10Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
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On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:
On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)I. We have here a commission issued out for the numbering of the people of Israel; and David, long after, paid dearly for doing it without a commission. Here is, 1. The date of this commission, Num. 1:1. (1.) The place: it is given at God’s court in the wilderness of Sinai , from his royal palace, the tabernacle of the congregation . (2.) The time: In the second year after they came up out of Egyp…
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