Gen 15:5, Num 26:51, 62, Deu 1:10, 28:62, Neh 9:23, Heb 11:12 | TSK | STEP

Genesis 15:5

tell.

So.

12:2; 13:16; 16:10; 22:17; 28:14; Ex 32:13; De 1:10; 10:22; 1Ch 27:23

Numbers 26:51

The following comparative statement will show how much some of the tribes had increased, and others had diminished, since the enumeration in ch. 1: Now. Before. 1. Reuben 43,730 46,500 2. Simeon 22,200 59,300 3. Gad 40,500 45,650 4. Judah 76,500 74,600 5. Issachar 64,300 54,400 6. Zebulun 60,500 57,400 7. Manasseh 52,700 32,200 8. Ephraim 32,500 40,500 9. Benjamin 45,600 35,400 10. Dan 64,400 62,700 11. Asher 53,400 41,500 12. Naphtali 45,400 53,400 _______ _______ Total 601,730 603,550 _______ _______ Thus we find there was the following increase and decrease in the several tribes: 1. Reuben 2,770 decrease 2. Simeon 37,100 decrease 3. Gad 5,150 decrease 4. Judah 1,900 increase 5. Issachar 9,900 increase 6. Zebulun 3,100 increase 7. Manasseh 20,500 increase 8. Ephraim 8,000 decrease 9. Benjamin 10,200 increase 10. Dan 1,700 increase 11. Asher 11,900 increase 12. Naphtali 8,000 decrease _______________ Decrease in all . . . . . . 61,020 Increase in all . . . . . . 59,200 ______ Decrease on the whole . . . 1,820 It should be observed, that among these there was not one of the former census, except Joshua and Caleb. (See ver. 64, 65.) Thus, though there was such an amazing increase in seven tribes, yet so great was the decrease in the other five tribes, that the balance against the present census is 1,820, as appears above. Notwithstanding the amazing increase in some, and decrease in other tribes, the same sort of proportion is kept in their several divisions; so as to keep the division in the front the largest, and that in the rear the next.

1:46; 2:32; Ne 9:23; Job 12:9,10,14,20-23; Ps 77:20

Numbers 26:62

those that.

1:49; 3:39; 4:27,48; 18:20-24; 35:2-8; De 10:9; 14:27-29; 18:1,2

Jos 13:14,33; 14:3

they were not.

1:49

because.

18:20-24; 35:2-8; De 10:9; 14:27-29; 18:1,2; Jos 13:14,33; 14:3

Deuteronomy 1:10

your God.

10:22; 28:62; Ge 15:5; 22:17; 28:14; Ex 12:37; 32:13; Nu 1:46

1Ch 27:23; Ne 9:23

ye are this day.This was the promise made by God to Abraham, (Ge 15:5, 6,) which Moses considers now as amply fulfilled. Many suppose the expression to be hyperbolical; and others, no friends to revelation, think it a vain, empty boast, because the stars, in their apprehension, amount to innumerable millions. But, as this refers to the number of stars that appear to the naked eye, which only amount to about 3,010 in both hemispheres, the number of the Israelites far exceeded this; for independently of women and children, at the last census, they amounted to more than 600,000.

Deuteronomy 28:62

few in number.In the seige of Jerusalem there died 1,100,000 persons, and more than 90,000 were carried captive; and, having afterwards provoked the Romans by their crimes and rebellions, they persecuted them nearly to extirpation; to which, if the tens of thousands which were slaughtered year after year in every country be added, it appears wonderful that there were any remains left.

4:27; Le 26:22; 2Ki 13:7; 24:14; Ne 7:4; Isa 1:9; 24:6; Jer 42:2

Jer 52:28-30; Mr 13:20; Ro 9:27-29

as the stars.

10:22; Ne 9:23; Ro 9:27