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Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers` houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;
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More Than a Headcount
Commentators explain that this census was not merely a headcount. Its purposes were threefold: to demonstrate God's faithfulness in multiplying Jacob's descendants, to organize the nation for the military conquest of Canaan, and to establish family lines for the future division of the land.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The enrollment, being taken primarily for military purposes (compare Numbers 1:3, Numbers 1:20), would naturally be arranged by hundreds…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Of the children of Gad, by their generations (See Gill on Numbers 1:20).
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…
