Numbers 1:2
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| Overview - Numbers 1 | |
| 1 | God commands Moses to number the people. |
| 5 | The princes of the tribes. |
| 17 | The number of every tribe. |
| 47 | The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord. |
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Numbers 1:2 (King James Version)
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
- Take ye the sum
- This numbering was probably intended to illustrate the Divine faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Abraham; to prepare them to preserve due order in their march; and to distinguish the tribes and families.
- Numbers 26:2-4 Numbers 26:63 Numbers 26:64 Exodus 30:12 ; 38:26 2 Samuel 24:1-3 ; 1 Chronicles 21:1 1 Chronicles 21:2 ; 1 Chronicles 27:23 1 Chronicles 27:24
- the children
- Genesis 49:1-3 ; Exodus 1:1-5
- after
- Numbers 1:18 Numbers 1:22 Numbers 1:26-54 ; Exodus 6:14-19