And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
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And with you there shall be a man of every tribe,.... Excepting Levi, of which Moses and Aaron were, to assist in taking the account, and to see that it was an exact and perfect one:
everyone head…
A month had passed away since the setting up of the tabernacle Exo 40:2, Exo 40:17 : and the Sinaitic legislation was now complete (compare Lev 27:34). A census (“sum”) was commanded, to be based not…
I. We have here a commission issued out for the numbering of the people of Israel; and David, long after, paid dearly for doing it without a commission. Here is,
1. The date of this commission, Num…
Moses is directed to number the fighting men of Israel with the help of twelve princes.
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