Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

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.

Commenting on Numbers 1:1-16

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

Num 1:4-16 Moses and Aaron, who were commanded to number, or rather to muster, the people, were to have with them “a man of every tribe, who was head-man of his fathers’ houses,” i.e., a tribe-prince, viz., to help them to carry out the mustering.

Commenting on Numbers 1:4-16