New International Version
Numbers 26:2
2“Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families—all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of Israel.”
Numbers 26:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel from twenty years old and above, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their families. List all the men twenty years old or older who are able to go to war.”
Context of Numbers 26:2
1After the plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families—all those twenty years old or more who are able to serve in the army of Israel.” 3So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them and said, 4“Take a census of the men twenty years old or more, as the Lord commanded Moses.” These were the Israelites who came out of Egypt:
Read all of Numbers 26Numbers 26:2 word by word
שְׂא֞וּ אֶת־רֹ֣אשׁ׀ כָּל־עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֛ה וָמַ֖עְלָה לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם כָּל־יֹצֵ֥א צָבָ֖א בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Takeנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: countH5375
- the sumרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: countH7218
- of all the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
- of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- from twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
- yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
- and upwardמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
- throughout their fathers’אָב'âb · fatherH1
- houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- all that are able to goיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: regularH3318
- to warצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · army: warH6635
Cross-references for Numbers 26:2
- Numbers 26:63These are the ones counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Numbers 22:1Then the Israelites traveled to the plains of Moab and camped along the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Numbers 31:12and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Numbers 33:48They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
- Numbers 35:1On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the Lord said to Moses,
- Deuteronomy 4:46and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 34:1Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan,
Commentaries on Numbers 26:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Take the sum of all the congregation - After thirty-eight years God commands a second census of the Israelites to be made, to preserve the distinction in families, and to regulate the tribes previously to their entry into the promised land, and to ascertain the proportion of land which should be allowed to each tribe. For though the whole was divided by lot, yet the portions were so disposed that a numerous tribe did not draw where the lots assigned small…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4As in the first census, Moses and Eleazar directed the counting of the people. Eleazar had taken Aaron’s place as high priest. They gave instructions to the tribal leaders about how to record the numbers of the men.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Take the sum of all the congregation--The design of this new census, after a lapse of thirty-eight years, was primarily to establish the vast multiplication of the posterity of Abraham in spite of the severe judgments inflicted upon them; secondarily, it was to preserve the distinction of families and to make arrangements, preparatory to an entrance into the promised land, for the distribution of the country according to the relative population of the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 26
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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