Numbers 1:3
What does Numbers 1:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 1:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.
KJV
King James Version · 1611From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752From twenty years old and upwards, of all the men of Israel fit for war, and you shall number them by their troops, thou and Aaron.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890from twenty years and upward, all that go forth to military service in Israel: ye shall number them according to their hosts, thou and Aaron.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 32:11
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
- Deuteronomy 3:18
And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valor.
- Exodus 12:17
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever.
- Deuteronomy 24:5
When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.
- Numbers 33:1
These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
- Numbers 14:29
your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, that have murmured against me,
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