NUMBERS. THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK AS A WHOLE. (Repeated AUernation.) A! ]1.1—4 0, NUMBRATION AND ORDER, ENCAMPMENT AND SERVICE, B!|5.1-9.:, LAWS AND EVENTS, A? [10.188 JOURNEYINGS AND ORDER. MARCH. B?| 11.195 a8, EVENTS AND LAWS. AS [26 1—21.1, NUMERATION AND ORDER. INHERITANCE, Bo jot. 01. EVENTS AND TAWS A‘) 821-8812, JOURNEYINGS AND ORDER. DIVISION OF LAND. EPILOGUE, 96.1%, 1MAne (p.3176) 1490 THE FOURTH BOOK OF *MOSES, cALLED “NUMBERS. SAND *the LORD spake unto Moses in the 1 wilderness of" Sinai, in the *tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month in the second year after they "come out of the land of saying, 2 «Take ye the “sum of all the *congre- tion of the *children of Isra # ‘milies, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their "polls; ‘3. From twenty years old and upward, all that are.able to go forth to war in Israel: Spey and Aaron shall number them by their armies. ‘4 And with you there shall be a °man of severy tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. ‘5 And’ these are the names ofthe °men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben Elfzur the son of Shedeur. 6 Of Simeon; Shelumict the son of Zuri- shaddai. 7 Of Judah; minadat ©Nahshon the son of Am- His own People (twolve ta Afoses, once to Awron}, ani () To Moses alone (1.3, 483 8.6.3, He spake fity peas T ‘Me; 81.1426; Bite (2) To Moses, fo pen: to Aaron 1), (@) To Moses, to speak to Anron and his sons (6 2) ‘with “And”, as all the books of the Pentatench do, It books, | the LORD spake = Jehovah: (the Covenant Goa) spake to sandy times” (238) four times indefinite TITLE, Moses. Seo Ap. 2 Numbers, ‘Translation of Greck name in Sopt.givon bby man according to hie idea of contente fish, Mlle Bimidder =n the wilderness”, becuase it records what took place there; the numberings 1-8 ‘and 26) being only two of the eventa” It is the Pook of| the sojournings, the fourth book of the Pentateuch (we Ap. 10 and Deut. 1.3) ‘Four isthe number of the earth : lence the types of| Numbers, the fourth book, are wilderness types (ep. dre fourth book of the Pualms, 90-106). Tis types of Chiat, the Son of Man on earth, are fowr— Q) Bread of Life, 11. 7-0 ohn 6.64, 68 {2} Water of life, 20.11 (1 Cor 10.1 (8) Lifted up, 21.9 John 814,19) (6) The coming star out of Tacob, 24. BP et Toth. Hey 2.245 22, 1 uke 1.28 1. 1-4. 49 (Ap. 110, NUMERATION AND ORDER OF SERVICE, fo, (Alternation). AD A] 1. 1-04, Nomeration. ‘The nation, | 2. 1-84, Onder ofits encrmpment |, vor Nameration. The Levites, [4 14, Onler oftheir service. 1. 1-54. [For Structare noe next page.) ‘horefore one whole ‘Numbers, and in thirtoon "divers mabners 678.5, 28; 10.15 11.28; 18.5 16,465 95,20, 105 26,82; (To Moses to speak to leazar, tho son of Aaron the priest (16 0) (@) To Moses, to speak to the Levites (18. 22). (6) To Mosos, to speak to the congregation (16.2), (1) To Moses, to speak to the ehikiren of Tsradl (6. (ep. #2); 88.00; 34.1; 85.140) (@) To Moses, to speak to the rock (9) To Moses and Anrom (2.1; 4.1, 17; 14.26; 16.20, 2,6)105 645 Oop a A,9; 15,217,975 17.45 BB 20.12 29), (do) To Moses nnd Anron, to spoak to the children of lermel (19.1). (11) To Moses and Aaron ad Bria (12 4), (12) To Moses and Slenzar (25.3). (G3) To Anron (18 #), "(0.20 should be “anid ”.) 04) Jehovah spako (indefinite) (1.195 8.1; 14,955 97.2). For the Loxp suid”, soe note on 8. (sixteon times, making seventy-two in al, Sinai. ‘To which they had come on the third month after ‘exodus (Ex 19.1), and where they abode till the twentieth day of the second month of the second year (Nom. 10.11). The mambering (ch. 4) began on ‘he frst day of that raomth (e. 18). 2'Tako ye. Cp. Bx. 90.11 12) 98 2b Numbers; commonwealth law (King) 26. Songregation. ee note on Gen, 288 ‘becanse the family thus buile ep. Cp. Gen. 80. s. Ruth 41 Fig, Synecdoche (of Part Ap. 6, ekall or head put for person. ‘4'man. ‘0 the twelve spestes, with Paul and Barnabes “fourteen, bering itis Moses and Blenear, 261, twelve, and, with Motes and Aaron, fourteen ‘tabernacle = tent (Heb. oheD. In Exodus, moral law (prophet); Leviticus, ritual Taw (priest sum, ‘Three numberingn. Hoe. 80. 11,12 (op. 88.2, 20); here; and See Ap. 40. ‘com gone. ‘hildren =sons. Heb dteim, from bina, to ald, Sothroughout. polls." dition of 1611 ~pall ‘3 thou and Aaron, In second nium: Heb. ‘th, S00 Ap. 1d." every tribe, Hence 8 these are the names. ‘The onder here five sons of Leahy three of Rachel, one of Bilhah, two of Zilpah, ‘aud one of Dilhih. See Ap. 45 for other orders of the namea." men. Tb i. of ih, or‘eniah. See Ape 14 7 Nahshon. In the line ofthe promised sved, the futher of Salmon hvusband ot Rabvof Jericho) progenitor of Bows of Bethlehem Gausband of Rath). Cp, Ruth 4 isan Matt Int, Take 8.33 71490 (rr) La NUMBERS. 1.37. 8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 10 Of the *children of Joseph: of Ephraim Elishama the son of Aminihud: of Manassch ; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11 Of Benjamin ; Abidan the son of Gideoni, 32 Of Dan; Abiezer the son of Ammi- sbaddai. 13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. 14 Of Gad; Fliasaph the son of Deuel. 15 Of Naphtall; Abira the son of Enan.” 16 These were the renowned of the congre- gation, princes of the tribes of thelr fatners, heads of thousands in Israel. 17 And Moses and Aaron took these *men which are expressed by their names: 18 And they assembled all the *congregation together on the ' first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, accord. ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their *polls. 19 °As ‘the LORD’ commanded Moses, so be numbered them in the 'wildemess of Sinai, 20 And the ‘children of “Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, ac- cording’ to the number of the names, by their “polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go! forth to war; 21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six ‘thousand and five hundred. 22 Of the ‘children of °Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house Of their fathers, “those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to wai '23 ‘Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 24 Of the *children of °Gad, by their genera- tions, after their families, by’ the house of their fathers, according to’the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; ‘25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thou- sand six hundred and *fifty. 26 Of the *children of ° Judah, by their gene- rations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 28 Of the ‘children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house Of their fathers, according to the number of the ‘ames, from twenty years old and upward, all ‘that were able to go forth to wai 20 Those that were numbered of them, even 1, 2.84 (Ap. 177), NUMERATION: THE NATION [AND LEVITES (Introversion and Alternation, Ajale| 118 Command [aie se Shatin Fsion bate Exception a Je | 44-83, Command 1 roy | "lef se! obottonce Eerie 19 As-nccording as. wilderness of Sinai (c.1), to distinguish it from the sscond, which was in the plains of Mend. 20 Rouben, Lott his dignity in Gen. 49. 3, 4; not many in number here ‘eldest aon. See Ap. 45. 22 Simeon was greatly diminished hy sin in Nam, 26-4, and Bloses dogs not montion him in Dout. 88 ‘Those that were numbered of them, Some cotton nt fo wary prntedeitions, Ook, Jon, Sept, and Spr, omit this elaata, “Cp. vt 204, 20, a ‘94 Gad takes the placo of Lovi here. ‘Afty. “Gad is the only one who has “tens”, all the others “hundreda", "In the case of the firstborn, {8.'5) wo havo mot only tens but units ‘26 Judah.” His number is greatest (Gen, 49.) 82 Joseph. «The fraitfml vine” (Gen, 49, 22) hae ovo tribes (not merely "amiies"). Thus osoph haw "the double portion ” (Chron. 6. 3). phraim. Blessed first(Gon.¢8. 1,20), i here named firm, and ia incronsed more than Manasseh (Deut. 88.) ‘But'in journeyings his numbers were diminished hy ‘000, See 28, and op. 1 Chron, 7. 20-22 ‘34 Manastoh,’ ‘The lowest in number. Seo Gen. Gita. Increased ty 20,500 in journeying, 28, 36,37 (ep Sob 12.2). of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 80 Of the *children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house Of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and up- ward, all that were able to go forth to war 81 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred, 32 Of the * children of Joseph, namely, ofthe ‘children of "Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of theit fathers according fo'the ner of he names from twenty years old and upward, all that wvere able t9 go forth to war ‘35. ‘Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. 84 Of the *children of *Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war: ‘85 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 36 OF the ‘children of Benjamin, by their generations, ater thelr families, by the house of tne fathers, according to ine number of names, from twen id and upwas A that were able to go forth to wary ‘37. Those that were numbered of tiem, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 18