Bible Study Tools
Language Tools
Historical Writings
Pastoral Resources
Personal Resources
Site Resources
Lectionary Calendar
Monday, December 29th, 2025
the Monday after Christmas
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Home » Read the Bible » English » New Living Translation » Numbers » Chapter 1

Read the Bible

New Living Translation

Numbers 1:3

NumbersNum 1
twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops,
Jump to:Bible Study Tools • Parallel Bible Verse • Bible Contextual Overview • Bible Cross-References • Gill's Bible Notes • Clarke's Bible Notes • Barnes' Bible Notes

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Israel;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   High Priest, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Agag;   Canaan;   Exodus;   Jazer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Host;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Army;   Census;   Nahshon;   War;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Atharim;   Host of Heaven;   Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Army;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Army;   Census;   Poll;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Army;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Genealogy;   Hafṭarah;   Hatra'ah;   Majority;   Sidra;  

return to 'Jump List'

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Yisra'el. You and Aharon shall number them by their divisions.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
from twenty years old and above, everyone in Israel who is able to go to war. You and Aaron must muster them for their wars.
New Century Version
You and Aaron must count every man twenty years old or older who will serve in the army of Israel, and list them by their divisions.
New English Translation
You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions.
Amplified Bible
from twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go out to war. You and Aaron shall number them, army by army.
New American Standard Bible
from twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall count them by their armies.
Geneva Bible (1587)
From twentie yere olde and aboue, all that go forth to the warre in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them, throughout their armies.
Legacy Standard Bible
from twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Complete Jewish Bible
lass="passage-text">
Darby Translation
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
You and Aaron must count the men of Israel who are 20 years old or older. (These are all the men who are able to serve in the army of Israel.) List them by their divisions.
English Standard Version
From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.
George Lamsa Translation
From twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel; you and Aaron your brother shall number them by their armies.
Good News Translation
lass="passage-text">
Christian Standard Bible®
You and Aaron are to register those who are twenty years old or more by their military divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.
Literal Translation
from a son of twenty years and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
fro twentye yeare and aboue, as many as are able to go forth in to ye warre in Israel. And ye shal nombre them acordinge to their armyes thou and Aaron,
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
From twentie yeres olde and aboue, euen all that go foorth to the warre in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them throughout their armies.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: ye shall number them by their hosts, even thou and Aaron.
King James Version (1611)
From twentie yeeres old and vpward, all that are able to goe foorth to warre in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
from twenty years old and upwards, every one that goes forth in the forces of Israel, take account of them with their strength; thou and Aaron take account of them.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
You and Aaron are to register those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions-everyone who can serve in Israel's army.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
euer thing is of male kynde fro the twentithe yeere and aboue, of alle the stronge men of Israel; and thou and Aaron schulen noumbre hem bi her cumpanies.
Young's Literal Translation
from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;
Update Bible Version
from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.
New King James Version
from twenty years old and above--all who are able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
New Life Bible
twenty years old and older. You and Aaron number by their armies whoever in Israel is able to go out to war.
New Revised Standard
from twenty years old and upward, everyone in Israel able to go to war. You and Aaron shall enroll them, company by company.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel, - ye shall number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;
Douay-Rheims Bible
From twenty years old and upwards, of all the men of Israel fit for war, and you shall number them by their troops, thou and Aaron.
Revised Standard Version
from twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go forth to war, you and Aaron shall number them, company by company.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
from twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
return to 'Jump List'

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
return to 'Jump List'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

twenty: Numbers 14:29, Numbers 32:11, Exodus 30:14

able: Numbers 26:2, Deuteronomy 3:18, Deuteronomy 24:5, 2 Samuel 24:9, 2 Chronicles 17:13-18, 2 Chronicles 26:11-13

by their: Numbers 33:1, Exodus 12:17

Reciprocal: Numbers 1:47 - General 1 Chronicles 5:18 - that went 1 Chronicles 23:24 - twenty 2 Chronicles 25:5 - from twenty

return to 'Jump List'

Cross-References

Job 36:30
See how he spreads the lightning around him and how it lights up the depths of the sea.
Job 38:19
"Where does light come from, and where does darkness go?
Psalms 33:6
The Lord merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.
Psalms 33:9
For when he spoke, the world began! It appeared at his command.
Psalms 97:11
Light shines on the godly, and joy on those whose hearts are right.
Psalms 104:2
You are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
Psalms 118:27
The Lord is God, shining upon us. Take the sacrifice and bind it with cords on the altar.
Psalms 148:5
Let every created thing give praise to the Lord , for he issued his command, and they came into being.
Isaiah 45:7
I create the light and make the darkness. I send good times and bad times. I, the Lord , am the one who does these things.
Isaiah 60:19
"No longer will you need the sun to shine by day, nor the moon to give its light by night, for the Lord your God will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
return to 'Jump List'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

From twenty years old and upwards,.... All that had entered into their twentieth year, or, as it should rather seem, who were full twenty years of age, and all that were above it without any limitation; though some limit it to fifty, and others to sixty years, when men may be reasonably excused going to war; for to know who were fit for it seems to be a principal design of this order, as follows:

all that are able to go forth to war in Israel; who being about to journey, might expect to meet with enemies, with whom they would be obliged to engage in battle; and therefore it was proper to know their strength, and whom to call out upon occasion: Aben Ezra observes, that the phrase "in Israel" excepts the mixed multitude; those were not of Israel, and so not numbered, and perhaps not to be trusted or depended upon in war; nor were they mustered and marshalled by the standards of the several tribes; in a mystical sense, those numbered may signify the valiant of Israel, the same as the young men in 1 John 2:14; see Song of Solomon 3:7;

thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies; each tribe making a considerable army, Song of Solomon 3:7- :; these people were now typical of the church of God in its militant state in the wilderness, for which they are provided, and prepared, and accoutred.

return to 'Jump List'

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.

return to 'Jump List'

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 1:3. From twenty years old and upward — In this census no women were reckoned, nor children, nor strangers, nor the Levites, nor old men, which, collectively, must have formed an immense multitude; the Levites alone amounted to 22,300. True-born Israelites only are reckoned; such as were able to carry arms, and were expert for war.

return to 'Jump List'

terms of use • privacy policy • • rights and permissions • contact sl • about sl • link to sl
To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient contact form
StudyLight.org © 2001-2025
Powered by Lightspeed Technology
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile