Numbers 1:17
15 and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
16 These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.
So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,
18 and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
19 just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,
- KJV
- And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
- WEB
- Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.
- ASV
- And Moses and Aaron took these men that are mentioned by name:
- DARBY
- And Moses and Aaron took these men who are expressed by their names,
- BLB
- And Moses took Aaron and these men who had been mentioned by name,
- ÅB
- Da lot Moses og Aron disse menn, som var nevnt ved navn, komme,
- OTB
- Moses og Aron samlet disse mennene som var blitt utpekt ved navn,
- B1930
- Da lot Moses og Aron disse menn, som var nevnt ved navn, komme,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 1:5–15
These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
Read in contextRevelation 7:4–17
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
Read in contextJohn 10:3
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
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