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Numbers 1:17
17Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named,
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,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned by name,
- New Living Translation (NLT)So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,
Context of Numbers 1:17
15from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan." 16These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel. Moses and Aaron took these men who had been named, 18and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head, 19as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.
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וַיִּקַּ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן אֵ֚ת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִקְּב֖וּ בְּשֵׁמֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 1:17
- Numbers 1:5And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
- John 10:3To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
- Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
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
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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
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