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Numbers 1:3

Aaron

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:

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

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.

5 These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

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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.

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BSB
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.
KJV
From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
WEB
from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall count them by their divisions.
ASV
from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.
DARBY
from twenty years and upward, all that go forth to military service in Israel: ye shall number them according to their hosts, thou and Aaron.
BLB
From a son of twenty years and above, all who can go to war in Israel, you⁺ shall number them by their armies—you and Aaron;
ÅB
fra tyveårsalderen og oppover; alle dem i Israel som kan dra ut i krig, skal dere mønstre, hær etter hær, du og Aron.
OTB
Du og Aron skal telle alle mennene i Israel som er tjue år eller eldre og i stand til å tjene i hæren, etter deres avdelinger.
B1930
fra tyveårsalderen og opover; alle dem i Israel som kan dra ut i krig, skal I mønstre, hær efter hær, du og Aron.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 30:14

    Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.

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  • Numbers 14:29

    Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.

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  • Numbers 26:2

    “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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  • 2 Samuel 24:9

    And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.

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  • 2 Chronicles 26:11–13

    Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.

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  • Deuteronomy 24:5

    If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.

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  • Numbers 33:1

    These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

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  • Numbers 32:11

    ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—

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