Numbers 1:19

as the Lord had told Moses to do. Moses conducted this census in the Sinai desert.

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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

18They had all the Israelites gather together on the first day of the second month, and recorded the people's genealogy according to their tribe and family, and counted up the names of all those aged twenty or older,

20The descendants of Reuben (he was Israel's firstborn son), men aged twenty or over, were recorded by name according to the genealogical records of their tribe and families. All those registered who could serve in the army

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Cross References

Exodus 40:32They washed whenever they went into the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

Numbers 1:54The Israelites did everything that the Lord ordered Moses that they should do.

Numbers 3:51Moses gave this redemption money to Aaron and his sons as the Lord had told him to, following the Lord's instructions.

Numbers 26:63This is the record of those who were censused by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite 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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