Numbers 1:17
And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
Numbers 1:17 in other translations
| BSB | So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, |
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| WEB | Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name. |
| ASV | And Moses and Aaron took these men that are mentioned by name: |
| YLT | And Moses taketh--Aaron also--these men, who were defined by name, |
| DARBY | And Moses and Aaron took these men who are expressed by their names, |
| BBE | And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name; |
| Webster | And Moses and Aaron took these men who are expressed by their names: |
What does Numbers 1:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:4-18
4-16. with you there shall be a man of every tribe, &c.--The social condition of the Israelites in the wilderness bore a close resemblance to that of the nomad tribes of the East in the present day. The head of the tribe was a hereditary dignity, vested in the oldest son or some other to whom the right of primogeniture was transferred, and under whom were other inferior heads, also hereditary, among the different…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 1:1-43
The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Jacob, that they might be the better trained for the wars and conquest of Canaan, and to ascertain their families in order to the division of the land. It is said of each tribe, that those were numbered who were able to go forth to war; they had wars before them, though now they met with no opposition. Let the believer be prepared to…
Numbers 1:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 1:17
- Numbers 1:5-15
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. …
- Revelation 7:4-17
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. …
- John 10:3
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
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Context
- Numbers 1:16
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
- Numbers 1:17
And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
- Numbers 1:18
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.
Numbers 1:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tomó pues Moisés y Aarón á estos varones que fueron declarados por sus nombres: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Moïse et Aaron prirent ces hommes-là, qui avaient été désignés par leurs noms, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Mose und Aaron nahmen diese mit Namen bezeichneten Männer, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quos tulerunt Moyses et Aaron cum omni vulgi multitudine: |