KJV King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first [day] of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 1:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first [day] of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent 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,
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, saying:
Surrounding context — Numbers 1
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first [day] of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 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;
3 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.
4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְדַבֵּ֨רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakיְהוָ֧הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מֹשֶׁ֛הH4872 · mo.shehMosesבְּמִדְבַּ֥רH4057 · mid.barmouthסִינַ֖יH5514 · si.naySinaiבְּאֹ֣הֶלH168 · o.heltentמוֹעֵ֑דH4150 · mo.edmeeting: time appointedבְּאֶחָד֩H259 · e.chadoneלַחֹ֨דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהַשֵּׁנִ֜יH8145 · she.nisecondבַּשָּׁנָ֣הH8141 · sha.nehyearהַשֵּׁנִ֗יתH8145 · she.nisecondלְצֵאתָ֛םH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeמֵאֶ֥רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרַ֖יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptלֵאמֹֽר׃H559 · a.marto say
Cross-references
Exodus 25:22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which [are] upon the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.Numbers 10:11-12And it came to pass on the twentieth [day] of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.Exodus 19:1In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they [into] the wilderness of Sinai.Exodus 40:2On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.Exodus 40:17And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first [day] of the month, [that] the tabernacle was reared up.Leviticus 27:34These [are] the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.Numbers 9:1And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,Leviticus 1:1And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,1 Kings 6:1And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which [is] the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
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