Numbers 26:2

“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go out to war in Israel.”

World Messianic Bible British

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, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

3Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

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Cross References

Exodus 30:11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 1:2“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one,

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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