THE CENSUS OF SINAI (Numbers 1:1).
EXPOSITION
THE CENSUS DIVINELY COMMANDED (Numbers 1:1).
NUMBERS 1:1
IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION—where the Lord spake with
Moses "face to face" (Exodus 33:11), and where all the laws of
Leviticus had been given (Leviticus 1:1). ON the first day of the
s... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION
THE CENSUS TAKEN (Numbers 1:17-4).
NUMBERS 1:17
THESE MEN. Designated by direct command of God; yet probably the same,
or some of the same, selected by Moses for obvious personal and social
reasons a short time before (Exodus 18:25).
NUMBERS 1:18
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SECOND MONTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION
THE LEVITES (Numbers 1:47-4).
NUMBERS 1:47
NOT NUMBERED AMONG THEM. They _were _numbered (Numbers 3:39), but not
among the rest; their census was taken separately, and on a different
basis.
NUMBERS 1:48
HAD SPOKEN. Rather, "spake," and so Septuagint. This was the formal
command to se... [ Continue Reading ]