Numbers 1:3 “You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older…”

Numbers 1:3

You 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall count them by their divisions.

American Standard Version

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 hosts.

Geneva Bible 1599

From twentie yere olde and aboue, all that go forth to the warre in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them, throughout their armies.

Darby Translation

from twenty years and upward, all that go forth to military service in Israel: ye shall number them according to their hosts, thou and Aaron.

Young's Literal Translation

from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;

Bible in Basic English

All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.

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Cross references

“twenty”

Exodus 30:14 Numbers 14:29 Numbers 32:11

Exodus 30:14 · BSB

Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.

Numbers 14:29 · BSB

Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.

Numbers 32:11 · BSB

‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—

“able”

Numbers 26:2 Deuteronomy 3:18 Deuteronomy 24:5 2 Samuel 24:9 2 Chronicles 26:11–13 2 Chronicles 17:13–18

Numbers 26:2 · 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.”

Deuteronomy 3:18 · BSB

At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 24:5 · BSB

If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.

2 Samuel 24:9 · BSB

And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.

2 Chronicles 26:11–13 · BSB

Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.

2 Chronicles 17:13–18 · BSB

and kept vast supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had warriors in Jerusalem who were mighty men of valor.

“by their”

Numbers 33:1 Exodus 12:17

Numbers 33:1 · BSB

These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 12:17 · BSB

So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

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

In context

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

4And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

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