Numbers 1:3

Numbers 1:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
• New International Version (NIV)You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company.
• New Living Translation (NLT)twenty years old or older who are able to go to war. You and Aaron must register the troops,

Context of Numbers 1:3

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: 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, from 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. 5“These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

Numbers 1:3 word by word

מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה כָּל־יֹצֵ֥א צָבָ֖א בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל תִּפְקְד֥וּ אֹתָ֛ם לְצִבְאֹתָ֖ם אַתָּ֥ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• From twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• and upwardמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• all that are able to go forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: regularH3318
• to warצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · army: warH6635
• in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• thou and Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• shall numberפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• them by their armiesצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635

Cross-references for Numbers 1:3

• Numbers 14:29The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above.
• Numbers 32:11‘Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me,
• Exodus 30:14Everyone included among those who are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the Lord.
• 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.”
• Deuteronomy 3:18“Then I commanded you at that time, saying: ‘The Lord your God has given you this land to possess. All you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel.
• Deuteronomy 24:5“When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
• 2 Samuel 24:9Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
• 2 Chronicles 17:13He had much property in the cities of Judah; and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 26:11Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men who went out to war by companies, according to the number on their roll as prepared by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
• Numbers 33:1These are the journeys of the children of Israel, who went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
• Exodus 12:17So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance.

Commentaries on Numbers 1:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3From twenty years old and upward - In this census no women were reckoned, nor children, nor strangers, nor the Levites, nor old men, which, collectively, must have formed an immense multitude; the Levites alone amounted to 22,300. True-born Israelites only are reckoned; such as were able to carry arms, and were expert for war.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. 33. Aaron shall number them by their armies--or companies. In their departure from Egypt they were divided into five grand companies (Ex 13:18), but from the sojourn in the wilderness to the passage of the Jordan, they were formed into four great divisions. The latter is here referred to.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