Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
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Interpretation
Moses did not number the people but when God commanded him. We have here the families registered, as well as the tribes.
Read with
This thought runs through Numbers 26:1-4.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.