Numbers 1:2

Translations

Modern

“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

Traditional

Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;

Literal

“Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names—every male by their polls.

Latin

Tollite summam universæ congregationis filiorum Israël per cognationes et domos suas, et nomina singulorum, quidquid sexus est masculini

Original

Hebrew

English

“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

Notes

Numbers 1:1–10:10

The Israelites got ready to leave for the promised land by listing all troops who could join the conquest. The nation was changing from slavery to becoming a nation.

Numbers 1:2–16

those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army: This registration gathered more information than the earlier census (compare Exodus 38:26).
These are the names of the men who are to assist you: Hebrew culture was tribal, centered around clans and families. They easily identified the tribal leaders, who appear again as a group in Numbers 7.
Moses and Aaron did not include the tribe of Levi in this registration because it had a special status in Israelite society (see Numbers 1:47–53; 26:51–62; Deuteronomy 18:5; 33:8–11).

Numbers 1:1–16

God chose a family leader from each tribe (except the tribe of Levi), to count Israel's men who were old enough to be soldiers.

Related verses

Exodus 38:26
…a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
Exodus 30:12
“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.
Numbers 1:18
…and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
Numbers 1:22
From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Numbers 26:2–4
“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”
Exodus 1:1–5
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
1 Chronicles 27:23–24
David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
2 Samuel 24:1–3
Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
1 Chronicles 21:1–2
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
Numbers 26:63–64
These were the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.
Numbers 1:26–54
From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Genesis 49:1–3
Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

Parallels

Numbers 26:1–4

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Aaron Census Deuteronomy, Book of Gad, Tribe of Genealogy Marriage, Marriage Customs Numbers, Book of

Topics

Armies: Enumeration of Israel's Military Forces Armies: Who of the Israelites Were Subject to Service In Israel: Number of, at Sinai, by Tribes Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Mount Sinai: Second Numbering of the People The Armies of Israel: Persons Liable to Serve In The Tribes of Israel: Each of Divided Into Families

Numbers 1:2

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