Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. New Living Translation “From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men English Standard Version “Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. Berean Standard Bible “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. King James Bible 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; New King James Version “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male individually, New American Standard Bible “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head NASB 1995 “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head NASB 1977 “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head Legacy Standard Bible “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head Amplified Bible “Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head Christian Standard Bible “Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of every male one by one. Holman Christian Standard Bible Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of every male one by one. American Standard Version 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; English Revised Version 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; GOD'S WORD® Translation "Take a census of the whole community of Israel by families and households. List every man by name Good News Translation "You and Aaron are to take a census of the people of Israel by clans and families. List the names of all the men International Standard Version "Take a census of the entire Israeli community, numbering them by their tribes and by ancestral houses. List the names of every male one-by-one, Majority Standard Bible “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. NET Bible "Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male. New Heart English Bible "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; Webster's Bible Translation 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 poll: World English Bible “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, Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names—every male by their counted heads; Young's Literal Translation 'Take ye up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names -- every male by their polls; Smith's Literal Translation Take up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, with the number of names, every male according to their head: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTake the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel by their families, and houses, and the names of every one, as many as are of the male sex, Catholic Public Domain Version “Take a total of the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, by their families and houses, and the names of each one, of whomever is of the male sex, New American Bible Take a census of the whole community of the Israelites, by clans and ancestral houses, registering by name each male individually. New Revised Standard Version Take a census of the whole congregation of Israelites, in their clans, by ancestral houses, according to the number of names, every male individually; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTake the census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated “And take the count of the number of the leaders of all of the assembly of the children of Israel for their tribes to the house of their fathers in the number of their names, every male for their leaders. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, by their polls; Brenton Septuagint Translation Take the sum of all the congregation of Israel according to their kindreds, according to the houses of their fathers' families, according to their number by their names, according to their heads: every male Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Census of Israel's Warriors1On 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. 3You 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.… 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. Exodus 38:25-26 The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel— / 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. 2 Samuel 24:1-2 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.” / So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.” 1 Chronicles 21:1-2 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. / So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.” 1 Chronicles 27:23-24 David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky. / Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David. Leviticus 24:10 Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. 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.” Numbers 3:15 “Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.” Numbers 4:2 “Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families, 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. Numbers 26:64-65 Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai. / For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. Deuteronomy 1:35-36 “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers, / except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.” Joshua 5:6 For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 1 Kings 20:27 The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside. 2 Chronicles 2:17 Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all. Treasury of Scripture Take you 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; take ye the sum. Numbers 26:2-4,63,64 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… Exodus 30:12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. Exodus 38:26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. the children Genesis 49:1-3 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days… Exodus 1:1-5 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob… after Numbers 1:18,22,26 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls… Exodus 6:14-19 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben… Jump to Previous Assembly Census Children Clans Community Company Congregation Families Fathers Full Head House Households Houses Israel Israelite Male Names Poll Polls Sum WholeJump to Next Assembly Census Children Clans Community Company Congregation Families Fathers Full Head House Households Houses Israel Israelite Male Names Poll Polls Sum WholeNumbers 1 1. God commands Moses to number the people5. The princes of the tribes 17. The number of every tribe 47. The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord Take a census The phrase "Take a census" in Numbers 1:2 is a directive from God to Moses. The Hebrew root for "census" is "paqad," which means to count, number, or muster. This command is not merely about counting people; it is a divine mandate to organize and prepare the Israelites for their journey and future battles. In the ancient Near Eastern context, censuses were often conducted for military or taxation purposes. However, in this biblical context, it underscores God's sovereign plan and order for His people. It reflects the importance of each individual within the community and God's intimate knowledge of His people. of the whole congregation of the Israelites by their clans and families listing every man by name one by one With the number of their names.--Better, according to the number of names. The reference is probably to the previous numbering recorded in Exodus 30:12. There is no corresponding clause in the account of the later numbering in Numbers 26:2. By their polls--i.e., man by man. The word gulgoleth denotes a man's head, or skull. Cf. Matthew 27:33. Verse 2. - Take ye the sum of all the congregation. The census here ordered had clearly been anticipated, as far as the numbers were concerned, by the results of the half-shekel poll-tax for the service of the sanctuary levied some time before on all adult males on pain of Divine displeasure (Exodus 30:11, sq.). Since all who were liable had paid that tax (Exodus 38:25, 26), it would only have been requisite to make slight; corrections for death or coming of age during the interval. The totals, however, in the two cases being exactly the same, it is evident that no such corrections were made, and that the round numbers already obtained were accepted as sufficiently accurate for all practical purposes. After their families. This was to be a registration as well as a census. No doubt the lists and pedigrees collected at this time laid the foundation of that exact and careful genealogical lore which played so important a part both in the religious and in the secular history of the Jews down to the final dispersion. Every Jew had not only his national, but also (and often even more) his tribal and family, associations, traditions, and sympathies. Unity, but not uniformity, - unity in all deepest interests and highest purposes, combined with great variety of character, of tradition, and even of tendency, - was the ideal of the life of Israel. The number of their names. It is impossible to help thinking of the parallel expression in Acts 1:15, of the similarity in position of the two peoples, of the contrast between their numbers and apparent chances of success, of the more striking contrast between their actual achievements.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Take a censusשְׂא֗וּ (śə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take of the entire כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every congregation עֲדַ֣ת (‘ă·ḏaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5712: A stated assemblage of the sons בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc by their clans לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם (lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people and families, אֲבֹתָ֑ם (’ă·ḇō·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father listing בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר (bə·mis·par) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration the name שֵׁמ֔וֹת (šê·mō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8034: A name of every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every man, זָכָ֖ר (zā·ḵār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male one by one. לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם׃ (lə·ḡul·gə·lō·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1538: A skull, head, poll (of persons) Links Numbers 1:2 NIVNumbers 1:2 NLT Numbers 1:2 ESV Numbers 1:2 NASB Numbers 1:2 KJV Numbers 1:2 BibleApps.com Numbers 1:2 Biblia Paralela Numbers 1:2 Chinese Bible Numbers 1:2 French Bible Numbers 1:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 1:2 Take a census of all the congregation (Nu Num.) |
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