Numbers 26:4
Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
Numbers 26:4 in other translations
| BSB | “Take a census of the men twenty years of age or older, as the LORD has commanded Moses.” And these were the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt: |
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| WEB | “Take a census, from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel.” These are those who came out of the land of Egypt. |
| ASV | Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as Jehovah commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt. |
| YLT | ‘From a son of twenty years and upward,' as Jehovah hath commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt. |
| DARBY | From twenty years old and upward...; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and the children of Israel, who went forth out of the land of Egypt. |
| BBE | Let all the people of twenty years old and over be numbered, as the Lord has given orders to Moses and the children of Israel who have come out of Egypt. |
| Webster | Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, who went forth from the land of Egypt. |
What does Numbers 26:4 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 26:1-51
Moses did not number the people but when God commanded him. We have here the families registered, as well as the tribes. The total was nearly the same as when numbered at mount Sinai. Notice is here taken of the children of Korah; they died not, as the children of Dathan and Abiram; they seem not to have joined even their own father in rebellion. If we partake not of the sins of sinners, we shall not partake of…
Numbers 26:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 26:4
- Numbers 1:1
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
- 1 Chronicles 21:1
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
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Context
- Numbers 26:3
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
- Numbers 26:4
Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 26:5
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
Numbers 26:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Contaréis el pueblo de veinte años arriba, como mandó Jehová á Moisés y á los hijos de Israel, que habían salido de tierra de Egipto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Depuis l’âge de 20 ans et au-dessus, comme l’ Éternel le commanda à Moïse et aux fils d’Israël, qui sortirent du pays d’Égypte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Von zwanzig Jahren und darüber, so wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte. -Und es waren die Kinder Israel, die aus dem Lande Ägypten ausgezogen waren: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | a viginti annis et supra, sicut Dominus imperaverat, quorum iste est numerus. |