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New Century Version

Numbers 2:1

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Aloes;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Numbers, Book of;   Tabernacle;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron;   Moses;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Encampment;   Tabernacle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - War;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bemidbar Rabbah;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron:
Amplified Bible
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Now the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses and Aaron
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron:
English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
AND the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron, & sayde:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron, and seide,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
New Living Translation
Then the Lord gave these instructions to Moses and Aaron:
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh onto Moses and onto Aaron saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said, "The People of Israel are to set up camp circling the Tent of Meeting and facing it. Each company is to camp under its distinctive tribal flag."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2 "The Israelites should make their camps around the Meeting Tent, but they should not camp too close to it. They should camp under their family flag and banners."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 2:17 - tabernacle Numbers 7:2 - the princes Numbers 7:17 - this was the offering Deuteronomy 23:12 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the sky and the earth.
Genesis 1:10
God named the dry land "earth" and the water that was gathered together "seas." God saw that this was good.
Genesis 2:3
God blessed the seventh day and made it a holy day, because on that day he rested from all the work he had done in creating the world.
Genesis 2:4
This is the story of the creation of the sky and the earth. When the Lord God first made the earth and the sky,
Genesis 2:5
there were still no plants on the earth. Nothing was growing in the fields because the Lord God had not yet made it rain on the land. And there was no person to care for the ground,
Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.
Genesis 2:11
The first river, named Pishon, flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2:13
The second river, named Gihon, flows around the whole land of Cush.
Exodus 20:11
The reason is that in six days the Lord made everything—the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. On the seventh day he rested. So the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Exodus 31:17
The Sabbath day will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, because in six days I, the Lord , made the sky and the earth. On the seventh day I did not work; I rested.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... Very probably after the number of the children of Israel was taken, of which in the preceding chapter, and when the congregation of Israel with the tabernacle were about to set forward on their journey; and therefore directions are here given for their orderly and regular proceeding in it, in what form and manner they should both encamp and march;

saying: as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER II

Moses commanded to teach the Israelites how they are to pitch

their tents, and erect the ensigns of their fathers' houses,

1, 2.

Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, on the EAST, amounting to

186,400 men, 3-9.

Reuben, Simeon, and Gad, on the SOUTH, with 151,450

men, 10-16.

The Levites to be in the midst of the camp, 17.

Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin, on the WEST, with

108,100 men, 18-24.

Dan, Asher, and Naphtali, on the NORTH, with 157,600

men, 25-31.

The sum total of the whole, 603,550 men, 32.

But the Levites are not included, 33.

The people do as the Lord commands them, 34.

NOTES ON CHAP. II


 
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