Numbers 1:19

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

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

18And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.

20The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, 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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Cross References

Exodus 40:32Whenever they went into the Tent of meeting, and when they came near the altar, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

Numbers 1:54So the children of Israel did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

Numbers 3:51And he gave the money to Aaron and his sons, as the Lord had said.

Numbers 26:63All these were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when the children of Israel were numbered in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:18-44

17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19 As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by… Read the whole commentary →

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