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.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsfrom 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.
You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.
from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron;
from twenty years and upward, all that go forth to military service in Israel: ye shall number them according to their hosts, thou and Aaron.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNumbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
- Author
- Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
- Date
- The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC