Numbers 1:3
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 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;
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.
4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
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
- 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
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
Read in contextNumbers 14:29
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
Read in contextNumbers 26:2
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
Read in context2 Samuel 24:9
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
Read in context2 Chronicles 26:11–13
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 24:5
When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Read in contextNumbers 33:1
These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Read in contextNumbers 32:11
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
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