Take ye. Compare Exo_30:11, Exo_30:12; Exo_38:25. In Exodus, moral law (prophet); Leviticus, ritual law (priest); Numbers, commonwealth law (king).
sum. Three numberings. Exo_30:11, Exo_30:12 (Compare Num_38:25, Num_38:26); here; and 26.
congregation. See note on Gen_28:3.
children = sons. Hebrew. banim, from banah, to build, because the family thus built up. Compare Gen_30:3. Rth_4:11. So throughout, polls. Edition of 1611 = poll. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, skull or head put for person.