_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,_ On the first day ... Thirteen months had elapsed since the exodus. About one month had b... [ Continue Reading ]
_TAKE YE THE SUM OF ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, BY THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR NAMES, EVERY MALE BY THEIR POLLS;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD, ALL THAT ARE ABLE TO GO FORTH TO WAR IN ISRAEL: THOU AND AARON SHALL NUMBER THEM BY THEIR ARMIES._ From twenty years old and upward. The enumeration was confined to those capable of bearing arms, and it was to be made with a careful distinction of the tribe, famil... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WITH YOU THERE SHALL BE A MAN OF EVERY TRIBE; EVERY ONE HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF HIS FATHERS._ With you there shall be a man ... - (see the note at Numbers 1:2.) The social condition of the Israelites in the wilderness bore a close resemblance to that of the nomad tribes of the East in the present... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE MEN THAT SHALL STAND WITH YOU: OF THE TRIBE OF REUBEN; ELIZUR THE SON OF SHEDEUR._ These are the names ... Each is designated by adding the name of the ancestors of his tribe, the people of which were called (Numbers 1:20; Numbers 1:22, etc.) "Beni-Reuben, Beni-Simeo... [ Continue Reading ]
_OF SIMEON; SHELUMIEL THE SON OF ZURISHADDAI._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE WERE THE RENOWNED OF THE CONGREGATION, PRINCES OF THE TRIBES OF THEIR FATHERS, HEADS OF THOUSANDS IN ISRAEL._ These were the renowned, х_ QªRIY'EEY_ (H7148) _ HAA`EEDAH_ (H5712)] - the called of the congregation [Septuagint, epikleetoi], deputies who represented the people according to the o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES, SO HE NUMBERED THEM IN THE WILDERNESS OF SINAI._ As the Lord commanded ... The numbering of the people was not an act sinful in itself, as Moses did it by divine appointment; but David incurred guilt by doing it without the authority of God (see the note at 2 Sam divin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN, ISRAEL'S ELDEST SON, BY THEIR GENERATIONS, AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, BY THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THE NAMES, BY THEIR POLLS, EVERY MALE FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD, ALL THAT WERE ABLE TO GO FORTH TO WAR;_ Those that were numbered. In this r... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO WERE ALL THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, BY THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD, ALL THAT WERE ABLE TO GO FORTH TO WAR IN ISRAEL;_ Six hundred thousand ... What an astonishing increase! And yet this enumeration was restricted to men from 20 years old... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE LEVITES AFTER THE TRIBE OF THEIR FATHERS WERE NOT NUMBERED AMONG THEM._ But the Levites ... were not numbered. They were obliged to keep a register of their own. They were consecrated to the priestly office, which in all countries has been exempted customarily, and in Israel by the express... [ Continue Reading ]