Bible Commentary

And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp,…. There were four, unless every tribe was a camp, and so then there were twelve … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:52”

And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 51. the stranger ] Not a ‘foreigner,’ but one who does not belong to the particular class mentioned … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:51”

But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that [belong] to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. 50. the tabernacle of the testimony ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:50”

Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: Because they were not generally to go out to war, which was the thing principally eyed in this muster, Num 1:3,20,45 but were to attend upon the service or the tabernacle, and therefore are reserved … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:49”

For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, 48. For the Lord spake ] And Jehovah spake. The rendering of the R.V., which is quite inadmissible, conceals the difficulty that the command not to number the Levites follows the statement that they were not numbered. Some transposition, the extent of which is uncertain, has taken … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:48”

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 47 54. The Levites were not to be numbered as fighting men, but were assigned other duties on the march. These duties are stated more fully in chs. 3, 4. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges When a census … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:47”

Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. Verse 46. All they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.] What an astonishing increase from seventy souls that went down into Egypt, Ge 46:27, about 215 years before, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:46”

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; 45, 46. all they that were numberedwere six hundred thousand, &c.What an astonishing increasefrom seventy-five persons who went down to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:45”

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. These [are] those that were numbered,…. Or, as the Targum of Jonathan, these are the sums of the numbers; namely, those before given of the several respective … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:44”

Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Naphtali, [were] fifty and three thousand and four hundred. Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Naphtali, [were] fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 53,400 men. [See comments on Nu 1:20]. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 1:43”