Numbers 1:17

Numbers 1:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
• New International Version (NIV)Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned by name,

Context of Numbers 1:17

15Naphtali: Ahira, the son of Enan.’ 16These were the men that they chose from among the people. They were leaders of their clans. Each of them worked on behalf of the tribe of their ancestor. Moses and Aaron told these leaders to come. 18On the first day of the second month, they said that all the Israelite people must come together. The people were in clans and in families. They made a list of all the men who were 20 years old or older. 19They did the things that the Lord had told Moses to do. So Moses recorded the names there in the Sinai desert.

Numbers 1:17 word by word

וַיִּקַּ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן אֵ֚ת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִקְּב֖וּ בְּשֵׁמֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• and Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• these menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• which are expressedנָקַבnâqab · to pierceH5344
• namesשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034

Cross-references for Numbers 1:17

• Numbers 1:5These are the men from each tribe who must help you: Reuben: Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
• John 10:3The person who watches the gate opens it for the shepherd. The sheep recognize the shepherd's voice. He calls each of his own sheep by their name and he leads them out.
• Revelation 7:4Then I heard how many people received God's seal. The number of people was 144,000. They came from all the tribes of Israel's people:

Commentaries on Numbers 1:17

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-46The count of 603,550 shows the same number of qualified men as mentioned in Exodus 38:26. Exodus 12:37 and Numbers 11:21 give an approximate number of 600,000. People have interpreted these numbers in different ways: The numbers might show the actual size of this army (see Exodus 1:9–10). The numbers might be symbolic. A later editor might have estimated, or might have misunderstood while translating. See also study note on Exodus 12:37.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-54Commentary by Robert Jamieson 1-2. on the first day of the second month, &c.--Thirteen months had elapsed since the exodus. About one month had been occupied in the journey; and the rest of the period had been passed in encampment among the recesses of Sinai, where the transactions took place, and the laws, religious and civil, were promulgated, which are contained in the two preceding books. As the tabernacle was erected on the first day of the first…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 1:17

• Israel

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• Aaron
• Moses
• Condition
• Double
• Encamp
• Express
• Palestine
• Refuge, Cities of
• Sinai
• Sum

Commentaries on Numbers 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings