Numbers 1:2

“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;

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WEBBE

“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,

BSB

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

KJV

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;

ASV

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;

BBE

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

Original Hebrew

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שְׂאוּ se·'u lift up H5375 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 רֹאשׁ rosh [the] head of H7218 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 עֲדַת 'a·dat [the] congregation of H5712 בְּנֵי־ be·nei- [the] people of H1121 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם le·mish·pe·cho·tam to clans their H4940 לְבֵית le·veit to [the] house of H1004 אֲבֹתָם 'a·vo·tam ancestors their H1 בְּמִסְפַּר be·mis·par by [the] number of H4557 שֵׁמוֹת she·mot names of H8034 כָּל־ kol- every H3605 זָכָר za·khar male H2145 לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם le·gul·ge·lo·tam to heads their H1538

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–43

The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Jacob, that they might be the better trained for the wars and conquest of Canaan, and to ascertain their families in order to the division of the land. It is said of each tribe, that those were numbered who were able to go forth to war; they had wars before them, though now they met with no opposition. Let the believer be prepared to withstand the enemies of his soul, though all may appear to be peace.

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Israel

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Armies

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.