Numbers 1:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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 hosts.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה כָּל־יֹצֵ֥א צָבָ֖א בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל תִּפְקְד֥וּ אֹתָ֛ם לְצִבְאֹתָ֖ם אַתָּ֥ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃

Transliteration

From-ben twenty šānāh and-maʿlāh all-yōṣēʾ ṣābāʾ in-Yiśrāʾēl tifqədû them to-ṣibʾōtām you and-ʾAhărōn

Grammar Details

*ben*: noun, masculine singular construct with preposition - from son of/from age
*šānāh*: noun, feminine singular - year
*maʿlāh*: noun, feminine singular with conjunction - and upward
*yōṣēʾ*: Qal participle, masculine singular construct - going out to
*ṣābāʾ*: noun, masculine singular - army/warfare
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun with preposition - in Israel
*tifqədû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall count/number
*ṣibʾōtām*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix + preposition - according to their armies/divisions
*ʾAhărōn*: proper noun with conjunction - and Aaron

Word Meanings

*ben*: son/age
*maʿlāh*: upward/above
*yōṣēʾ ṣābāʾ*: going out to war/able to serve in army/fit for military service
*tifqədû*: count/number/muster/register
*ṣibʾōtām*: their armies/divisions/hosts/military units

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Referenced Verses

Exod 30:14 : 14 Every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of Jehovah.
Num 14:29 : 29 your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, that have murmured against me,
Num 26:2 : 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel.
Num 32:11 : 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
Num 33:1 : 1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Deut 3:18 : 18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valor.
Deut 24:5 : 5 When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.
2 Sam 24:9 : 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
2 Chr 17:13-18 : 13 And he had many works in the cities of Judah; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. 14 And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand; 15 and next to him Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand; 16 and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto Jehovah; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. 17 And of Benjamin: Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield; 18 and next to him Jehozabad and with him a hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for war.
2 Chr 26:11-13 : 11 Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. 12 The whole number of the heads of fathers' [houses], even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred. 13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
Exod 12:17 : 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 26:2-4
3 verses
90%
2Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel.
3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
4[ 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.
Num 1:44-46
3 verses
89%
44These 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.
45So all they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
46even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Num 1:2
86%
2Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls;
Num 1:26
84%
26Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Num 1:32-34
3 verses
84%
32Of the children of Joseph, [namely], of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
33those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
34Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Num 1:30
83%
30Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Num 1:17-20
4 verses
83%
17And Moses and Aaron took these men that are mentioned by name:
18And 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.
19As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20And the children of Reuben, Israel's first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, 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;
Num 1:24
82%
24Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Num 4:30
82%
30from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.
Num 4:23
82%
23from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
Num 1:40
82%
40Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Num 1:36
82%
36Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Num 1:42
82%
42Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Num 1:28
81%
28Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Num 1:38
81%
38Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Num 4:2-3
2 verses
81%
2Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
3from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
Num 3:39-40
2 verses
80%
39All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40And Jehovah said unto Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
Num 4:39
80%
39from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting,
Num 3:15
80%
15Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
Num 4:43-44
2 verses
80%
43from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting,
44even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
Num 4:35-36
2 verses
79%
35from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting:
36and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
Num 3:43
79%
43And all the first-born males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
Exod 30:14
78%
14Every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of Jehovah.
1 Chr 23:3
77%
3And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
Num 4:46-47
2 verses
77%
46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
47from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,
1 Chr 23:27
77%
27For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.
Num 1:22
77%
22Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those that were numbered thereof, 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;
Num 1:4
77%
4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers' house.
2 Chr 31:17
76%
17and them that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers' houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their courses;
2 Chr 25:5
76%
5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
Num 31:4-5
2 verses
76%
4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
1 Chr 23:24
76%
24These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' [houses] of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.
1 Chr 27:23
75%
23But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven.