Chp. 1 verses 1 - 46: Introduction, Moshe and Aaron are commanded by Hashem to count the men from the ages of twenty to sixty for military service.

Chp. 1 verse 47 - chp. 2 verse 34: The Levites are counted separately since they would serve Hashem in the Mishkan. Chp. 2 describes how the tribes camped and traveled in the desert, their numbers, and their flags.

Chp. 3 verse 1 - chp. 4 verse 12: Introduction to Aaron and his sons that would serve as priests in the Mishkan. The command to Moshe from Hashem to designate the tribe of Levi to serve the priests in the Mishkan, as substitutes for the firstborn Israelites. By Hashem's command Moshe counts the three families of the Levites, by their individual families. He designates which direction they would camp and what their duties would be. Chp. 4 Moshe counts the family of Kehath and describes their duties.

Chp. 4 verses 12 - 20: Continues with the description of the duties of the family of Kehath. Finishes with a stern warning for them to follow the directions given by Moshe and Aaron from Hashem so that they don't die.

Chp. 21 verse 1 - Chp. 22 verse 11: Introduction, the laws of a priest; which relatives he must defile himself for, whom he may not marry, and other restrictions that would prevent him from serving Hashem in the sanctuary. Chp. 22 continues with laws of holy foods and when and who could eat them.

Chp. 23 verses 9 - 43: Continues with the laws of the Omer offering, and the counting of fifty days to Shavuous. Continues with the sacrifices of the holiday and the offering of the first fruits. Next laws of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Succoth.

Chp. 23 verse 43 - Chp. 24 verse 23: Chp. finishes with the laws of Succoth. Chp. 24, discusses the oil for the Menorah and the obligation of the priests to keep them burning continuously. The twelve showbread were to be made of fine flour and arranged in two rows on the golden table. The portion ends with the blasphemer being stoned by the people.

Chp. 8 verse 7 - chp. 10 verse 7: Continues with the sacrifices that were brought by Aaron and his sons on the eighth day of dedication. Then they blessed the people and a heavenly fire came and consumed all the sacrifices on the alter Chp. 10 tells us about Nadav and Abihu two sons of Aaron who bring a strange fire into the Holy of Holies and are killed by fire. Their bodies are removed and Aaron and his other two sons are commanded by Moshe not to mourn nor to leave the Mishkan.

Chp. 10 verse 8 - chp. 11 verse 31: Hashem speaks to Aaron about prohibition of priest drinking wine before performing service. Continues with the sacrifices of the day and also those laws that would apply for the future. Moshe was angry with them because of an error that he thought they had made, but Aaron told him that they had not erred and he agreed. Chp. 11, deals with the laws of kosher animals, fish, and birds. Ends with the eight creepy things that cause defilement by touching them.

Chp. 11 verses 32 - 47: Continues with the laws of creepy things. Then the laws of earthenware vessels. Liquids that prepare things to become unclean. Mikvah, the defilement of produce. The laws of a dead carcass. The prohibition of eating insects. The command to sanctify ourselves so that we can be G-dly.