Bibelkommentare

Israel numbered, such as were fit for war, of every tribe; Levi excepted: their number, Numbers 26:1-51. The land to be distributed according to their number, Numbers 26:52-56. The Levites numbered by themselves, because they had no inheritance, Numbers 26:57-62. All that were numbered by Moses and Aaron at Sinai, save only Caleb and Joshua, died in the wilderness, Numbers 26:63-65.

After the plague, last mentioned, Numbers 25:8,9.

Eleazar, his father being dead, was high priest.

They were numbered twice before, Exodus 30:11,12, and Numbers 1:1,2. Now they are numbered a third time, partly to demonstrate the faithfulness of God, both in cutting all those off whom he had threatened to cut off, Numbers 14:29, and in a stupendous increase and multiplication of the people according to his promise, notwithstanding all their sins, and the sweeping judgments inflicted upon them; and partly to prepare the way for the equal division of the land which they were now going to possess.

In the plains of Moab; see Numbers 22:1 33:48

Take the sum of the people: these words are easily supplied and necessarily to be understood from Numbers 26:2.

No text from Poole on this verse.

No text from Poole on this verse.

The families, i.e. the chief houses, which were subdivided into divers lesser families.

Forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty; whereas in their last numbering they were 46,500, Numbers 1:21; for Korah’s conspiracy, as well as other provocations of theirs, had cut off many of them.

Sons for son, of which change of the number see Genesis 12:7 Genesis 46:7