Numbers 1:16

_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 order described above-for that is the proper meaning of haa`eedah, rendered "the congregation" (cf. Numbers 16:2 Numbers 16:2). HEADS OF THOUSANDS IN ISRAEL - heads = princes. The two words are synonymous. The "thousands of Israel" is a phrase for the whole multitude of the people, arising out of that decimal arrangement both of tribes and armies which from time immemorial has obtained in O

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 families in order to the division of the land. It is said of each tribe, that those were numbered who were able to go forth to war; they had wars before them, though now they met with no opposition. Let the believer be prepared to withstand the enemies of his soul, though all may appear to be peace....

Verse Numbers 1:16. _THESE WERE THE RENOWNED_] Literally, _the called, of_ _the congregation _- those who were summoned by _name_ to attend. The order of the tribes In the above enumeration may be viewed thus: - 1. Reuben | 2. Simeon | 3. Judah |- Sons of Leah. 4. Issachar | 5. Zebulun | 6. Ephraim | 7. Manasseh |- Sons of Rachel. 8. Benjamin | 9. Dan......... 1st son of Bilhah, Rachel's maid 10. Asher....... 2d son of Zilpah, Leah's ma

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, prince of Judah, is mentioned in Exodus 6:23, and Elishama, in 1 Chronicles 7:26. The peers of men like these were no doubt entitled, among their fellows, to the epithet “renowned,” Numbers 1:16....

THE CENSUS OF SINAI (Numbers 1:1). EXPOSITION THE CENSUS DIVINELY COMMANDED (Numbers 1:1). NUMBERS 1:1 IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION—where the Lord spake with Moses "face to face" (Exodus 33:11), and where all the laws of Leviticus had been given (Leviticus 1:1). ON the first day of the second month, in the second yea

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 "the called of the congregation" d, whom God had called by name and selected from the rest of the congregation to the above service, whereby great honour was done them: Aben Ezra says, the sense is, that the congregation did nothing until they had called them; with which agrees the note of Jarchi, "who were called to every business of importance in the congregation:'' PRINCES OF THE TRIBES OF THEIR FATHERS; as Elizur was prince of the children of Reuben, Numbers 7:30; the same is there said of the rest in their respective tribes: HEADS OF THOUSANDS IN ISRAEL; the congregation of Israel being divided into thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, by t

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 congregation assembled (Numbers 1:17) 4. The twelve tribes numbered (Numbers 1:20) 5. The Levites separated unto the tabernacle service (Numbers 1:47) It was exactly one month after the erection of the tabernacle that the Lord gave the commandment to Moses to number the people. This is seen by comparing

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 19:1), and exactly a month after the erection of the Tabernacle (Exodus 40:17). The numbering, which was to proceed by _families_ (_i.e._ by clans) and by _father_-'_ s houses_ (_i.e._ by families), was to embrace all men over twenty (who might be thought capable of bearing arms). In the undertaking, Moses and Aaron were to be assisted by a representative of each of the tribes. Since the method by which a large propo

Moses is directed to number the fighting men of Israel with the help of twelve princes....

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 persons of the first distinction. _Note;_ 'Tis not our being among professors, but our being born of God, and Abraham's children by faith, which entities us to a place in the church of the Redeemed....