Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Numbers 1:16
These [were] the renowned of the congregation, (e) princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
(e) Or captains, and governors.
These [were] the renowned of the congregation, (e) princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
(e) Or captains, and governors.
Verse 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 vie...
The princes of the tribes, selected Numbers 1:4 under divine direction, were for the most part the same persons as those chosen a few months previously at the counsel of Jethro Exodus 18:21. Nahshon,...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE PREPARATION FOR THE JOURNEY 1. The People Numbered CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The command to number (Numbers 1:1)_ 2. The appointed helpers for the work (Numbers 1:5) 3. The...
NUMBERS 1:1 (from P, which is used uninterruptedly as far as Numbers 10:28). THE NUMBERING OF THE SECULAR TRIBES. The date of this census is about eleven months after the arrival at Mt. Sinai (Exodus...
_they that were called_ i.e. -chosen" to help Moses in conducting the census. _their fathers_ Their ancestors, the sons of Jacob. _thousands_ Another term for a group of relations, irrespective of it...
Moses is directed to number the fighting men of Israel with the help of twelve princes....
THESE WERE THE RENOWNED, &C.— Houbigant renders this, _these were called from the multitude, convocati;_ which is agreeable to the Hebrew. From ch. Numbers 7:2, &c. we see, that these must have been p...
II. THE GENERAL CENSUS (NUMBERS 1:5-46) A. TRIBAL HEADS SELECTED vv. 5-16 TEXT Numbers 1:5. And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of She...
_THESE WERE THE RENOWNED OF THE CONGREGATION, PRINCES OF THE TRIBES OF THEIR FATHERS, HEADS OF THOUSANDS IN ISRAEL._ These were the renowned, х_ QªRIY'EEY_ (H7148) _ HAA`EEDAH_ (H5712)] - the called...
1:16 summoned (a-4) That is, those who were habitually called to undertake the matters of the assembly....
THE RENOWNED] rather, 'the called'; chosen representatives....
THE FIRST NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE At Sinai Moses receives the command to take the number of the males over twenty years of age in the eleven secular tribes, the tribe of Levi being enumerated separate...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF NUMBERS The first 5 books in the Bible are called the ‘5 Books of Moses’. The Book of Numbers is the 4th...
THE RENOWNED OF THE CONGREGATION. — Lit., _the called men of the congregation, i.e.,_ the men chosen as representatives of their respective tribes, and appointed to act in that capacity in regulating...
אֵ֚לֶּה _קְרוּאֵ֣י_† הָ עֵדָ֔ה נְשִׂיאֵ֖י מַטֹּ֣ות אֲבֹותָ֑ם
THE CENSUS AND THE CAMP 1. THE MUSTERING Numbers 1:1 FROM the place of high spiritual knowledge, where through the revelation of God in covenant and law Israel has been constituted His nation and Hi...
NUMBERED FOR WAR; SET APART FOR WORSHIP Numbers 1:1 This book records two numberings of the host; the first, at Sinai; and the second, thirty-eight years after, on the threshold of Canaan. It is als...
The Book of Numbers deals with the wilderness. It is the story of a long discipline resulting from disobedience. History moves forward, for God ever protects His own purposes from the failure of His c...
_Army. Hebrew, "of a thousand." The Vulgate commonly styles them tribunes. They were "people of name in the assembly," as the Hebrew indicates. (Calmet)_...
However uninteresting this account of names may seem to the Reader, yet spiritually considered, may it not serve to teach the happiness of those whose names are written in the book of life. Reader! de...
It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. The first thing to be noticed is, that God numbers His people exactly, and arranges them, once thus recognised, around His tabernacle: sweet thought,...
THESE [WERE] THE RENOWNED OF THE CONGREGATION,.... The most famous and eminent among the people, for their birth and pedigree, or for their excellent qualities of wisdom, courage, and the like; or "th...
_These [were] the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel._ Ver. 16. _Princes of the tribes._] These were those officers over them in Egypt,...
1 God commaundeth Moses to number the people. 5 The Princes of the Tribes. 17 The number of euery Tribe. 47 The Leuites are exempted for the Seruice of the Lord. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses in...
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel, for that division of the people known technically as "family" numbered at least a tho...
THE MUSTER OF THE PEOPLE...
THE FIRST CENSUS OF ISRAEL (vs.1-46) After Israel's leaving Egypt, over a year passed before we read of this census being taken. In David's time, when he determined to number the people (2 Samuel 24:...
1-43 The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Jacob, that they might be the better trained for the wars and conquest of Canaan, and to ascertain their famili...
THE RENOWNED, Heb. _the named_ or _called_, to wit, by Moses and by God's appointment, to manage this affair, and others as there was occasion. Compare NUMBERS 16:2, NUMBERS 26:9. HEADS OF THOUSANDS....
& Numbers 2:1-34. We now enter upon the study of the fourth grand division of the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses; and we shall find the leading characteristic of this book quite as strongly marked...
Numbers 1:16 These H7148 chosen H7121 (H8803) congregation H5712 leaders H5387 fathers H1 tribes H4294 heads H7218 divis
‘These are they who were called by the congregation the princes of the tribes of their fathers, they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.' These twelve men were the recognised great chieftains...
CONTENTS: Moses commanded to take census. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: The Lord knows all those that are His (2 Timothy 2:19) by name (Php_4:3) and even the hairs of their heads are nu...
Numbers 1:2. _Take ye the sum._ The Israelites had been numbered, for the purpose of subscribing half a shekel towards the erection of the tabernacle. Now they are numbered for war; and were afterward...
_A man of every tribe: every one head of the house of his fathers._ BANK AND SERVICE I. Co-operation in divine service. 1. The toil of Moses and Aaron would be lessened. 2. The accomplishment of t...
THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE (_Numbers 1:1_) “The object of the encampment at Sinai,” says Perowne, “has been accomplished. The Covenant has been made, the Law given, the Sanctuary set up, the Priests...
THE CENSUS OF SINAI (Numbers 1:1). EXPOSITION THE CENSUS DIVINELY COMMANDED (Numbers 1:1)....
This time lets turn to the book of Numbers, so called because twice in the book the children of Israel were numbered. Once at the beginning of their forty years of wandering in the wilderness and then...
1 Chronicles 27:16; 1 Samuel 22:7; 1 Samuel 23:23; Deuteronomy 1:15;...
How accurate is this census of the tribes of Israel? PROBLEM: According to the census taken in Chapter s 1–4 of Numbers, the newly formed nation of Israel must have numbered about 2 million people. Ac...