Charles Ellicott Commentary Numbers 4:48

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Numbers 4:48

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Numbers 4:48

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore." — Numbers 4:48 (ASV)

Eight thousand and five hundred and eighty. —This number of men between the ages of twenty and fifty bears a just proportion to that of all the males from a month old and upwards—namely, 22,000.