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The princes of the tribes, selected Numbers 1:4 under divine
direction, were for the most part the same persons as those chosen a
few months previously at the counsel of Jethro Exodus 18:21. Nahshon,...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. THE PREPARATION FOR THE JOURNEY
1. The People Numbered
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The command to number (Numbers 1:1)_
2. The appointed helpers for the work (Numbers 1:5)
3. The...
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NUMBERS 1:1 (from P, which is used uninterruptedly as far as Numbers
10:28). THE NUMBERING OF THE SECULAR TRIBES. The date of this census
is about eleven months after the arrival at Mt. Sinai (Exodus...
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_they that were called_ i.e. -chosen" to help Moses in conducting the
census.
_their fathers_ Their ancestors, the sons of Jacob.
_thousands_ Another term for a group of relations, irrespective of it...
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Moses is directed to number the fighting men of Israel with the help
of twelve princes....
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THESE WERE THE RENOWNED, &C.— Houbigant renders this, _these were
called from the multitude, convocati;_ which is agreeable to the
Hebrew. From ch. Numbers 7:2, &c. we see, that these must have been
p...
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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 She...
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_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...
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1:16 summoned (a-4) That is, those who were habitually called to
undertake the matters of the assembly....
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THE RENOWNED] rather, 'the called'; chosen representatives....
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THE FIRST NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE
At Sinai Moses receives the command to take the number of the males
over twenty years of age in the eleven secular tribes, the tribe of
Levi being enumerated separate...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF NUMBERS
The first 5 books in the Bible are called the ‘5 Books of Moses’.
The Book of Numbers is the 4th...
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THE RENOWNED OF THE CONGREGATION. — Lit., _the called men of the
congregation, i.e.,_ the men chosen as representatives of their
respective tribes, and appointed to act in that capacity in regulating...
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אֵ֚לֶּה _קְרוּאֵ֣י_† הָ עֵדָ֔ה
נְשִׂיאֵ֖י מַטֹּ֣ות אֲבֹותָ֑ם
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THE CENSUS AND THE CAMP
1. THE MUSTERING
Numbers 1:1
FROM the place of high spiritual knowledge, where through the
revelation of God in covenant and law Israel has been constituted His
nation and Hi...
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NUMBERED FOR WAR; SET APART FOR WORSHIP
Numbers 1:1
This book records two numberings of the host; the first, at Sinai; and
the second, thirty-eight years after, on the threshold of Canaan. It
is als...
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The Book of Numbers deals with the wilderness. It is the story of a
long discipline resulting from disobedience. History moves forward,
for God ever protects His own purposes from the failure of His c...
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These [were] the renowned of the congregation, (e) princes of the
tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
(e) Or captains, and governors....
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_Army. Hebrew, "of a thousand." The Vulgate commonly styles them
tribunes. They were "people of name in the assembly," as the Hebrew
indicates. (Calmet)_...
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However uninteresting this account of names may seem to the Reader,
yet spiritually considered, may it not serve to teach the happiness of
those whose names are written in the book of life. Reader! de...
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It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without
feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And
this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2.
The first thing to be noticed is, that God numbers His people exactly,
and arranges them, once thus recognised, around His tabernacle: sweet
thought,...
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THESE [WERE] THE RENOWNED OF THE CONGREGATION,.... The most famous and
eminent among the people, for their birth and pedigree, or for their
excellent qualities of wisdom, courage, and the like; or "th...
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_These [were] the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes
of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel._
Ver. 16. _Princes of the tribes._] These were those officers over them
in Egypt,...
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1 God commaundeth Moses to number the people.
5 The Princes of the Tribes.
17 The number of euery Tribe.
47 The Leuites are exempted for the Seruice of the Lord.
1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses in...
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These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of
their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel, for that division of the
people known technically as "family" numbered at least a tho...
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THE MUSTER OF THE PEOPLE...
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THE FIRST CENSUS OF ISRAEL
(vs.1-46)
After Israel's leaving Egypt, over a year passed before we read of
this census being taken. In David's time, when he determined to number
the people (2 Samuel 24:...
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1-43 The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in thus
increasing the seed of Jacob, that they might be the better trained
for the wars and conquest of Canaan, and to ascertain their famili...
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THE RENOWNED, Heb. _the named_ or _called_, to wit, by Moses and by
God's appointment, to manage this affair, and others as there was
occasion. Compare NUMBERS 16:2, NUMBERS 26:9. HEADS OF THOUSANDS....
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& Numbers 2:1-34.
We now enter upon the study of the fourth grand division of the
Pentateuch, or five books of Moses; and we shall find the leading
characteristic of this book quite as strongly marked...
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Numbers 1:16 These H7148 chosen H7121 (H8803) congregation H5712
leaders H5387 fathers H1 tribes H4294 heads H7218 divis
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‘These are they who were called by the congregation the princes of
the tribes of their fathers, they were the heads of the thousands of
Israel.'
These twelve men were the recognised great chieftains...
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CONTENTS: Moses commanded to take census.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron.
CONCLUSION: The Lord knows all those that are His (2 Timothy 2:19) by
name (Php_4:3) and even the hairs of their heads are nu...
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Numbers 1:2. _Take ye the sum._ The Israelites had been numbered, for
the purpose of subscribing half a shekel towards the erection of the
tabernacle. Now they are numbered for war; and were afterward...
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_A man of every tribe: every one head of the house of his fathers._
BANK AND SERVICE
I. Co-operation in divine service.
1. The toil of Moses and Aaron would be lessened.
2. The accomplishment of t...
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THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE
(_Numbers 1:1_)
“The object of the encampment at Sinai,” says Perowne, “has been
accomplished. The Covenant has been made, the Law given, the Sanctuary
set up, the Priests...
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THE CENSUS OF SINAI (Numbers 1:1).
EXPOSITION
THE CENSUS DIVINELY COMMANDED (Numbers 1:1)....
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This time lets turn to the book of Numbers, so called because twice in
the book the children of Israel were numbered. Once at the beginning
of their forty years of wandering in the wilderness and then...
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1 Chronicles 27:16; 1 Samuel 22:7; 1 Samuel 23:23; Deuteronomy 1:15;...
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How accurate is this census of the tribes of Israel?
PROBLEM: According to the census taken in Chapter s 1–4 of Numbers,
the newly formed nation of Israel must have numbered about 2 million
people. Ac...