Numbers 1:2-16

1:2

Take ... census <05375 07218> [Take ye the sum.]

This numbering was probably intended to illustrate the Divine faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Abraham; to prepare them to preserve due order in their march; and to distinguish the tribes and families.

Israelite <01121> [the children.]

clans <04940> [after.]

1:3

twenty <06242> [twenty.]

serve <03318> [able.]

army ............ divisions <06635> [by their.]

1:4

1:5

Elizur <0468> [Elizur.]

1:6

Shelumiel <08017> [Shelumiel.]

1:7

Nahshon <05177> [Nahshon.]

[Naasson.]

1:8

Nethanel <05417> [Nethaneel.]

1:9

Eliab <0446> [Eliab.]

1:10

Elishama <0476> [Elishama.]

Gamaliel <01583> [Gamaliel.]

1:11

Abidan <027> [Abidan.]

1:12

Ahiezer <0295> [Ahiezer.]

1:13

Pagiel <06295> [Pagiel.]

1:14

Eliasaph <0460> [Eliasaph.]

son <01121> [Son of Reuel.]

Deuel <01845> [Deuel.]

As the [d,] {daleth} is very like the [r,] {resh,} they might be easily mistaken for each other; and hence this person being called both D‰uel and R‰uel, may be easily accounted for. The Septuagint and Syriac have Reuel, in this chapter; and in ch. 2:14, the Samaritan, Vulgate, and Arabic have Deuel, instead of Reuel, with which reading a vast number of MSS. concur, and which is also supported by ch. 7:42, 10:20. We may therefore safely conclude, the D‰uel, and not R‰uel, was the original reading.

1:15

Ahira <0299> [Ahira.]

1:16

<07121> [the renowned.]

{Keruey h„ƒidah,} literally "the called of the congregation," those who were summoned by name to attend.

heads <07218> [heads.]