Numbers 1 · Verse 44

Numbers 1:44

These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
Numbers 1:44, King James Version

Numbers 1:44 in other translations

BSBThese were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.
WEBThese are those who were counted, whom Moses and Aaron counted, and the twelve men who were princes of Israel, each one for his fathers’ house.
ASVThese are they that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers’ house.
YLTThese are those numbered, whom Moses numbered--Aaron also, and the princes of Israel, twelve men--each for the house of his fathers, they have been.
DARBYThese are those that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, the twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
BBEThese are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and by the twelve chiefs of Israel, one from every tribe.
WebsterThese are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

What does Numbers 1:44 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:20-44

20-44. These are those that were numbered--In this registration the tribe of Judah appears the most numerous; and accordingly, as the pre-eminence had been assigned to it by Jacob [Ge 49:8-12], it got the precedence in all the encampments of Israel. Of the two half-tribes of Joseph, who is seen to be "a fruitful bough" [Ge 49:22], that of Ephraim was the larger, as had been predicted. The relative increase of all…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 1:44-46
We have here the sum total. How much was required to maintain all these in the wilderness! They were all provided for by God every day. When we observe the faithfulness of God, however unlikely the performance of his promise may appear, we may take courage as to those which yet remain to be fulfilled to the church of God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Numbers 1:44 in the original Hebrew

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אֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
הַפְּקֻדִ֡יםha.pe.ku.Dim[were] the enrolled [men]H6485
אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhomH834
פָּקַ֨דpa.Kadhe enrolledH6485
מֹשֶׁ֤הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וְאַהֲרֹן֙ve.'a.ha.Ronand AaronH175
וּנְשִׂיאֵ֣יu.ne.si.'Eiand [the] leaders ofH5387
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
שְׁנֵ֥יםshe.Neimtwo [plus]H8147
עָשָׂ֖ר'a.SartenH6240
אִ֑ישׁ'IshmanH376
אִישׁ\־'ish-a manH376
אֶחָ֥ד'e.ChadoneH259
לְבֵית\־le.veit-for [the] house ofH1004
אֲבֹתָ֖יו'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1
הָיֽוּ\׃ha.Yuthey wereH1961

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Cross references for Numbers 1:44

  • Numbers 26:64

    But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

  • Numbers 1:2-16

    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; From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. …

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2-16; 26:64

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Context

  • Numbers 1:43

    Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

  • Numbers 1:44

    These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

  • Numbers 1:45

    So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

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Numbers 1:44 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Estos fueron los contados, los cuales contaron Moisés y Aarón, con los príncipes de Israel, que eran doce, uno por cada casa de sus padres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ce sont là les dénombrés que Moïse et Aaron et les douze hommes, princes d’Israël, dénombrèrent: il y avait un homme pour chaque maison de pères.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das sind die Gemusterten, welche Mose und Aaron und die Fürsten Israels musterten, die zwölf Männer: es waren je ein Mann für sein Vaterhaus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hi sunt, quos numeraverunt Moyses et Aaron, et duodecim principes Israël, singulos per domos cognationum suarum.