27 Thoſe that were numbred of them, ever of the tribe of Judah, were threeſcore and fourteen thouſand and fix hundred », |
z Far more than any other Tribe, in accompliſhing of Jacobs pro- phecy, Ger. 49.
* 28 Of rhe children of Ifſachar, by their generations,
after their families, by the houſe of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war.
29 Thoſe that were numbred of them, ever of the tribe of Iilachar, were fifty and four thouſand and four hundred.
30 Of the childrenof Zebulun, by their generations, after their familics,by the houſe of their fathers,according to the number of the names, from twenty years oldand upwards, all that were able to go forth to war.
21 Thoſe that were numbred of them, ever of the
trive of Zebulun,were fitry aud yen thouland andfour |
. hundred.
32 Of che children of Joſeph, »mely, of the chil- dren of Ephraim, by their generations, after their fa- milies, by the houſe of their fathers, according to the number of thg names, from twenty years old and up- ward, all that were able to go forth to war :
2 Thoſe that were numbred of them, ewes: of the tribe of Ephraim, were fourty thouſand and five hun- dred 0.
o Above 8000 more than Manaſſeh, towards the accompliſhment of that promiſe, Gen. 48. 20. which the Devil in vain attempted to defeat by ſtirring up the men of Gath againit them, I Crow. 7. 21,
22, 34 Of the children of Manaſleh,by their generations, after their families, by the houſe of their fathers,accord- ing tothe 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, ever of the tribe of Manaſſch, were thirty and two thouſand and ewo hundred. |
35 Of the children of Benjamin by their generations, after their families, by the houſe of their fathers,accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war :
37 Thoſe that were numbred of them, eves of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thouſand and four hundred p.
Þ The ſmalleſt number, except one, though Benjamin had more immediate children thanany of his brethren, Gen. 46. 21. whereas Dan had bur one immediate ſon, Gen. 46. 23. yet now his number is the biggeſt but one of all the Tribes, and is almoſt double to that of Benjamin. Such great and ſtrange changes God eaſily can, and frequently doth, make in families, x Sam. 2. 5. And there- fore let none boaſt or pleaſe themſelves too much in their nume- rous off-{pring.
35 Otche children of Dan, by their generations,af- tertheir families, by the houſe of their tathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war:
tribe of Dan, were threeſcore and two thouſand and ſeven hundred.
40 Of the children of Aſher by their generations, af- ter their families, by the houſe of their fathers, accord- ingto the number of the names, from twenty years eld and upward, all that were able to go forth to war :
41 Thoſe that were numbred of them, even of the tribe of Aſher, were forty and one thouſand and five hundred.
42 Ofthe children of Naphtali, throughout their ge- nerations, after their families, by the houſs of their ta- thers, according to the number of the names, from ewenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war :
43 Thoſe that were numbred of them, even of the tribe of Naphcali,zere fifry and three thouſand and four hundred,
44 Theſe are thoſe that were numbred, which Moſes and Aaron numbred, and the princes of 1ſrael, being ewelve men : each one was for the houſe of his fathers,
45 So were all thoſe that were numbred of the chil- dren of Iſrael, by the houſe of their fathers, trom ewen-
ty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth co war in L[fracl,
48 For the LORD had ſpoken unto Moſes, ſaying,
49 Only thou thalt not number the tribe of Levi q, neither take the ſum of them among the children of Hrael.
q Becauſe they were not generally to go out to war, which was the thing principally eyed 1n this muſter, wer. 3. 20, 45. but were to attend upon the Service of the Tabernacle, and therefore are reſerved to anorher. diſtint muſter, Numb. 3.15. and 4.2. &c. And leſt this ſhould be thought to be deſigned and done through Moſes
his ambition to give his own Tribe the preeminence, he aflures them it was done by God's expreſs command.
5o Bur thou jhalr appoint the Levices over the taber- nacle of teſtimony 7, andoyer all the veſſels thereof and over all things that beloxg to it:they ſhall bear the taber- nacle, and allthe veſlels thereof, and they ſhal miniſtes unto it, and ſhal encamp reund about the tabernacle,
r $o called here, and Exod, 38. 21. becauſe it was made chiefly -
for the ſake of the Ark of the Teſtimony, 2 Sam. 7. 2. which is oft called che Teſtimony, as hath been aforrediveſers COT TT
51 And when the tabernacle ſerterh forward, the Levites (hal take it down : and when the tabernacle is co be pitched, the Levites ſhal ſet icup: and the ſtran- Ars chat compre gh 5, (hal be pat ro deaths
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Chap. 1.
39 Thoſe that were numbred of them, ever of the
46 Even all they that were numbred, were * fix * Exod:
hundred thouſand and three thouſand, and five hundred go i"
and fifty. 12. 39 47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers, chap. 26. were not numbred among them. | Fl.
F .Cl
{Heb 01 againſt,
{Heb: over againſt,
lg Chap. II.
another Tribe, one no Levirte. # Soas to do the offices mentioned
crſe'5o, "2 And che children of Iſrael ſhall pitch their tents every man by his own camp, and every man by his own ſtandard, throughout their hoſts,
But the Levites ſhall pitch round about the taber- nacle of teſtimony, that there be no wrath s upon the congregation of the children of Ifrael : and the Levites ſhall keep the charge x ef the tabernacle of teſtimony,
u To wit, from God, who is very tender of his worſhip, and will not ſuffer the profaners of it go unpunifhed ; whoſe wrath 1s called {imply Wrath by way of eminency, as the moſt terrible kind of wrath, « ( 5..e. ) Shall fuffer no ſtranger to approach through curioſity or any other motive.
54 And the children of Hrael did according to all that the LORD commanded Moſes, ſo did they,
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