KJV King James Version
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;
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Numbers 1:2
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;
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
WEB World English Bible
“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one;
ASV American Standard Version
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Take ye up the sum of all the company of the sons of Israel by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names—every male by their polls;
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.
5 And these [are] the names of the men that shall stand with you: of [the tribe of] Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
שְׂא֗וּH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רֹאשׁ֙H7218 · roshheadכָּל־H3605 · kolallעֲדַ֣תH5712 · e.dahcongregationבְּנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyלְבֵ֣יתH1004 · betplaceאֲבֹתָ֑םH1 · avfatherבְּמִסְפַּ֣רH4557 · mis.parnumberשֵׁמ֔וֹתH8034 · shemnameכָּל־H3605 · kolallזָכָ֖רH2145 · za.kharmaleלְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם׃H1538 · gul.go.lethead
Cross-references
Exodus 30:12When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them.Exodus 38:26A bekah for every man, [that is], half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty [men].Numbers 1:18And they assembled all the congregation together on the first [day] of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.Numbers 26:2-4Take 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.Numbers 1:22Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;Exodus 6:14-19These [be] the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these [be] the families of Reuben.Genesis 49:1-3And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the last days.1 Chronicles 21:1-2And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.2 Samuel 24:1-3And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.Numbers 1:26-54Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;1 Chronicles 27:23-24But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.Exodus 1:1-5Now these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.Numbers 26:63-64These [are] they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.
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