How many chapters are in Numbers?
Numbers has 36 chapters and 1,288 verses. The King James Version text of Numbers runs 32,930 words, about 2 hours 18 minutes of reading at 238 words a minute. It is book 4 of the 66 books of the Bible (4th of the 39 Old Testament books) and the 6th longest by word count.
Verses in each chapter of Numbers
The longest chapter is Numbers 7 with 89 verses; the shortest is Numbers 17 with 13.
Longest and shortest verse in Numbers
Longest: Numbers 4:15, 66 words in the KJV.
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Shortest: Numbers 31:46, 4 words in the KJV.
And sixteen thousand persons;)
How Numbers begins and ends
First verse, Numbers 1:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Last verse, Numbers 36:13
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
These are the commandments and the ordinances which Yahweh commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Numbers in our topic collections
8 verses from Numbers appear on our Bible verse topic pages, most often in these topics:
- Bible Verses About Blessings (3 from Numbers)
- Bible Verses About Tithing (2 from Numbers)
- Bible Verses About Grace (1 from Numbers)
- Bible Verses About Dreams (1 from Numbers)
- Bible Verses About Jealousy (1 from Numbers)
- Bible Verses About Alcohol (1 from Numbers)
Numbers: common questions
How many chapters are in the book of Numbers?
Numbers has 36 chapters. The longest chapter is Numbers 7 with 89 verses; the shortest is Numbers 17 with 13.
How many verses are in Numbers?
Numbers has 1,288 verses in the King James Version, and the same number in the World English Bible.
How long does it take to read Numbers?
About 2 hours 18 minutes at an average silent reading speed of 238 words a minute. The KJV text is 32,930 words and the World English Bible text is 30,929 words.
What is the longest verse in Numbers?
Numbers 4:15 is the longest verse in Numbers, at 66 words in the King James Version. The shortest is Numbers 31:46 (4 words): "And sixteen thousand persons;)"
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-02.