New King James Version
Numbers 1:2
2“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male individually,
Numbers 1:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
- New International Version (NIV)“Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“From the whole community of Israel, record the names of all the warriors by their clans and families. List all the men
Context of Numbers 1:2
1Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying: “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male individually, 3from twenty years old and above—all who are able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his father’s house.
Read all of Numbers 1Numbers 1:2 word by word
שְׂא֗וּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֙ כָּל־עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר שֵׁמ֔וֹת כָּל־זָכָ֖ר לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Takeנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: countH5375
- ye the sumרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: countH7218
- of all the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
- of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- after their familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
- by the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- of their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- with the numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
- namesשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- every maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
- by their pollsגֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶתgûlgôleth · headH1538
Cross-references for Numbers 1:2
- Numbers 26:2“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.”
- Exodus 30:12“When you take the census of the children of Israel for their number, then every man shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, that there may be no plague among them when you number them.
- Exodus 38:26a bekah for each man (that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
- 2 Samuel 24:1Again the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:1Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 27:23But David did not take the number of those twenty years old and under, because the Lord had said He would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.
- Genesis 49:1And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:
- Exodus 1:1Now these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt; each man and his household came with Jacob:
- Numbers 1:18and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they recited their ancestry by families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, each one individually.
- Exodus 6:14These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These are the families of Reuben.
Commentaries on Numbers 1:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Take ye the sum, etc. - God, having established the commonwealth of Israel by just and equitable laws, ordained every thing relative to the due performance of his own worship, erected his tabernacle, which was his throne, and the place of his residence among the people, and consecrated his priests who were to minister before him; he now orders his subjects to be mustered, That they might see he had not forgotten his promise to Abraham, but was multiplying…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. 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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