Numbers 1:32 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

Of the children of Joseph, [namely], of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers` houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The enrollment, being taken primarily for military purposes (compare Numbers 1:3, Numbers 1:20), would naturally be arranged by hundreds…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Of the children of Joseph, [namely], of the children of
Ephraim, by their generations (See Gill on Numbers 1:20<…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in so increasing the seed of Jacob, so that they might be better trained for the wars and conqu…