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:
• 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,
• New Living Translation (NLT)So Moses and Aaron called together these chosen leaders,

Context of Numbers 1:17

15from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.” 16These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel. Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, 18and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, 19as the Lord commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:

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 names of the men who are to assist you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
• John 10:3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
• Revelation 7:4Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes 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

Topics related to Numbers 1:17

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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