Numbers 26:4

What does Numbers 26:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 26:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as Jehovah commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as Jehovah commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Let all the people of twenty years old and over be numbered, as the Lord has given orders to Moses and the children of Israel who have come out of Egypt.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`From a son of twenty years and upward,' as Jehovah hath commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

From twenty years old and upward, as the Lord had commanded: and this is the number of them:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

From twenty years old and upward...; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and the children of Israel, who went forth out of the land of Egypt.

Context

v.3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

v.4This passage

v.5Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

Cross references

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

  • Numbers 1:1

    And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

  • 1 Chronicles 21:1

    And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

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