Numbers 1:40

Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

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WEBBE

Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:

BSB

From the sons of Asher, 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,

KJV

Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

ASV

Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

BBE

The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

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לִבְנֵי liv·nei of [the] descendants of H1121 אָשֵׁר 'a·sher Asher H836 תּוֹלְדֹתָם tol·do·tam genealogies their H8435 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 שֵׁמֹת she·mot names H8034 מִבֶּן mi·ben from a son of H1121 עֶשְׂרִים 'es·rim twenty H6242 שָׁנָה sha·nah year[s] H8141 וָמַעְלָה va·ma'·lah and up -wards H4605 כֹּל kol every H3605 יֹצֵא yo·tze' [one who] goes forth H3318 צָבָא tza·va' warfare H6635

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