11Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
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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