Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male,
New American Standard Bible
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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;
Holman Bible
“Take a census
International Standard Version
"Take a census of the entire Israeli community, numbering them by their tribes and by ancestral houses. List the names of every male one-by-one,
A Conservative Version
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls,
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;
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;
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;
Julia Smith Translation
Take up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, with the number of names, every male according to their head:
King James 2000
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 individually;
Lexham Expanded Bible
"{Take a census of} the entire community of the {Israelites} according to their clans and {their families}, according to [the] number of names, every male individually
Modern King James verseion
Take the sum of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, according to their families, by their fathers' house, with the number of names, every male by their heads,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Take ye the sum of all the multitude of the children of Israel, in their kindreds and households of their fathers and number them by name all that are males, poll by poll,
NET Bible
"Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male.
New Heart 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;
The Emphasized Bible
Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, by their families by their ancestral houses, - in the counting of names, every male, by their polls;
Webster
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 poll:
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;
Youngs 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;
Themes
Armies » Enumeration of israel's military forces
Armies » Who of the israelites were subject to service in
the Armies of israel » Persons liable to serve in
Commands » Special to individuals » Of God, examples of
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » Second numbering of the people
The Nation » Imprisonment mutilations » Census taken, of the israelites
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 1:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Commands Moses To Take A Census
1
The Lord spoke [by special revelation] to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) on the first day of the second month in the second year after the
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 30:12
“When you take the census of the Israelites, each one shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord when you count them, so that no plague will come on them when you number them.
Exodus 38:26
a beka for each man (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary) for everyone who was counted, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men.
Numbers 1:18
and assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they registered by ancestry in their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,
Numbers 1:22
Of the sons of Simeon, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, their numbered men according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
Numbers 26:2-4
“Take a census of all the [males in the] congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ households, all in Israel who are able to go to war.”
Genesis 49:1-3
Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Assemble yourselves [around me] that I may tell you what will happen to you and your descendants
Exodus 1:1-5
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his household:
Exodus 6:14-19
These are the heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Reuben, Israel’s (Jacob’s) firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
Numbers 1:26-54
Of the sons of Judah, their descendants, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:
Numbers 26:63-64
These are those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel [for the second time] in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [River] at Jericho.
2 Samuel 24:1-3
Now again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and
1 Chronicles 21:1-2
Satan [the adversary] stood up against Israel and incited David to
1 Chronicles 27:23-24
But David did not count those twenty years of age and under, for the Lord had said he would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.