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9Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

Numbers 1:9

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:

  • Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.

  • And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

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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