Moses
Numbers 1:13ESV·traditional attribution
from Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;
Matthew Henry Presbyterian
God's order to number Israel came with careful limits: males of war age only, family by family, so each man knew his place and the government knew where to find him. When David numbered the people without commission long after, he paid dearly for it. The church is militant, and only those enlisted as soldiers of Jesus Christ are true members.
AI summary
Commenting on Numbers 1:1-16
Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran
Num 1:4-16 Moses and Aaron, who were commanded to number, or rather to muster, the people, were to have with them “a man of every tribe, who was head-man of his fathers’ houses,” i.e., a tribe-prince, viz., to help them to carry out the mustering.
Commenting on Numbers 1:4-16