Gen 12:2, 13:16, 16:10, 22:17, 25:1-18, 32:12, 35:11, Gen 36, Num 1 | TSK | STEP

Nebajoth.From Nebajoth sprang the Nabatheans, who inhabited Arabia Petraea; from Kedar, the Cedreans, who dwelt near the Nabatheans; and from Jetur, the Itureans, who inhabited a small tract of country east of Jordan, which afterwards belonged to Manasseh.

36:3; Isa 60:7

Kedar.

Ps 120:5; So 1:5; Isa 21:16,17; 42:11

Dumah.

Isa 21:11,16

Hadar. or, Hadad.More than 300 MSS. and printed editions read Hadad, as in 1 Ch 1:30.

Tema.

1Ch 5:19; Job 2:11

Naphish.These are evidently the same people mentioned in 1 Ch 5:19, who, with the Itureans, assisted the Hagarenes against the Israelites, but were overcome by the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

castles.The word {tiroth,} rendered "castles," is supposed by some to denote here "towers," fortified rocks, or mountain-tops, and fastnesses of various kinds in woods and hilly countries; but it rather means, "shepherds' cots," surrounded by sufficient enclosures to prevent the cattle from straying, as the cognate Syriac word {teyaro,} and Arabic {tawar,} signify "a sheep-fold."

twelve.

17:20,23

A.M. 2231. B.C. 1773. these are.

7,8

gathered.

15:15

Havilah.

2:11; 10:7,29; 20:1; 21:14,21

as thou.

13:10

toward.

2Ki 23:29; Isa 19:23,24

died. Heb. fell.

14:10; Ps 78:64

in the.

16:12

Genesis 32:12

thou.

6; Ex 32:13; Nu 23:19; 1Sa 15:29; Mt 24:35; 2Ti 2:13; Tit 1:2

Heb 6:17

I will.

28:13-15; 46:3,4

Genesis 35:11

God Almighty.

17:1; 18:14; 43:14; 48:3,4; Ex 6:3; 2Co 6:18

a nation.

12:2; 13:16; 15:5; 17:5-7,16; 18:18; 22:17; 28:3,4,14; 32:12; 46:3

48:4; Ex 1:7; Nu 1:1-26:65; 1Sa 1:1- 2Ch 36:23

Genesis 36

1 Esau's three wives.

6 His removal to mount Seir.

9 His sons.

15 The dukes which descended of his sons.

20 The sons and dukes of Seir the Horite.

24 Anah finds mules.

31 The kings of Edom.

40 The dukes that descended of Esau.

A.M. 2208. B.C. 1796.

22:17; 25:24-34; 27:35-41; 32:3-7; Nu 20:14-21; De 23:7; 1Ch 1:35

Isa 63:1; Eze 25:12

Esau.

9:25; 26:34,35; 27:46

Adah. or, Bashemath.

26:34

Aholibamah.

26:34

Judith. the daughter.We ought, most probably, to read here and in ver. 14, as in ver. 20, "the son of Zibeon;" which is the reading of the Samaritan, Septuagint, (and Syriac, in ver. 2,) and which Houbigant and Kennicott contend to be genuine.

25:13; 28:9

Mahalath.

Adah.

1Ch 1:35

Eliphaz.

Job 2:11

Reuel. not.

Ex 2:18; Nu 10:29

in the land.

35:29

A.M. cir. 2264. B.C. cir. 1740. persons. Heb. souls.

Eze 27:13; Re 18:13

went.

13:6,11; 17:8; 25:23; 28:4; 32:3

their riches.

13:6,11

the land.

17:8; 28:4

mount Seir.

20; 14:6; 32:3; De 2:5; Jos 24:4; 1Ch 4:42; 2Ch 20:10,23; Eze 35:2-7

Mal 1:3

Esau.

the Edomites. Heb. Edom.

19:37

A.M. cir. 2230. B.C. cir. 1774.

3,4; 1Ch 1:35-54

A.M. cir. 2270. B.C. cir. 1734. Zepho.

15,16; 1Ch 1:35,36

Zephi.

Timna.

22; 1Ch 1:36

Amalek.

14:7; Ex 17:8-16; Nu 24:18-20; De 23:7; 25:17-19; 1Sa 15:2,3-9

17; 1Ch 1:37

A.M. cir. 2292. B.C. cir. 1712.

2,5,18; 1Ch 1:35 First aristocracy of dukes, from A.M. cir. 2429, to A.M. cir.2471; from B.C. cir. 1575, to B.C. cir. 1533. dukes.The word duke is from the Latin {dux,} a captain or leader, from {duco,} to lead, guide; which is the exact import of the Hebrew [alluph 0441|,>] {alluph,} from [aleph, lamed, pheh,] to lead, guide; and is here applied to heads of families, chieftains, or princes, who were military leaders. 18; 1Ch 1:35 Eliphaz. Job 21:8; Ps 37:35 duke Teman. 4,11,12; 1Ch 1:36,45,51-54; Job 2:11; 4:1; Jer 49:7,20; Eze 25:13 Am 1:12; Ob 1:9; Hab 3:3

Duke Korah.As it is certain from ver. 4, that Eliphaz was Esau's son by Adah, and from ver. 11, 12, that Eliphaz had but six sons, "Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and Amalek;" as is is also certain, from ver. 5, 14, that Korah was the son of Esau (not Eliphaz) by Aholibamah; and as the words duke Korah are omitted by both the Samaritan Text and Version, Dr. Kennicott pronounces them to be an interpolation.

dukes.

Ex 15:15

Reuel.

4,13; 1Ch 1:37

5,14; 1Ch 1:35

who is Edom.

A.M. cir. 2198. B.C. cir. 1806.

2,22-30; 14:6; De 2:12,22; 1Ch 1:38-42

A.M. cir. 2204. B.C. cir. 1800.

A.M. cir. 2248. B.C. 1756. Hemam.

1Ch 1:39

Homan.

Timna.

Alvan.

1Ch 1:40

Alian.

Shepho. or, Shephi.

1Ch 1:40

found.

Le 19:19; De 2:10; 2Sa 13:29; 18:9; 1Ki 1:38,44; 4:28; Zec 14:15

Dishon.

Anah.

2,5,14,18; 1Ch 1:41

Hemdan.

1Ch 1:41

Amram.

Ezer.

21; 1Ch 1:38

Akan.

1Ch 1:42

Jakan.

Uz.

Job 1:1; Jer 25:20; La 4:21

Horites.

20,28; 1Ch 1:41,42

duke Lotan.

20; 1Ch 1:38

From A.M. cir. 2093, to A.M. cir. 2429; from B.C. cir. 1911,to B.C. cir. 1575. dukes in the.

2Ki 11:19; Isa 23:15; Da 7:17,23

the kings.

17:6,16; 25:23; Nu 20:14; 24:17,18; De 17:14-20; 33:5,29

1Ch 1:43-50

before there.Moses may here allude to the promise which God made to Jacob (ch. 35:11,) that kings should proceed from him; and here states that these kings reigned before that prophecy began to be fulfilled.

A.M. cir. 2135. B.C. cir. 1869. Bozrah.Bozrah, Bezer, or Bostra, was situated in Arabia Deserta, and the eastern part of Edom; and, according to Eusebius, was 24 miles from Edrei. It afterwards belonged to Moab, and was given by Moses to Reuben, but again reverted to Edom. It is now called Boszra; and is described by Burckhardt as the largest town in the Haouran, including its ruins, though only inhabited by about twelve or fifteen families. It is situated in the open plain, two hours distant from Aare, and is at present the last inhabited place in the south-east extremity of the Haouran. It is of an oval shape, it greatest length being from east to west; and its circumference three quarters of an hour.

Isa 34:6; 63:1; Jer 49:13,22; Am 1:12; Mic 2:12

A.M. cir. 2177. B.C. cir. 1827. Temani.Eusebius places Teman, or Thæman, which probably gave name to "the land of Temani," in Arabia Petræa, five miles from Petra, and says there was a Roman garrison there.

11,15; Job 2:11; Jer 49:7

A.M. cir. 2219. B.C. cir. 1785.

A.M. cir. 2261. B.C. cir. 1743.

A.M. cir. 2303. B.C. cir. 1701. Rehoboth.

10:11; 1Ch 1:48

A.M. cir. 2315. B.C. cir. 1659.

A.M. cir. 2387. B.C. cir. 1617. Hadar.

1Ch 1:50

Hadad Pai.After his death was an aristocracy.

Ex 15:15

Second aristocracy of dukes, from A.M. cir. 2471, B.C. cir.1533; to A.M. cir. 2513, B.C. cir. 1491. And these.

31; 1Ch 1:51-54

dukes.

15,16; Ex 15:15; 1Ch 1:51-54

Alvah. or, Aliah.

1Ch 1:51

the dukes.

15,18,19,30,31; Ex 15:15; Nu 20:14

their.

7,8

25:12; De 2:5

father.

25:30; 36:43; 45:8; 1Ch 4:14

the Edomites. Heb. Edom.

Numbers 1

As this verse appears to be the proper concluding verse of the whole book, Dr. A. Clarke thinks that the 27th chapter originally followed the 25th. Others suppose that the 27th chapter was added after the book was finished; and, therefore, there is apparently a double conclusion, one at the end of this, and another at the end of the 27th chapter. All the ancient versions agree in concluding both chapters in nearly the same way.

the statues.

27:34; De 6:1; 12:1; 13:4; Joh 1:17

in mount Sinai.

25:1

by the hand.

8:36; Nu 4:37; Ps 77:20

1 God commands Moses to number the people.

5 The princes of the tribes.

17 The number of every tribe.

47 The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord.

wilderness.

10:11,12; Ex 19:1; Le 27:34

tabernacle.

Ex 25:22; Le 1:1

on the first day.As the tabernacle was erected on the first day of the first month, in the second year of their departure from Egypt, (Ex 40:17,) and this happened on the first day of the second month, in the same year, it is evident that the transactions related in the preceding book must all have taken place in the space of one month, and during the time the Israelites were encamped at mount Sinai.

9:1; 10:11; Ex 40:17; 1Ki 6:1

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.

26:2-4,63,64; Ex 30:12; 38:26; 2Sa 24:1-3; 1Ch 21:1,2; 27:23,24

the children.

Ge 49:1-3; Ex 1:1-5

after.

18,22,26-54; Ex 6:14-19

twenty.

14:29; 32:11; Ex 30:14

able.

26:2; De 3:18; 24:5; 2Sa 24:9; 2Ch 17:13-18; 26:11-13

by their.

33:1; Ex 12:17

16; 2:3-31; 7:10-83; 10:14-27; 13:2-15; 17:3; 25:4,14; 34:18-28

Ex 18:25; Jos 22:14; 1Ch 27:1-22

Elizur.

2:10; 7:30; 10:18; Ge 29:32-35; 30:5-20; 35:17-26; 46:8-24; 49:1-33

Ex 1:2-5; De 33:1-29; Re 7:4-8

Shelumiel.

2:12; 7:36

Nahshon.

2:3; 7:12; 10:14; Ru 4:18; 1Ch 2:10,11; Mt 1:2-5; Lu 3:32

Naasson.

Nethaneel.

2:5; 7:18; 10:15

Eliab.

2:7; 7:24; 10:16

Elishama.

2:18; 7:48; 10:22; 1Ch 7:26,27

Gamaliel.

Abidan.

Ahiezer.

Pagiel.

Eliasaph.

Son of Reuel.

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 Dëuel and Rëuel, 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 Dëuel, and not Rëuel, was the original reading.

Ahira.

2:29; 7:78; 10:27

the renowned.{Keruey häâidah,} literally "the called of the congregation," those who were summoned by name to attend.

2:3-31; 7:2,10-83; 10:14-27; 11:17; 16:2; 26:9; Jud 6:15

1Ch 27:16-22

heads.

4; Ex 18:21,25; De 1:15; 1Sa 22:7; 23:23; Mic 5:2

5-15; Joh 10:3; Re 7:4-17

their pedigrees.

Ezr 2:59; Ne 7:61; Heb 7:3,6; *margins

by the.

according.

20-54

from twenty.In this census no women were reckoned, nor children, nor minors, nor strangers, nor Levites, nor old men; which, collectively, must have formed an immense multitude; the Levites alone amounted to 22,300 men.

2; 26:1,2; 2Sa 24:1-10

2:10,11; 26:5-7; Ge 29:32; 46:9; 49:3,4; 1Ch 5:1 That a comparative view may be easily taken of the state of the tribes, we will here produce them, compared with that of the second census, (ch. 26,) in their decreasing proportion, beginning with the greatest and proceeding to the least. 1st Census 2nd Census 1. Judah, 74,600 76,500 2. Dan, 62,700 64,400 3. Simeon, 59,300 22,200 4. Zebulun, 57,400 60,500 5. Issachar, 54,400 64,300 6. Naphtali, 53,400 45,400 7. Reuben, 46,500 43,730 8. Gad, 45,650 40,500 9. Asher, 41,500 53,400 10. Ephraim, 40,500 32,500 11. Benjamin, 35,400 45,600 12. Manasseh, 32,200 52,700 _______ _______ Totals: 603,550 601,730 ------- ------- Thus we find Judah the most populous tribe, and Manasseh the least so; the difference between them being as great as 42,000. Jacob had given Judah the pre-eminence in his prophetic blessing; and that tribe was to have the precedency in the encampments of Israel: accordingly God had increased them more than any of their brethren. Ephraim and Manasseh, according to the same prophecy, were numbered as distinct tribes, Ephraim having the superiority, as it was foretold; and Joseph indeed appears "a fruitful bough."

2:10,11; 26:7

2:12,13; 26:12-14; Ge 29:33; 34:25-30; 42:24; 46:10; 49:5,6

2:13; 25:8,9,14; 26:14 The tribe of Gad marched, along with that of Simeon, under the standard of Reuben; and it seems, on that account, to have been introduced in this order. The other tribes also, are here classed together according to their encampments, and the order of their subsequent march.

2:14,15; 26:15-18; Ge 30:10,11; 46:16; 49:19

2:15; 26:18

2:3,4; 26:19-22; Ge 29:35; 46:12; 49:8-12; 2Sa 24:9; 1Ch 5:2

2Ch 17:14-16

2:3,4; 26:22; 2Sa 24:9; 2Ch 17:14-16

2:5,6; 23:23-25; Ge 30:18; 46:13; 49:14,15

2:6; 26:25

2:7,8; 26:26,27; Ge 30:20; 46:14; 49:13

2:8; 26:27

2:18,19; 26:35-37; Ge 30:24; 37:1-36; 39:1-23; 46:20; 48:1-22

Ge 49:22-26; De 33:17

the tribe.

Ge 48:5; De 33:17

were forty.

2:19; 26:37

2:21; 26:34; Ge 48:19,20

Ge 35:16-18; 44:20; 46:21; 49:27

2:23; 26:41; Jud 20:44-46; 2Ch 17:17

Ge 30:5,6; 46:23; 49:16,17

2:26; 26:43

Ge 30:12,13; 46:27; 49:20

2:28; 26:47

Naphtali.

Ge 30:7,8; 46:24; 49:21Respecting the manner in which this vast multitude sprang from 75 person, Scheuchzer has some valuable calculations, with the results of which we present the reader:-- 1. Judah. 7. Ruben. 1 Generation . . 25 1 Generation . . 31 2 . . . . . . . 238 2 . . . . . . . 215 3 . . . . . . . 3,865 3 . . . . . . . 2,583 4 . . . . . . . 70,735 4 . . . . . . . 43,917 ------ ------ Total of 3 and 4, 74,600 Total of 3 and 4, 46,500 2. Dan. 8. Gad. 1 Generation . . 11 1 Generation . . 67 2 . . . . . . . 132 2 . . . . . . . 475 3 . . . . . . . 2,508 3 . . . . . . . 3,804 4 . . . . . . . 60,192 4 . . . . . . . 41,846 ------ ------ Total of 3 and 4, 62,700 Total of 3 and 4, 45,650 3. Simeon. 9. Asher. 1 Generation . . 39 1 Generation . . 39 2 . . . . . . . 359 2 . . . . . . . 310 3 . . . . . . . 3,953 3 . . . . . . . 3,192 4 . . . . . . . 55,347 4 . . . . . . . 38,308 ------ ------ Total of 3 and 4, 59,300 Total of 3 and 4, 41,500 4. Zebulun. 10. Ephraim. 1 Generation . . 20 1 Generation . . 16 2 . . . . . . . 143 2 . . . . . . . 160 3 . . . . . . . 2,296 3 . . . . . . . 1,928 4 . . . . . . . 55,104 4 . . . . . . . 38,572 ------ ------ Total of 3 and 4, 57,400 Total of 3 and 4, 40,500 5. Issachar. 11. Benjamin. 1 Generation . . 27 1 Generation . . 98 2 . . . . . . . 251 2 . . . . . . . 885 3 . . . . . . . 3,022 3 . . . . . . . 4,425 4 . . . . . . . 51,378 4 . . . . . . . 30,975 ------ ------ Total of 3 and 4, 54,400 Total of 3 and 4, 35,400 6. Naphtali. 12. Manasseh. 1 Generation . . 26 1 Generation . . 10 2 . . . . . . . 296 2 . . . . . . . 134 3 . . . . . . . 3,560 3 . . . . . . . 1,610 4 . . . . . . . 49,840 4 . . . . . . . 30,590 ------ ------ Total of 3 and 4, 53,400 Total of 3 and 4, 32,200 13. Levi. 1 Generation . . 8 2 . . . . . . . 96 3 . . . . . . . 1,240 4 . . . . . . . 21,060 ------ Total of 3 and 4, 22,300

2:30; 26:50

2-16; 26:64

45 What an astonishing increase from seventy persons who went down into Egypt about 215 years before, where they had latterly endured the greatest hardships! Such was the effect of God's promise, which cannot fail.

2:32; 23:10; 26:51; Ge 12:2; 13:16; 15:5; 17:6; 22:17; 26:3; 28:14

Ge 46:3,4; Ex 12:37; 38:26; De 10:22; 1Ki 4:20; 2Sa 24:9; 1Ch 21:5

2Ch 13:3; 17:14-19; Heb 11:11,12; Re 7:4-9

3,50; 2:33; 3:1-51; 4:1-49; 8:1-26; 26:57-62; 1Ch 6:1-81; 21:6

2:33; 26:62

thou shalt.

3:1-10; 4:15,25-33; Ex 31:18; 32:26-29; 38:21; 1Ch 23:1-32

1Ch 25:1-26:32; Ezr 8:25-30,33,34; Ne 12:8,22,47; 13:5,10-13,22

the tabernacle.

53; 20:11; Ex 31:18; 38:21; Ps 122:4

shall encamp.

2:17; 3:23-38; 10:21