“ As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. ”
Numbers 1:1-46 (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. Si...
As . according as. wilderness of Sinai ( Numbers 1:1 ), to distinguish it from the second, which was in the plains of Moab.
As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. As the Lord commanded ... The numbering of the people was not an act sinful in itself, as Moses did it by divine a...
The First Numbering of the People At Sinai Moses receives the command to take the number of the males over twenty years of age in the eleven secular tribes, the tribe of Levi being enumerated sepa...
THE CENSUS AND THE CAMP 1. THE MUSTERING Numbers 1:1-46 FROM the place of high spiritual knowledge, where through the revelation of God in covenant and law Israel has been constituted His nat...
Numbered for War; Set Apart for Worship Numbers 1:1-4 This book records two numberings of the host; the first, at Sinai; and the second, thirty-eight years after, on the threshold of Canaan. It...
The Book of Numbers deals with the wilderness. It is the story of a long discipline resulting from disobedience. History moves forward, for God ever protects His own purposes from the failure of His...
It is very endearing to behold the Lord Jesus giving in the account of his people. John 17:6-12 .
As the Lord commanded Moses ,.... In this Moses and David differed in numbering the people of Israel; the one did it by an express command from God, and in obedience to it; the other without one, an...
As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. Ver. 19. So he numbered them. ] See Trapp on " Exo 30:12 " At every general muster they paid poll money. Exo 30:16...
THE FIRST CENSUS OF ISRAEL (vs.1-46) After Israel's leaving Egypt, over a year passed before we read of this census being taken. In David's time, when he determined to number the people ( 2 Samue...
17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared the...
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‘As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered (assessed) them in the wilderness of Sinai.' Thus did Moses fulfil Yahweh's command and mobilise the fighting men of Yahweh ready for moving forward. The...
THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE ( Numbers 1:1-3 ) “The object of the encampment at Sinai,” says Perowne, “has been accomplished. The Covenant has been made, the Law given, the Sanctuary set up, the P...
Numbers 1:2 . Take ye the sum. The Israelites had been numbered, for the purpose of subscribing half a shekel towards the erection of the tabernacle. Now they are numbered for war; and were afterw...
EXPOSITION THE CENSUS TAKEN ( Numbers 1:17-4 ). Numbers 1:17 These men. Designated by direct command of God; yet probably the same, or some of the same, selected by Moses for obvio...
The Muster of the People
2 Samuel 24:1-10 ; Numbers 1:2 ; Numbers 26:1 ; Numbers 26:2
He numbered them — For ought that appears in one day.