Numbers 1 - Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

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The number of the people.

We have here the sum total. How much was required to maintain all these in the wilderness! They were all provided for by God every day. When we observe the faithfulness of God, however unlikely the performance of his promise may appear, we may take courage as to those which yet remain to be fulfilled to the church of God. (Nu 1:47-54)

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