4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
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These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. …
And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
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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