Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Numbers 1:40 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Numbers 1:40 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 1 verse 40 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;”
Numbers 1:40 (KJV)
Historical Context for Numbers 1:40
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Commentary on Numbers 1:40
Asher's census demonstrates God's inclusion of even the less prominent tribes in His covenant administration. The tribe descended from Leah's handmaid Zilpah received the same careful enumeration and organization as tribes descended from Rachel or Leah directly. This equal treatment across varying family status prefigures the gospel's erasure of ethnic and social distinctions—in Christ there is 'neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free' (Galatians 3:28), as God's electing grace operates independently of human hierarchies.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Numbers 1:40
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“who were born to him in Egypt”
“Leah's handmaid”
“the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi”