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Numbers 26 - Introduction

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The second Census

The plague related in Numbers 25:9 was the last of the punishments undergone by the Israelites for their sins and rebellions. When the wanderings were at an end, the numbers of the people would be very different to those at the first census at Sinai. And the priestly writer shews, by implication, how severe the punishments had been; in spite of the increase of population which would naturally accrue by births, the numbers left in Moab are 1820 less than those reckoned at Sinai.

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See also Numbers 26 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The mustering of the tribes described in this chapter was immediately preparatory to the war against Midian, and to the invasion of Canaan wbich shortly followed. With a view also to an equitable allo...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE NUMBERED IN THE PLAINS OF MOAB: GOD COMMANDS THE LAND OF CANAAN TO BE DIVIDED._ _Before Christ 1452._...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:16 summoned (a-4) That is, those who were habitually called to undertake the matters of the assembly....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 26 In this chapter an order is given to number the people of Israel a second time, Numbers 26:1 and the account begins with Reuben, the firstborn, and the families that sprung...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2552. B.C. 1452._ Orders for numbering the people, Numbers 26:1. Their families and number, Numbers 26:5. Directions for dividing the land between them, Numbers 26:52. The families and number o...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The summe of all Israel is taken in the plaines of Moab. 52 The law of diuiding among them the inheritance of the land. 57 The families and number of the Leuites. 63 None were left of them which...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Numbering of Israel in the plains of Moab. (1-51) The division of the land. (52-56) Number of the Levites. (57-62) None remaining of the first numbering. (63-65)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    F. FUTURE PROSPECTS IN THE LAND (CHAPTER S 26-36). We now come to the final main section of the book. It will commence with the numbering of Israel, a sign that they were making ready for the final pu...

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