God commands Moſes and Aaron to number the People that were fit for IWar, 1----3. Twelve Captains choſen, of every Tribe one : Their Names : The number of each Fribe, 4-45, 46. The Levites exem- pred : To take care of the Tabernacle : The other Tribes Camping round it, 47-===54-
N D the LORD ſpake unto Moſesin the wil- derneſs of Sinai s, in the tabernacle b of the congregation, on the firſt day of the ſecond + month, in the ſecend year after they were
come out of the land of Egypt, ſaying,
# Where now they had been a full year or near it, as may be ga- thered by comparing this place with Exod. 19. 1. and 40. 17. and other places. b From the mercy-ſeat.
2 * Takeye the ſum c of all the congregation of the children of Iſrael 4 after their families, by the houſe of their fathers, e with the number of their names, every male by their poll :
c This 1s not the fame muſter with that Exod. 38. 26. as plainly
.ving receivea the ſentence of Death, doth by Ged's ap-
for the charges of the Tabernacle; but this was for other ends, part- ly thar the g:eat number of the people might be known to the praiſe of *-od's faithfu/nefs, in making good hi: promiſes of multi. plying them.and ro their own comforr and encouragement; partly for the v tter o1de- ing of their camp and march,for they were now beginning theirjourney ; and partly that this account might te compared with the other in the cloſe of the Book, where we read that not one of all this vaſt number,except Caleb & Joſtua, v ere lefe alive ; hich was an evid:nt diſcovery of the miſchievous nature of ſin, by which ſo vaſta company were deſtroyed, and a fair war« ning to all futu:e' generations to take heed of rebelVing againſt the Lord,for which their ancettors had been ſo dreadfully plagued even ro extirpation. Ir is rrue, the ſums and numbers agree 11 this and that computation, which is nor ſtrange, becauſe there n as not much time between rhe two numbrings, and no eminent fin among the people in that interval, whereby God was provoked to diminiſh their numbers. Some conceive, that in that number, Exod.zo and 38. the Levites were included, which are here excepted, wer. 47. and that in that interval of time, there were grown up as many more men of thoie years as there were Levites of the ſame age. 4 So the ſtrangers mixed with them were not numbred. e The peo=
appears, becauſe that was before the building of the Tabernacle, which was built and ſet up on che fir any of the fir'' month, Exod.go.2- but this was afrer it,ro wit, or the firſt day of the Jecond month, as is ſaid Ver. i» And they were for differing cnds ; that was to tax them
ple were civided into twelve Tribes, the Tribes into great Fami- lies, Num. 26. 5. theſe great Families into leſſer Families called the houſes of their Fathers, becauſe they were diſtinguiſhed one from another by their fathers.*
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2 From twenty years old and upward þ all that are
able to go forth to war in {ſracl ; thou and Aaron (bal number them by their artmes. 50s 4 And with you there ſhal bea man ct every tribe f: every one head of the houſe of his fathers. | | f To inſpe& the work, that it might be faithfully and impartial-
ly done. ; n And theſe are the names ofthe men that ſhal ſtand
with youg: of the tribe of Reuben b, Elizur the ſon of Shedeur. |
g To wit, with Moſes and Aaron, who were the chief managers of the work. þ The Tribesare herenumbred according to the or- deror quality of their birth, firſt the children of Leah, then of Rachel, and then of the handmaids. : :
6 Of Simeon ; Shelumiel the ſon of Zuriſhaddai.
7 Of Judah ; Nahſhon the ſon of Amminadab,
$ Of Iffachar ; Nethaneel the ſon of Zuar.
9 Of Zebulun ; Eliab the ſon of Helon.
10 Of the chi!dren of Joſeph ; of Ephraim, Eliſha- ma the ſon of Ammihud : of Manaſich ; Gamaliel the ſon of Pedahzur. MS
ir Of Benjamin ; Abidan the ſon of Gideoni-
12 Of Dan ; Abiezer the ſon of Ammilhaddai,
13 Of Aher ; Pagiel the ſon of Ocran.
14 Of Gad, Elialaph the ſon of Deuel z.
; Called Rewel, Numb. 2. 14. the Hebrew letters Daleth andReſb be- ing very like and oft changed.
15 Of Naphtali ; Ahira the ſon of Enan,
16 Theſe were the renowned & of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thouſands Lin Ifrael.
- &þ Heb. the named or called, to wit, by Moſes and by Gods appoint- ment, to manage this affair,and others as there was occaſion.Com- pare Numb. 16: 2. and 26. 9. 1 See Exod. 18. 21. Numbs 10. 4.
17 And Moſes and Aaron took theſe men which arc expreſſed by their names.
18 And they aſſembled all the congregation together on thefirſt 4ay of the ſecond month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families,by the houſe of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their poll.
19 As the LORD commanded Moſes, fo he num- bred them in the wilderneſs of Sinai. |
20 And the children of Reuben, Iſraels eldeſt ſon,by
* their generations m, after their families, by the houſe
of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
' by their polls, every male from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to go forth to war ;
- Heb. to wit, their generations, 7. e. the perſons begotten of Reu- bens immediate Children, who are here ſubdivided 'into families, and they into houſes, and they into particular perſons.
21 Thoſe that were numbred of them, even of the tribe of Reuben,were forty and ſix thouſand and five hundred.
22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations,at- ter their families,by the houſe of their fathers.choſe that were numbred of them,according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war :
23 Thoſe that were numbred of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thouſand and three hundred. =
24 Of the children of Gad,by their generations,afcer their families, by the houſe of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war:
25 Thoſe that were numbred of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thouſand fix hundred and fifty. |
26 Of the children of Judah,by their generations, af- ter their f:milies,by th e houſe of their fathe:s,according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war :