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Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 2:32

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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In Num 2:32 we have the whole number given, 603,550 men, not including the Levites ( Num 2:33, see at Num 1:49); and in Num 2:34 the concluding remark as to the subsequent execution of the divine command-an anticipatory notice, as in Exo 12:50; Exo 40:16, etc. Next: Numbers Chapter 3
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