Numbers 1:17

17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who were called by name.

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 Nephthali, Achire the son of Aenan.

16 These were famous men of the congregation, heads of the tribes according to their families: these are heads of thousands in Israel.

17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who were called by name.

18 And they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the month in the second year; and they registered them after their lineage, after their families, after the number of their names, from twenty years old and upwards, every male according to their number:

19 as the Lord commanded Moses, so they were numbered in the wilderness of Sina.