Numbers 1

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 1 of 36

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had gone out of the land of Egypt, saying,

2 Lift the heads of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, by their heads;

3 from a son of twenty years and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

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Chapter Summary

God commands Moses to number the people. The rulers of the tribes are named. The number of every tribe is counted. The Levites are exempted from the census.

Key Hebrew Words

הִקְהִ֗ילוּ assemble as an assembly H6950 · TWOT 1991
בְּכֹ֣ר first-born H1060 · TWOT 244a
חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה five H2568 · TWOT 686a
מִצְרַ֖יִם Egypt H4714 · TWOT 1235
יְהוּדָ֔ה Judah H3063 · TWOT 850c

People & Context

Command to Take Census

Jehovah commands Moses to number all males twenty years and upward able to go to war in Israel. Moses and Aaron, along with appointed rulers of each t…

Census of Reuben

The descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, are numbered. The total count for the tribe of Reuben is forty-six thousand five hundred.

Census of Simeon

The descendants of Simeon are numbered by their families and fathers' houses. The total count for the tribe of Simeon is fifty-nine thousand three hun…

Timeline

Command to Take Census

Jehovah commands Moses to number all males twenty years and upward able to go to war in Israel. Moses and Aaron, along with appointed rulers of each tribe, assemble the congregation.

Numbers 1:1-19
Census of Reuben

The descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, are numbered. The total count for the tribe of Reuben is forty-six thousand five hundred.

Numbers 1:20-21
Census of Simeon

The descendants of Simeon are numbered by their families and fathers' houses. The total count for the tribe of Simeon is fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

Numbers 1:22-23

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