From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army, Sermons
I. THEY ARE MERE NAMES TO US. Were we asked who Eliab was, we should say the eldest, envious, angry brother of David, not the census-taker for Zebulun; or Gamaliel, he who stood up in the council, not the census-taker for Manasseh. High as they may have been once, their position in human history is little better than oblivion. "The long, proud tale of swelling fame II. Yet though mere names now, they WERE ONCE WELL KNOWN. Every child of Zebulun would be taught to look up to Eliab. III. Though mere names to us, THEY DID A USEFUL WORK IN THEIR TIME. It would be no small satisfaction to them, if they looked at the thing rightly, to consider that they had been able to undertake for Moses such an important work as making sure of the fighting strength of each tribe. IV. There was doubtless some appreciation of their services AT THE TIME, both by Moses and the sober-minded of the people. V. But in any case GOD HAS MARKED WHAT THEY DID. He has the record of all the faithful and the holy who have only their names in human history, and the far greater part of them not even that. - Y. I. THE NECESSITY OF THIS ARMY. The Church must be militant. 1. Internal foes have to be conquered. Carnal appetites, evil passions, &c. 2. External foes have to be conquered. Ignorance and superstition, immorality and irreligion, dirt and disease, vice and crime. II. THE AUTHORITY FOR ORGANISING THIS ARMY. God's command. III. THE COMPOSITION OF THIS ARMY. 1. Israelites only. Thoroughly decided Christians are needed now. 2. Able men only. Christ gives strength even to the weak and timid. 3. All the able men. None exempt. We must either vanquish our spiritual enemies, or they will vanquish us. Neutrality is out of the question here. Neither can we do our fighting by proxy. IV. THE CONQUERING SPIRIT OF THIS ARMY. When our faith in God is strong, we are invincible. When it fails, we are overthrown by the first assault of the enemy. True faith gives glorious visions to the spirit, inspires us with heroic courage, girds us with all-sufficient strength. Conclusion — 1. A call to decision. "Who is on the Lord's side?" 2. A call to courage. Our arms are tried and true; our great Leader is invincible; let us then "be strong and of a good courage." 3. A call to confidence. Our courage, to be true, must spring from faith, By trust we triumph. (W. Jones.) (H. W. Beecher.) People Aaron, Abidan, Ahiezer, Ahira, Ammihud, Amminadab, Ammishaddai, Asher, Benjamin, Dan, Deuel, Eliab, Eliasaph, Elishama, Elizur, Enan, Gad, Gamaliel, Gideoni, Helon, Israelites, Issachar, Joseph, Levi, Levites, Manasseh, Moses, Nahshon, Naphtali, Nethaneel, Ocran, Pagiel, Pedahzur, Reuben, Reuel, Shedeur, Shelumiel, Simeon, Zebulun, Zuar, ZurishaddaiPlaces Egypt, SinaiTopics Able, Army, Benjamin, Births, Clans, Families, Fathers, Forth, Genealogical, Generations, Host, Households, Houses, Listed, Male, Military, Names, Numbered, Records, Registration, Serve, Service, Sons, Twenty, Upward, WarOutline 1. God commands Moses to number the people5. The princes of the tribes 17. The number of every tribe 47. The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord Dictionary of Bible Themes Numbers 1:1-49Library The ConsolationComfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received at the LORD 's hand double for all her sins. T he particulars of the great "mystery of godliness," as enumerated by the Apostle Paul, constitute the grand and inexhaustible theme of the Gospel ministry, "God manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on … John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1 The Census of Israel The Child-Life in Nazareth Genealogy According to Luke. The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah Numbers Links Numbers 1:36 NIVNumbers 1:36 NLT Numbers 1:36 ESV Numbers 1:36 NASB Numbers 1:36 KJV Numbers 1:36 Bible Apps Numbers 1:36 Parallel Numbers 1:36 Biblia Paralela Numbers 1:36 Chinese Bible Numbers 1:36 French Bible Numbers 1:36 German Bible Numbers 1:36 Commentaries Bible Hub |