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Selected Verse: Numbers 1:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 1:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Take [05375] ye the sum [07218] of all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], after their families [04940], by the house [01004] of their fathers [01], with the number [04557] of their names [08034], every male [02145] by their polls [01538]; |
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King James |
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
second month
That is, May; also (Num 1:18). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Take the sum - This is not the same muster with that Exo 38:26, as plainly appears, because that was before the building of the tabernacle, which was built and set up on the first day of the first month, Exo 40:2, but this was after it, on the first day of the second month. And they were for different ends; that was to tax them for the charges of the tabernacle; but this was for other ends, partly that the great number of the people might be known to the praise of God's faithfulness, in making good his promises of multiplying them, and to their own encouragement: partly for the better ordering their camp and march, for they were now beginning their journey; and partly that this account might he compared with the other in the close of the book, where we read that not one of all this vast number, except Caleb and Joshua were left alive; a fair warning to all future generations to take heed of rebelling against the Lord. It is true, the sums and numbers agree in this and that computation, which is not strange, because there was not much time between the two numberings, and no eminent sin among the people in that interval, whereby God was provoked to diminish their numbers. Some conceive that in that number, Exo 30:11-16 and Exo 38:25-26, the Levites were included, which are here excepted, Num 1:47, and that in that interval of time, there were grown up as many more men of those years as there were Levites of the same age. Israel - So the strangers mixed with them, were not numbered. Their fathers - The people were divided into twelve tribes, the tribes into great families, Num 26:5, these great families into lesser families called the houses of their fathers, because they were distinguished one from another by their fathers. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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,
1. That they might see he had not forgotten his promise to Abraham, but was multiplying his posterity.
2. That they might observe due order in their march toward the promised land.
3. That the tribes and families might be properly distinguished; that all litigations concerning property, inheritance, etc., might, in all future times, be prevented.
4. That the promise concerning the Messiah might be known to have its due accomplishment, when in the fullness of time God should send him from the seed of Abraham through the house of David. And,
5. That they might know their strength for war; for although they should ever consider God as their protector and defense, yet it was necessary that they should be assured of their own fitness, naturally speaking, to cope with any ordinary enemy, or to surmount any common difficulties. |
18 And they assembled [06950] all the congregation [05712] together [06950] on the first [0259] day of the second [08145] month [02320], and they declared their pedigrees [03205] after their families [04940], by the house [01004] of their fathers [01], according to the number [04557] of the names [08034], from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605], by their polls [01538].
5 Reuben [07205], the eldest [01060] son of Israel [03478]: the children [01121] of Reuben [07205]; Hanoch [02585], of whom cometh the family [04940] of the Hanochites [02599]: of Pallu [06396], the family [04940] of the Palluites [06384]:
47 But the Levites [03881] after the tribe [04294] of their fathers [01] were not numbered [06485] among [08432] them.
25 And the silver [03701] of them that were numbered [06485] of the congregation [05712] was an hundred [03967] talents [03603], and a thousand [0505] seven [07651] hundred [03967] and threescore and fifteen [07657] [02568] shekels [08255], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944]:
26 A bekah [01235] for every man [01538], that is, half [04276] a shekel [08255], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944], for every one that went [05674] to be numbered [06485], from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605], for six [08337] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] and three [07969] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967] and fifty [02572] men.
11 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
12 When thou takest [05375] the sum [07218] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] after their number [06485], then shall they give [05414] every man [0376] a ransom [03724] for his soul [05315] unto the LORD [03068], when thou numberest [06485] them; that there be no plague [05063] among them, when thou numberest [06485] them.
13 This they shall give [05414], every one that passeth [05674] among [05921] them that are numbered [06485], half [04276] a shekel [08255] after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944]: (a shekel [08255] is twenty [06242] gerahs [01626]:) an half [04276] shekel [08255] shall be the offering [08641] of the LORD [03068].
14 Every one that passeth [05674] among them that are numbered [06485], from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] and above [04605], shall give [05414] an offering [08641] unto the LORD [03068].
15 The rich [06223] shall not give more [07235], and the poor [01800] shall not give less [04591] than half [04276] a shekel [08255], when they give [05414] an offering [08641] unto the LORD [03068], to make an atonement [03722] for your souls [05315].
16 And thou shalt take [03947] the atonement [03725] money [03701] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and shalt appoint [05414] it for the service [05656] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]; that it may be a memorial [02146] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478] before [06440] the LORD [03068], to make an atonement [03722] for your souls [05315].
2 On the first [07223] day [03117] of the first [0259] month [02320] shalt thou set up [06965] the tabernacle [04908] of the tent [0168] of the congregation [04150].
26 A bekah [01235] for every man [01538], that is, half [04276] a shekel [08255], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944], for every one that went [05674] to be numbered [06485], from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605], for six [08337] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] and three [07969] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967] and fifty [02572] men.