Numbers 26:2

“Count all the community of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and up, by their ancestor's families, all who are able to go to war for 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

1It came about after the plague that Yahweh spoke to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He said,

3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho and said,

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Cross References

Exodus 30:11Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 1:2“Conduct a census of all the men of Israel in each clan, in their fathers' families. Count them by name. Count every male, each man

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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