Numbers 1:17

17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who were designated by their names,

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 of Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan;

16 these were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, captains of the thousands of Israel.

17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who were designated by their names,

18 and they assembled all the congregation together on the first of the second month, and they were gathered by their lineages, by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls,

19 as the LORD had commanded Moses; and he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.