Numbers 1 · Verse 19

Numbers 1:19

As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Numbers 1:19, King James Version

Numbers 1:19 in other translations

BSBjust as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:
WEBAs the LORD commanded Moses, so he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.
ASVAs Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
YLTas Jehovah hath commanded Moses; and he numbereth them in the wilderness of Sinai.
DARBYAs Jehovah had commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
BBEAs the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.
WebsterAs the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

What does Numbers 1:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. As the Lord commanded Moses, &c.--The numbering of the people was not an act sinful in itself, as Moses did it by divine appointment; but David incurred guilt by doing it without the authority of God. (See on 2Sa 24:10).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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…

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Numbers 1:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
צִוָּ֥הtzi.Vahhe had commandedH6680
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מֹשֶׁ֑הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֖םvai.yif.ke.Demand he enrolled themH6485
בְּמִדְבַּ֥רbe.mid.Barin [the] wilderness ofH4057
סִינָֽי\׃\ \פsi.NaiSinaiH5514

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Cross references for Numbers 1:19

  • Numbers 1:2

    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;

  • 2 Samuel 24:1-10

    And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. …

  • Numbers 26:1-2

    And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2; 26:1,2; 2Sa 24:1-10

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Context

  • 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 1:19

    As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

  • Numbers 1:20

    And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

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Numbers 1:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Como Jehová lo había mandado á Moisés; y contólos en el desierto de Sinaí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Comme l’ Éternel l’avait commandé à Moïse, ainsi il les dénombra dans le désert de Sinaï.
German
Elberfelder 1871
wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte. Und so musterte er sie in der Wüste Sinai.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi. Numeratique sunt in deserto Sinai.