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Numbers 1:2

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"From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men
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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Census;   Commands;   Divine;   Nation, the;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Agag;   Camp, Encampments;   Canaan;   Exodus;   Jazer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Golgotha;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Census;   Genealogy;   Nahshon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Atharim;   Household;   Numbers, Book of;   Poll;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Congregation, Assembly;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Census;   Poll;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Camp;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Genealogy;   Poll;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Family and Family Life;   Genealogy;   Hafṭarah;   Hatra'ah;   Midrashim, Smaller;   Paternity;   Sidra;  

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Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Yisra'el, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one;
King James Version
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;
Lexham English Bible
"Take a census of the entire community of the Israelites according to their clans and their families, according to the number of names, every male individually
New Century Version
"You and Aaron must count all the people of Israel by families and family groups, listing the name of each man.
New English Translation
"Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male.
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
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
Geneva Bible (1587)
Take ye the summe of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, and housholdes of their fathers with the nomber of their names: to wit, all the males, man by man:
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
Contemporary English Version
I want you and Aaron to find out how many people are in each of Israel's clans and families. And make a list of all the men twenty years and older who are able to fight in battle.
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
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;
Easy-to-Read Version
"Count all the Israelites. List the name of each man with his family and his family group.
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.
George Lamsa Translation
Take 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;
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their fathers’ families, counting the names of every male one by one.
Literal Translation
Lift the heads of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, by their heads;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take ye summe of the whole congregacion of the children of Israel, after their kynredes & their fathers houses, with the nombre of the names, all that are males, heade by heade,
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;
Bible in Basic English
Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take ye the summe of all the multitude of the children of Israel, after their kinredes & housholdes of their fathers, with the number of their names, all that are males, head by head,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'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 names, every male, by their polls;
King James Version (1611)
Take yee the summe of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, euery male by their polle:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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
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;
Berean Standard Bible
"Take a census of the entire congregation of the sons of Israel by their clans and families, listing the name of every man, one by one.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Take ye `the summe of al the congregacioun of the sones of Israel, bi her kynredis, and howsis, and `the names of alle bi hem silf, what
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;
Update Bible Version
Take the sum of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls;
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;
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 Life Bible
"Number all the people of Israel, by their families, by those of their fathers' houses. Write down the names of every male, head by head,
New Revised Standard
Take a census of the whole congregation of Israelites, in their clans, by ancestral houses, according to the number of names, every male individually;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, by their families by their ancestral houses, - in the counting of names, every male, by their polls;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take 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,
Revised Standard Version
"Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by families, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head;
New American Standard Bible (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
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Contextual Overview

1 A year after Israel's departure from Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month of that year he said, 2 "From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men 3 twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops, 4 and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe. 5 "These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you:
Tribe Leader
Reuben Elizur son of Shedeur 6
Simeon Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai 7
Judah Nahshon son of Amminadab 8
Issachar Nethanel son of Zuar 9
Zebulun Eliab son of Helon 10
Ephraim son of Joseph Elishama son of Ammihud
Manasseh son of Joseph Gamaliel son of Pedahzur
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Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Take ye the sum: This numbering was probably intended to illustrate the Divine faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Abraham; to prepare them to preserve due order in their march; and to distinguish the tribes and families. Numbers 26:2-4, Numbers 26:63, Numbers 26:64, Exodus 30:12, Exodus 38:26, 2 Samuel 24:1-3, 1 Chronicles 21:1, 1 Chronicles 21:2, 1 Chronicles 27:23, 1 Chronicles 27:24

the children: Genesis 49:1-3, Exodus 1:1-5

after: Numbers 1:18, Numbers 1:22, Numbers 1:26-54, Exodus 6:14-19

Reciprocal: Numbers 1:19 - General Numbers 1:44 - General 1 Chronicles 23:24 - by their polls 2 Chronicles 17:14 - to the house

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Cross-References

Genesis 1:12
The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.
Job 26:7
God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.
Job 26:14
These are just the beginning of all that he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?"
Psalms 33:6
The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.
Isaiah 45:18
For the Lord is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos. "I am the Lord ," he says, "and there is no other.
Nahum 2:10
Soon the city is plundered, empty, and ruined. Hearts melt and knees shake. The people stand aghast, their faces pale and trembling.
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,.... Excepting the Levites; nor were any account taken of the mixed multitude that came out of Egypt with the children of Israel, only of them; and this account was taken, partly to observe the fulfilment of the divine promise to Abraham concerning the multiplication of his seed, and partly that it might be observed, that at the end of thirty eight years from hence, when they were numbered again, there were but three left of this large number, their carcasses falling in the wilderness because of their sins; and chiefly, as Aben Ezra observes, this sum was now taken to fix their standards, and for their better and more orderly journeying and encampment; for on the twentieth of this month they set forward on their journey from hence,

Numbers 10:11; the word for the order is in the plural number, take ye, being given both to Moses and Aaron, who were to take the number, and did, Numbers 1:3;

after their families; into which their tribes were divided:

by the house of their fathers; for if the mother was of one tribe, and the father of another, the family was according to the tribe of the father, as Jarchi notes, a mother's family being never called a family, as Aben Ezra observes:

with the number of [their] names; of every particular person, whose name was inserted in a list or register:

every male by their poll; or head b; for none but males were numbered: the Lord's spiritual Israel are a numbered people, written in the book of life, placed into the hand of Christ, and exactly known by him, even by name; yea, all that belong to him are numbered, and the very airs of their heads,

b לגלגלתם "per capita sua", Pagninus, &c,

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A month had passed away since the setting up of the tabernacle Exodus 40:2, Exodus 40:17 : and the Sinaitic legislation was now complete (compare Leviticus 27:34).

A census (“sum”) was commanded, to be based not upon any fresh registration of individuals, but upon that which had accompanied the previous collection of the offerings. Compare Exodus 30:11, etc.; Exodus 38:25-28. The offerings had been probably tendered by the people in groups, and if certificates of registration were furnished to such groups, the new census might be easily carried out by means of these documents, and got through Numbers 1:18 in a single day. The present registration enrolled persons “after their families, by the house of their fathers;” and was superintended not by the Levites (see Exodus 38:21 and note), but by Numbers 1:4 an assessor for each tribe to act in the business with Moses and Aaron. The purpose now in view was not religious only. The census now taken would serve as a basis for various civil and military arrangements.

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 1:2. Take ye the sum, c. — God, having established the commonwealth of Israel by just and equitable laws, ordained every thing relative to the due performance of his own worship, erected his tabernacle, which was his throne, and the place of his residence among the people, and consecrated his priests who were to minister before him he now orders his subjects to be mustered,

1. That they might see he had not forgotten his promise to Abraham, but was multiplying his posterity.

2. That they might observe due order in their march toward the promised land.

3. That the tribes and families might be properly distinguished; that all litigations concerning property, inheritance, c., might, in all future times, be prevented.

4. That the promise concerning the Messiah might be known to have its due accomplishment, when in the fulness of time God should send him from the seed of Abraham through the house of David. And,

5. That they might know their strength for war for although they should ever consider God as their protector and defence, yet it was necessary that they should be assured of their own fitness, naturally speaking, to cope with any ordinary enemy, or to surmount any common difficulties.

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