Numbers 1:19

Numbers 1:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
• New International Version (NIV)as the Lord commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:
• English Standard Version (ESV)as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.

Context of Numbers 1:19

17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, 18and they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month. Then they registered by ancestry in their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. So he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20Now the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war, 21their numbered men of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.

Numbers 1:19 word by word

כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֖ם בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר סִינָֽי׃ פRead the interlinear

• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• had commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• So he countedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• them in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• of Sinaiסִינַיsîynay · (Wilderness of) SinaiH5514

Cross-references for Numbers 1:19

• Numbers 1:2“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
• Numbers 26:1Then it came about after the plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
• 2 Samuel 24:1Now the anger of the Lord burned against Israel again, and He incited David against them to say, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”

Commentaries on Numbers 1:19

• 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. 1919. As the Lord commanded Moses, &c.--The numbering of the people was not an act sinful in itself, as Moses did it by divine appointment; but David incurred guilt by doing it without the authority of God. (See on 2Sa 24:10).Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 1:19

• Israel

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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