Take you 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; Treasury of Scripture take ye the sum. This numbering was probably intended to illustrate the Divine faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Abraham; to prepare them to preserve due order in their march; and to distinguish the tribes and families. Numbers 26:2-4,63,64 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house... Exodus 30:12 When you take the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to the LORD... Exodus 38:26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered... 2 Samuel 24:1-3 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah... 1 Chronicles 21:1,2 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel... 1 Chronicles 27:23,24 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under... the children Genesis 49:1-3 And Jacob called to his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days... Exodus 1:1-5 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob... after Numbers 1:18,22,26 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month... Exodus 6:14-19 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi...
Context The Census of Israel's Warriors
1And the LORD spoke to 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, 2Take you 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; 3From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: you and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. Parallel Verses 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;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel by their families, and houses, and the names of every one, as many as are of the male sex,
Darby Bible Translation
Take the sum of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, every male, according to their polls;
King James Bible
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;
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;
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