long lists if you need to, but slow down for the stories, where God stays faithful to a complaining people.

Plan your reading of Numbers

Choose a finish date or the time you have, and get what to read each day.

What are you reading?

How will you read it?

Plan by

Finish in

Reading days

Reading Numbers silently takes about 2 hours in all.

Each day

3 min

Reading days

You finish

…

That's about a chapter a day, 36 chapters in all.

Your first week

Whole chapters, balanced by length

Day 1Numbers 14 min
Day 2Numbers 22 min
Day 3Numbers 34 min
Day 4Numbers 45 min
Day 5Numbers 53 min
Day 6Numbers 63 min
Day 7Numbers 77 min

Chapter by chapter

Reading silently. The longest is Numbers 7 at about 7 minutes; the shortest, Numbers 17, takes about 1 minute.

Chapter 154 verses4 min
Chapter 234 verses2 min
Chapter 351 verses4 min
Chapter 449 verses5 min
Chapter 531 verses3 min
Chapter 627 verses3 min
Chapter 789 verses7 min
Chapter 826 verses3 min
Chapter 923 verses3 min
Chapter 1036 verses3 min
Chapter 1135 verses4 min
Chapter 1216 verses2 min
Chapter 1333 verses3 min
Chapter 1445 verses5 min
Chapter 1541 verses4 min
Chapter 1650 verses5 min
Chapter 1713 verses1 min
Chapter 1832 verses4 min
Chapter 1922 verses3 min
Chapter 2029 verses3 min
Chapter 2135 verses4 min
Chapter 2241 verses5 min
Chapter 2330 verses3 min
Chapter 2425 verses2 min
Chapter 2518 verses2 min
Chapter 2665 verses5 min
Chapter 2723 verses2 min
Chapter 2831 verses3 min
Chapter 2940 verses4 min
Chapter 3016 verses2 min

Show all 36 chapters

Chapter 3154 verses4 min
Chapter 3242 verses4 min
Chapter 3356 verses4 min
Chapter 3429 verses2 min
Chapter 3534 verses4 min
Chapter 3613 verses1 min

Questions about Numbers

How long does it take to read Numbers out loud?

About 2 hours 35 minutes at a comfortable reading-aloud pace. Listening to an audio Bible, it takes about 3 hours.

How many chapters are in Numbers?

Numbers has 36 chapters and 1,288 verses, 28,507 words in the Berean Standard Bible.

Can I read Numbers in one sitting?

You can, but at about 2 hours most people split it up. At one chapter a day you'd finish in 36 days, about 3 minutes a day.

What's the longest chapter in Numbers?

Numbers 7, about 7 minutes to read. The shortest is Numbers 17, about 1 minute.

What is Numbers about?