Numbers 1:19

What does Numbers 1:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 1:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

as Jehovah hath commanded Moses; and he numbereth them in the wilderness of Sinai.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

As the Lord had commanded Moses. And they were numbered in the desert of Sinai.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

Context

v.18and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

v.19This passage

v.20And the children of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 24:1

    And again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

  • Numbers 1:2

    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;

  • Numbers 26:1

    And it came to pass after the plague, that Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

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