Numbers 1:17

17 Moses and Aaron took the men who had been named

Numbers 1:17 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 1:17

And Moses and Aaron took these men
They doubtless sent for them, and acquainted them with the nomination of them, by the Lord himself, for such a service; and they took them with them to the place where the number of the people was to be taken:

which are expressed by [their] names:
in ( Numbers 1:16 ) , and that as declared by the mouth of God himself.

Numbers 1:17 In-Context

15 Ahira, son of Enan, from the tribe of Naphtali."

16 These were the men chosen from the community, the leaders of their ancestors' tribes, and heads of the divisions of Israel.

17 Moses and Aaron took the men who had been named

18 and assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. Each man at least 20 years old provided his genealogy by family and household. Then his name was listed.

19 So Moses registered the men of Israel in the Desert of Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.