PART _ONE:_ THE CENSUS, AND FINAL DAYS AT SINAI (NUMBERS 1:1-10) I. INTRODUCTION AND INSTRUCTIONS (Numbers 1:1-4) A. SETTING OF THE EVENT Numbers 1:1 TEXT 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... [ Continue Reading ]
B. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS ON THE CENSUS vv. 2-4 TEXT Numbers 1:2. 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; 3. From twenty years old and upward, all that are able t... [ Continue Reading ]
II. THE GENERAL CENSUS (NUMBERS 1:5-46) A. TRIBAL HEADS SELECTED vv. 5-16 TEXT Numbers 1:5. And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6. Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7. Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8.... [ Continue Reading ]
B. THE COUNTING, TRIBE BY TRIBE vv. 17-43 TEXT Numbers 1:17. And Moses and Aaron took these men Which are expressed by their names: 18. And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of thei... [ Continue Reading ]
C. TOTAL OF THE MARTIAL CENSUS vv. 44-46 TEXT Numbers 1:44. These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. 45. So were all those that were numbered, of the children of Israel, by the house o... [ Continue Reading ]
III. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LEVITES (NUMBERS 1:47-54) TEXT Numbers 1:47. But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48. For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying, 49. Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the child... [ Continue Reading ]