Numbers 1:2 ““Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and…”

Numbers 1:2

“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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;

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,

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

Take ye the summe of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, and housholdes of their fathers with the nomber of their names: to wit, all the males, man by man:

Darby 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;

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;

Bible in Basic English

Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;

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Cross references

“Take ye the sum”

Exodus 30:12 Exodus 38:26 Numbers 26:2–4 2 Samuel 24:1–3 Numbers 26:63 Numbers 26:64

Exodus 30:12 · BSB

“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.

Exodus 38:26 · BSB

a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.

Numbers 26:2–4 · BSB

“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”

2 Samuel 24:1–3 · BSB

Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

Numbers 26:63 · BSB

These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

Numbers 26:64 · BSB

Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

“the children”

Genesis 49:1–3 Exodus 1:1–5

Genesis 49:1–3 · BSB

Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

Exodus 1:1–5 · BSB

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

“after”

Numbers 1:18 Numbers 1:22 Numbers 1:26–54 Exodus 6:14–19

Numbers 1:18 · BSB

and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,

Numbers 1:22 · BSB

From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:26–54 · BSB

From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Exodus 6:14–19 · BSB

These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1On 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:

3You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.

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