Numbers 26:2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house… These uninteresting verses suggest — I. THE APPARENT INSIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN LIFE. How dull are the details, and how wearisome the repetitions of this chapter! What a number of obscure names of unknown persons it contains! II. THE REAL IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN LIFE. This will appear if we consider that — 1. Every man has his own individuality of being and circumstances. 2. Every man has his own possibilities. 3. Every man has his own influence. 4. Every man has his own accountability. 5. Every man is an object of deep interest to God.To Him nothing is mean, nothing unimportant. (W. Jones.) Parallel Verses KJV: Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. |
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