Numbers 26:2

“Census all the Israelites by family—all those twenty years of age or older who are eligible for military service in the army of Israel.”

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In The King James Version

Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.

In Context

1After the plague was over, the Lord told Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,

3There on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan opposite Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest gave the order,

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Cross References

Exodus 30:11The Lord told Moses,

Numbers 1:2“Census all the Israelites according to their tribe and family. Count every man and keep a record of each individual's name.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 26:2-5

The Numbering of the People. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the… Read the whole commentary →

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