Numbers 1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 1:54

And the children of Israel did according to all the Lord commanded Moses ,.... Pitched their tents by their own camps and standards; did not come near the tabernacle but kept at a proper distance from it, and did not meddle with things they had no concern, with, and which were peculiar to the Levites: so they did ; which is repeated to show how readily, punctually, and perfectly they observed the command of God with respect to this affair. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 1

On the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel came out of Egypt, God commands Moses to number all the males of the people from twenty years and upward, who were effective men and able to go to war, Numbers 1:1-3 . A chief of each tribe is associated with Moses and Aaron in this business, Numbers 1:4 ; the names of whom are given, Numbers 1:5-16 . Moses assembles the people, who declare their pedigrees according to their families, Numbers 1:17-19 . The descendants... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 1:1

The Lord spake unto Moses - on the first day of the second month - As the tabernacle was erected upon the first day of the first month, in the second year after their coming out of Egypt, Exodus 40:17 ; and this muster of the people was made on the first day of the second month, in the same year; it is evident that the transactions related in the preceding book must all have taken place in the space of one month, and during the time the Israelites were encamped at Mount Sinai, before they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 1:2

Take ye the sum, etc. - God, having established the commonwealth of Israel by just and equitable laws, ordained every thing relative to the due performance of his own worship, erected his tabernacle, which was his throne, and the place of his residence among the people, and consecrated his priests who were to minister before him; he now orders his subjects to be mustered, That they might see he had not forgotten his promise to Abraham, but was multiplying his posterity. That they might... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 1:3

From twenty years old and upward - In this census no women were reckoned, nor children, nor strangers, nor the Levites, nor old men, which, collectively, must have formed an immense multitude; the Levites alone amounted to 22,300. True-born Israelites only are reckoned; such as were able to carry arms, and were expert for war. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 1:14

Eliasaph, the son of Deuel - This person is called Reuel, Numbers 2:14 . As the ד daleth is very like the ר resh , it was easy to mistake the one for the other. The Septuagint and the Syriac have Reuel in this chapter; and in Numbers 2:14 , the Vulgate, the Samaritan, and the Arabic have Deuel instead of Reuel, with which reading a vast number of MSS. concur; and this reading is supported by Numbers 10:20 ; we may safely conclude therefore that דעואל Deuel , not רעואל ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 1:16

These were the renowned - Literally, the called, of the congregation - those who were summoned by name to attend. The order of the tribes In the above enumeration may be viewed thus: - Sons of Leah read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 1:25

Forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty - Mr. Ainsworth has remarked that Gad, the handmaid's son, is the only one of all the tribes whose number ends with fifty, all the others are by thousands, and end with hundreds; which shows God's admirable providence and blessing in multiplying them so, that no odd or broken number was among all the tribes. But see on Numbers 1:46 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 1:33

The tribe of Ephraim - forty thousand and five hundred - Ephraim, as he was blessed beyond his eldest brother Manasseh, Genesis 48:20 , so here he is increased by thousands more than Manasseh, and more than the whole tribe of Benjamin, and his blessing continued above his brother, Deuteronomy 33:17 . And thus the prophecy, Genesis 48:19 , was fulfilled: His younger brother (Ephraim) shall be greater than he, (Manasseh). No word of God can possibly fall to the ground: he alone sees the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 1:46

All they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty - What an astonishing increase from seventy souls that went down into Egypt, Genesis 46:27 , about 215 years before, where latterly they had endured the greatest hardships! But God's promise cannot fail ( Genesis 16:5 ;); and who can resist his will, and bring to naught his counsel? That a comparative view may be easily taken of the state of the tribes, I shall produce them here from the... read more

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