Numbers 1:17

17 Moses and Aaron took these men who had been picked

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 from the tribe of Naphtali -- Ahira son of Enan."

16 These were the men chosen from the people to be leaders of their tribes, the heads of Israel's family groups.

17 Moses and Aaron took these men who had been picked

18 and called all the people of Israel together on the first day of the second month. Then the people were listed by their families and family groups, and all the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name.

19 Moses did exactly what the Lord had commanded and listed the people while they were in the Desert of Sinai.