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The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, <a href="/nlt/numbers/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> and they assembled the whole community of Israel on that very day. All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel who were twenty years old or older were listed one by one, <a href="/esv/numbers/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head, <a href="/bsb/numbers/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/kjv/numbers/1.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/numbers/1.htm">New King James Version</a> and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they recited their ancestry by families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and above, each one individually. <a href="/nasb_/numbers/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month. Then they registered by ancestry in their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head, <a href="/nasb/numbers/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> and they assembled all the congregation together on the first of the second month. Then they registered by ancestry in their families, by their fathers&#8217 households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head, <a href="/nasb77/numbers/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and they assembled all the congregation together on the first of the second month. Then they registered by ancestry in their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head, <a href="/lsb/numbers/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and they assembled all the congregation together on the first of the second month. Then they registered by genealogy in their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head, <a href="/amp/numbers/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they registered by ancestry in their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head, <a href="/csb/numbers/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their ancestry by their clans and their ancestral families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years old or more, <a href="/hcsb/numbers/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> and they assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. They recorded their ancestry by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting one by one the names of those 20 years old or more, <a href="/asv/numbers/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. <a href="/cev/numbers/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> called together the people that same day. They were counted according to their clans and families. Then Moses and the others listed the names of the men twenty years and older, <a href="/erv/numbers/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. <a href="/gwt/numbers/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> and assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. Each man at least 20 years old provided his genealogy by family and household. Then his name was listed. <a href="/gnt/numbers/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> called together the whole community on the first day of the second month and registered all the people by clans and families. The names of all the men twenty years old or older were recorded and counted, <a href="/isv/numbers/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> They assembled the entire community together during the second month. Then they recorded their ancestries, according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as well as the names of the men 20 years old and above individually, <a href="/msb/numbers/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/net/numbers/1.htm">NET Bible</a> and they assembled the entire community together on the first day of the second month. Then the people recorded their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name individually, <a href="/nheb/numbers/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one. <a href="/wbt/numbers/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they assembled all the congregation 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. <a href="/web/numbers/1.htm">World English Bible</a> They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/numbers/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and they assembled all the congregation on the first of the second month, and they declare their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their counted heads, <a href="/ylt/numbers/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and all the company they assembled on the first of the second month, and they declare their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their polls, <a href="/slt/numbers/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they gathered together all the assembly in one of the second month, and they will declare their birth according to their families, according to the the son of twenty years and above, all going forth to war.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/numbers/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And assembled them on the first day of the second month, reckoning them up by the kindreds, and houses, and families, and heads, and names of every one from twenty years old and upward, <a href="/cpdv/numbers/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and they gathered them together on the first day of the second month, taking a census of them by kinships, and houses, and families, and heads, and the names of each one from twenty years and above, <a href="/nabre/numbers/1.htm">New American Bible</a> and assembled the whole community on the first day of the second month. Every man of twenty years or more then registered individually his name and lineage according to clan and ancestral house, <a href="/nrsvce/numbers/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation together. They registered themselves in their clans, by their ancestral houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, individually,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/numbers/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they were numbered after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of their names from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. <a href="/hpbt/numbers/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they gathered all of the assembly on the first in the second month and they were numbered for their tribes with the house of their fathers in the number of the names of a son of twenty years and above for their Leaders.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/numbers/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. <a href="/sep/numbers/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the month in the second year; and they registered them after their lineage, after their families, after the number of their names, from twenty years old and upwards, every male according to their number: <a href="/parallel/numbers/1-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=97" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/numbers/1.htm">The Number of Every Tribe</a> 17So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, 18<a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: bə·’e·ḥāḏ (Prep-b:: Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">on the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: haš·šê·nî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">day of the second</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: la·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month</a> <a href="/hebrew/6950.htm" title="6950: hiq·hî·lū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- To gather as an assembly or congregation. A primitive root; to convoke.">they assembled</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: hā·‘ê·ḏāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: way·yiṯ·yal·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">and recorded their ancestry</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/4940.htm" title="4940: miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- From shaphah; a family, i.e. Circle of relatives; figuratively, a class, a species or sort; by extens. A tribe or people.">clans</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">and families,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇêṯ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557: bə·mis·par (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Number, tally. From caphar; a number, definite or indefinite; also narration.">counting</a> <a href="/hebrew/1538.htm" title="1538: lə·ḡul·gə·lō·ṯām (Prep-l:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- A skull, head, poll (of persons). By reduplication from galal; a skull; by implication, a head.">one by one</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šê·mō·wṯ (N-mp) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">the names</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">of those twenty</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: mib·ben (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">years of age</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4605.htm" title="4605: wā·ma‘·lāh (Conj-w:: Adv:: 3fs) -- From alah; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.">or older,</a> 19just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/49-28.htm">Genesis 49:28</a> These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing. <a href="/exodus/6-14.htm">Exodus 6:14-25</a> These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben. / The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon. / These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/5-1.htm">1 Chronicles 5:1-2</a> These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright. / And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph. <a href="/1_chronicles/7-1.htm">1 Chronicles 7:1-5</a> The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all. / The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor. / The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/9-1.htm">1 Chronicles 9:1</a> So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. <a href="/ezra/2-59.htm">Ezra 2:59-63</a> The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel: / the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all. / And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). ... <a href="/nehemiah/7-61.htm">Nehemiah 7:61-65</a> The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel: / the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all. / And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name). ... <a href="/nehemiah/11-1.htm">Nehemiah 11:1-2</a> Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns. / And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem. <a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1-17</a> This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: / Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. / Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram. ... <a href="/luke/2-1.htm">Luke 2:1-5</a> Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire. / This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. / And everyone went to his own town to register. ... <a href="/john/7-42.htm">John 7:42</a> Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?” <a href="/acts/2-29.htm">Acts 2:29-30</a> Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. / But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne. <a href="/romans/9-4.htm">Romans 9:4-5</a> the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises. / Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen. <a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1</a> I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. <a href="/1_corinthians/12-12.htm">1 Corinthians 12:12-14</a> The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ. / For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink. / For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.their pedigrees<a href="/ezra/2-59.htm">Ezra 2:59</a> And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:<a href="/nehemiah/7-61.htm">Nehemiah 7:61</a> And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.<a href="/hebrews/7-3.htm">Hebrews 7:3,6</a> Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually… by the<a href="/numbers/1-2.htm">Numbers 1:2</a> 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;according<a href="/numbers/1-20.htm">Numbers 1:20</a> 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;from twenty.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/7-3.htm">Ancestry</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-4.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/numbers/1-16.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-12.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/numbers/1-2.htm">Families</a> <a href="/numbers/1-16.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">First</a> <a href="/numbers/1-4.htm">House</a> <a href="/numbers/1-16.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">Month</a> <a href="/numbers/1-17.htm">Names</a> <a href="/titus/3-9.htm">Pedigrees</a> <a href="/numbers/1-2.htm">Polls</a> <a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">Second</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Together</a> <a href="/numbers/1-3.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/numbers/1-3.htm">Upward</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ancestry</a> <a href="/numbers/8-9.htm">Assembled</a> <a href="/numbers/1-53.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/numbers/14-17.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/numbers/1-20.htm">Families</a> <a href="/numbers/1-20.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/numbers/2-9.htm">First</a> <a href="/numbers/1-20.htm">House</a> <a href="/numbers/1-20.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/numbers/3-15.htm">Month</a> <a href="/numbers/1-20.htm">Names</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-4.htm">Pedigrees</a> <a href="/numbers/1-20.htm">Polls</a> <a href="/numbers/2-16.htm">Second</a> <a href="/numbers/2-16.htm">Together</a> <a href="/numbers/1-20.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/numbers/1-20.htm">Upward</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 1</div>1. <a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">God commands Moses to number the people</a> 5. <a href="/numbers/1-5.htm">The princes of the tribes</a> 17. <a href="/numbers/1-17.htm">The number of every tribe</a> 47. <a href="/numbers/1-47.htm">The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This timing is significant as it follows the Israelites' departure from Egypt and the establishment of the covenant at Sinai. The first day of the month often held ceremonial importance, marking new beginnings and divine instructions.they assembled the whole congregation The assembly of the congregation underscores the unity and collective identity of the Israelites as God's chosen people. This gathering was not just a logistical exercise but a spiritual act of obedience and preparation for entering the Promised Land. It reflects the communal nature of Israelite society, where decisions and actions were taken collectively.and recorded their ancestry by clans and families Recording ancestry was crucial for maintaining tribal identity and inheritance rights. It ensured the preservation of the twelve tribes of Israel, each descending from the sons of Jacob. This genealogical record was vital for fulfilling God's promises to Abraham regarding his descendants. It also foreshadows the importance of lineage in the New Testament, particularly in the genealogies of Jesus Christ.counting one by one the names The meticulous counting of names highlights the importance of each individual within the community. It reflects the biblical theme that God knows and values each person. This enumeration also served practical purposes, such as organizing the camp and preparing for military endeavors. It emphasizes the order and structure God desired for His people.of those twenty years of age or older The age of twenty was significant as it marked the transition to adulthood and eligibility for military service. This age requirement ensured that those counted were capable of contributing to the defense and welfare of the nation. It also reflects the biblical principle of accountability and responsibility, as seen in other scriptural contexts where age determines one's role and duties within the community.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a> Leaders of the Israelites, responsible for organizing the census as commanded by God. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The people of God, divided into tribes and families, who are being counted for military and organizational purposes. 3. <a href="/topical/w/wilderness_of_sinai.htm">Wilderness of Sinai</a> The location where the Israelites are camped and where the census takes place. 4. <a href="/topical/c/census.htm">Census</a> The event of counting the males aged twenty and older, which is significant for organizing the community and preparing for future battles. 5. <a href="/topical/c/clans_and_families.htm">Clans and Families</a> The social structure of the Israelites, emphasizing the importance of lineage and heritage.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_order_and_organization.htm">The Importance of Order and Organization</a> God values order and structure within His people, as seen in the detailed organization of the census. <a href="/topical/s/significance_of_lineage_and_heritage.htm">Significance of Lineage and Heritage</a> The emphasis on clans and families highlights the importance of knowing one's heritage and the role it plays in God's plan. <a href="/topical/r/responsibility_and_accountability.htm">Responsibility and Accountability</a> Each male counted was expected to be ready for military service, teaching us about the responsibility and accountability of being part of God's community. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a> The census is a reminder of God's faithfulness to His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as He continues to build a great nation. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_future_challenges.htm">Preparation for Future Challenges</a> The census was a preparation for future battles, teaching us the importance of being prepared for the challenges we face in our spiritual journey.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 1</a> <a href="/q/why_don't_records_show_numbers_1_migration.htm">Why do archaeological records not confirm such a massive population migration as implied in Numbers 1?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_many_prophets_in_1_kings_18_19.htm">In 1 Kings 18:19, is there any archaeological or textual evidence supporting the existence of such large numbers of prophets?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_2_sam_10_18_and_1_chr_19_18.htm">How do we reconcile the discrepant figures between 2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18 regarding the number of charioteers and horsemen defeated by David?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_israel's_gathering_at_shiloh.htm">Joshua 18:1 - Is there historical or archaeological evidence confirming that 'all the congregation of the children of Israel' actually gathered at Shiloh?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) Declared their pedigrees.--More literally, announced themselves as having been born--i.e., caused themselves to be enrolled. The people appear to have been enrolled by their polls, i.e., individually, under three heads--(1) according to the tribe to which they belonged; (2) according to the mishpahah, or family, which, as it appears from <a href="/numbers/3-22.htm" title="Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.">Numbers 3:22</a>, included in some cases two or three thousand persons; and (3) according to their father's house. The importance of this enrolment, as affording the means of tracing the genealogy of Christ, must not be overlooked.According to the number of the names.--The words are the same as in <a href="/numbers/1-2.htm" title="Take you 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;">Numbers 1:2</a>, and should be rendered in the same manner.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - On the first day of the second month. The natural meaning is that the census was completed in one day. If so, the "census papers," the pedigrees and family lists, must have been ready beforehand. Notice had in fact been given more than a month before, and the lists made up, when the poll-tax was paid. <a href="/commentaries/numbers/1-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>and וְאֵ֨ת (wə·’êṯ) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case on the first בְּאֶחָד֙ (bə·’e·ḥāḏ) Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first day of the second הַשֵּׁנִ֔י (haš·šê·nî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> Second (an ordinal number) month לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month they assembled הִקְהִ֗ילוּ (hiq·hî·lū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6950.htm">Strong's 6950: </a> To gather as an assembly or congregation the whole כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every congregation הָעֵדָ֜ה (hā·‘ê·ḏāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> A stated assemblage and recorded their ancestry וַיִּתְיַֽלְד֥וּ (way·yiṯ·yal·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage by עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against clans מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם (miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4940.htm">Strong's 4940: </a> A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people and families, אֲבֹתָ֑ם (’ă·ḇō·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father counting בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר (bə·mis·par) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4557.htm">Strong's 4557: </a> A number, definite, indefinite, narration one by one לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם׃ (lə·ḡul·gə·lō·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1538.htm">Strong's 1538: </a> A skull, head, poll (of persons) the names שֵׁמ֗וֹת (šê·mō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name of those twenty עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth years of age מִבֶּ֨ן (mib·ben) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son or older, וָמַ֖עְלָה (wā·ma‘·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4605.htm">Strong's 4605: </a> The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/1-18.htm">Numbers 1:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/numbers/1-18.htm">Numbers 1:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/numbers/1-18.htm">Numbers 1:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/numbers/1-18.htm">Numbers 1:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/numbers/1-18.htm">Numbers 1:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/1-18.htm">Numbers 1:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/1-18.htm">Numbers 1:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/1-18.htm">Numbers 1:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/1-18.htm">Numbers 1:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/numbers/1-18.htm">Numbers 1:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/numbers/1-18.htm">OT Law: Numbers 1:18 They assembled all the congregation together (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/1-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 1:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 1:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/1-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 1:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 1:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>