Numbers 1:3

Numbers 1:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Numbers 1:3

1The Israelites were in the Sinai desert. It was the first day of the second month of the second year after they left Egypt. Moses was in the Tent of Meeting. The Lord said to Moses, 2‘Put the people into clans and families and count them. Make a list. Write the name of each man on the list. You and Aaron must record the names of all the men in each group who can fight in the army. Record the names of men who are 20 years old or older. 4A man from each tribe must help you. Each of them will be the leader of his family. 5These are the men from each tribe who must help you: Reuben: Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

Numbers 1:3 word by word

מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה כָּל־יֹצֵ֥א צָבָ֖א בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל תִּפְקְד֥וּ אֹתָ֛ם לְצִבְאֹתָ֖ם אַתָּ֥ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• From twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• and upwardמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• all that are able to go forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: regularH3318
• to warצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · army: warH6635
• in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• thou and Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• shall numberפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• them by their armiesצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635

Cross-references for Numbers 1:3

• Numbers 14:29Your dead bodies will fall to the ground in this desert. All the men that Moses counted will die. Those were the men who were 20 years old or older when he counted them. They complained against me and now they will die in this desert.
• Numbers 32:11He promised, “None of the men that I brought out from Egypt will go into the land. It is the land that I promised to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But they have not trusted me completely. So any man who is 20 years old or older will not go into this land.
• Exodus 30:14You must count every person who is 20 years old or more. Each person must offer his gift to the Lord.
• Numbers 26:2He said, ‘Count all the Israelites, clan by clan. Count all the men who are 20 years old or older. Count only those men who can fight in the army.’
• Deuteronomy 3:18At that time I commanded you, ‘The Lord your God has given this land to you, for you to live in it. But all your soldiers must take their weapons and they must cross the Jordan River. You must go in front of the other Israelite tribes across the river.
• Deuteronomy 24:5When a man has just married, do not send him away to fight in the army. Do not make him work at jobs in other places. He should stay at home for one year. Then he can make his new wife very happy.
• 2 Samuel 24:9Joab reported to the king about the number of soldiers who could fight. There were 800,000 men in Israel who could use a sword to fight. There were also 500,000 soldiers in Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 17:13He kept lots of things in Judah's towns. He had a big army of strong, brave soldiers in Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 26:11Uzziah had an army of soldiers who were ready to fight battles. The king's secretary, Jeiel, and his officer, Maaseiah, put the soldiers into groups. They counted the soldiers in each group. Hananiah was the army captain who had authority over them.
• Numbers 33:1This is the way that the Israelites travelled, after Moses and Aaron led them out of Egypt. They travelled in their family groups.
• Exodus 12:17This will be the Feast of Flat Bread, when you eat bread with no yeast in it. You will remember that I brought you all out of the country of Egypt on this day. You marched out like an army, family by family! That is why you must enjoy this day as a special day, for all time. This is a rule that you must always obey.

Commentaries on Numbers 1:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3From 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-4Verses 1-4 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The Israelites got ready to leave for the promised land by listing all troops who could join the conquest. The nation was changing from slavery to becoming a nation.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Aaron shall number them by their armies--or companies. In their departure from Egypt they were divided into five grand companies (Ex 13:18), but from the sojourn in the wilderness to the passage of the Jordan, they were formed into four great divisions. The latter is here referred to.Read the comment

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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