Numbers 30
KingCommentsNumbers 30:1
Reuben numbered
The census begins with Reuben, emphatically named “Israel’s firstborn”. The census comprises four generations (Genesis 46:9). Among them Pallu is named in particular because from his family Dathan and Abiram originated. These names recall the terrible revolt of Korah, Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:1-35). We are once again told what the sin of the rebels was and the special judgment that struck them from God. It is stated that they “became a warning” (Numbers 26:10). They are a sign that warns against any form of pride and rebellion.
But here we also read that the “sons of Korah, however, did not die” (Numbers 26:11). The reason is not that they have shown a special faithfulness to the LORD. They belong to a doomy family. They were saved because God wanted to save them because they have not shown the spirit of their father. There is no other motive to discover than the grace of God. The sons of Korah have remained conscious of this grace also in next generations. We find expressions of this in several psalms (Psalms 42-49; 84; 85; 87; 88).
Numbers 30:2
Simeon Numbered
Simeon is the tribe with the greatest loss. This large loss may also have been caused by the plague of the previous chapter, in which Simeon is also severely indebted (Numbers 25:14). His number concerns five generations: “The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman” (Genesis 46:10).
Numbers 30:3
Simeon Numbered
Simeon is the tribe with the greatest loss. This large loss may also have been caused by the plague of the previous chapter, in which Simeon is also severely indebted (Numbers 25:14). His number concerns five generations: “The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman” (Genesis 46:10).
Numbers 30:4
Simeon Numbered
Simeon is the tribe with the greatest loss. This large loss may also have been caused by the plague of the previous chapter, in which Simeon is also severely indebted (Numbers 25:14). His number concerns five generations: “The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman” (Genesis 46:10).
Numbers 30:5
Gad Numbered
The census of Gad concerns seven generations: “The sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli” (Genesis 46:16).
Numbers 30:6
Gad Numbered
The census of Gad concerns seven generations: “The sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli” (Genesis 46:16).
Numbers 30:7
Gad Numbered
The census of Gad concerns seven generations: “The sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli” (Genesis 46:16).
Numbers 30:8
Gad Numbered
The census of Gad concerns seven generations: “The sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli” (Genesis 46:16).
Numbers 30:9
Judah Numbered
In Judah’s census, as in Reuben’s census, a dark event in the past is recalled: the death of Er and Onan (Genesis 38:6-10). They died without descendants.
The census of Judah includes five generations: “The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan)” (Genesis 46:12).
Numbers 30:10
Judah Numbered
In Judah’s census, as in Reuben’s census, a dark event in the past is recalled: the death of Er and Onan (Genesis 38:6-10). They died without descendants.
The census of Judah includes five generations: “The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan)” (Genesis 46:12).
Numbers 30:11
Judah Numbered
In Judah’s census, as in Reuben’s census, a dark event in the past is recalled: the death of Er and Onan (Genesis 38:6-10). They died without descendants.
The census of Judah includes five generations: “The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan)” (Genesis 46:12).
Numbers 30:12
Judah Numbered
In Judah’s census, as in Reuben’s census, a dark event in the past is recalled: the death of Er and Onan (Genesis 38:6-10). They died without descendants.
The census of Judah includes five generations: “The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan)” (Genesis 46:12).
Numbers 30:13
Issachar Numbered
The census of Issachar concerns four generations: “The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvvah and Iob and Shimron” (Genesis 46:13).
Numbers 30:14
Issachar Numbered
The census of Issachar concerns four generations: “The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvvah and Iob and Shimron” (Genesis 46:13).
Numbers 30:15
Issachar Numbered
The census of Issachar concerns four generations: “The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvvah and Iob and Shimron” (Genesis 46:13).
Numbers 30:16
Zebulun Numbered
The census of Zebulun concerns three generations: “The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel” (Genesis 46:14).