Numbers 1:2

Israel

¹ On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:

“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

³ You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.

⁴ And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

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: “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
KJV: Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
WEB: “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one,
ASV: Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers` houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls;
DARBY: Take the sum of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, every male, according to their polls;
BLB: “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names—every male by their polls.

ÅB: Ta opp manntall over hele Israels barns menighet etter deres slekter og familier og skriv opp deres navn - alle som er av mannkjønn, en for en,
OTB: "Ta en folketelling av hele menigheten av israelittene etter deres familier, etter deres fedres hus, og opptegn hver mann ved navn, én etter én.
B1930: Ta op manntall over hele Israels barns menighet efter deres ætter og familier og skriv op deres navn - alle som er av mannkjønn, en for en,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 30:12
“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.
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Exodus 38:26
a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
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Numbers 1:18
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,
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Numbers 26:2–4
“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”
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Numbers 1:22
From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
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2 Samuel 24:1–3
Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
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Numbers 26:63–64
These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
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Exodus 6:14–19
These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.
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