twentie and two thousand] The particulars forementioned are more by three hundred then this totall summe; out of which Aaron the Priest, and the first born of the Levites, born since their coming out of Egypt, are thought to be deducted, as being Gods own portion in a more speciall manner then the rest; or if in so great a number it be like that there were more then 300 first born, it may be some of them might beomitted, because they were for remarkable blemishes not to be permitted to serve with others at the Sanctuary; and some, for some other reasons, might be left out; or the lesser number might be omitted as not considerable in respect of the greater, as Gen. Chap. 15. vers. 13. but 400 yeares are mentioned which in exact account were 405.