Numbers 1:18
in Numbers 1and 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,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Numbers 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Moses and Aaron took these men
on Numbers 1:17-19
The people “recorded their ancestry by clans and families”, so the count rests on registers already kept. Ezra 2:62 and Nehemiah 7:64 show men excluded from the priesthood when they could not find theirs.
This site's exposition
on the first day of the second month
Matthew Henry reckons the count a single day's work, and John Wesley reads the text the same way. Henry thinks the records of the half-shekel count, taken a little before, made the work quick. Each man's descent was entered with his name.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
These were the renowned--literally, "the called" of the congregation, summoned by name; and they entered upon the survey the very day the order was given.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֨ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעֵדָ֜ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| הִקְהִ֗ילוּ | hikhilu | they summoned | H6950 → | 39 times |
| בְּאֶחָד֙ | beechad | on [day] one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֔י | hasheni | <the> second | H8145 → | 156 times |
| וַיִּתְיַֽלְד֥וּ | vaiyityaldu | and they recorded their ancestry | H3205 → | 496 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם | mishpechotam | clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֑ם | ʾavotam | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר | bemispar | by [the] number of | H4557 → | 134 times |
| שֵׁמ֗וֹת | shemot | names | H8034 → | 864 times |
| מִבֶּ֨ן | miben | from a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| שָׁנָ֛ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וָמַ֖עְלָה | vama'lah | and up -wards | H4605 → | 140 times |
| לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם׃ | legulgelotam | to heads their | H1538 → | 12 times |
וְאֵ֨תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעֵדָ֜הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
הִקְהִ֗ילוּthey summoned
hikhiluH6950 →39 times
בְּאֶחָד֙on [day] one
beechadH259 →971 times
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
הַשֵּׁנִ֔י<the> second
hasheniH8145 →156 times
וַיִּתְיַֽלְד֥וּand they recorded their ancestry
vaiyityalduH3205 →496 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םclans their
mishpechotamH4940 →303 times
לְבֵ֣יתto [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבֹתָ֑םancestors their
ʾavotamH1 →1212 times
בְּמִסְפַּ֣רby [the] number of
bemisparH4557 →134 times
שֵׁמ֗וֹתnames
shemotH8034 →864 times
מִבֶּ֨ןfrom a son of
mibenH1121 →4930 times
עֶשְׂרִ֥יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
שָׁנָ֛הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וָמַ֖עְלָהand up -wards
vama'lahH4605 →140 times
לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם׃to heads their
legulgelotamH1538 →12 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 7:6But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
it leads to
- Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
- Hebrews 7:3–4
Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
- Romans 4:13
Through
Hebrews 7:3Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
it leads to
- Hebrews 7:17
For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Exodus 6:20–27
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
- Hebrews 7:23–28
Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.
- Hebrews 7:6
But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
- Matthew 4:3
The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
- Hebrews 7:17
Through
Nehemiah 7:61The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
it leads to
- Ezra 2:59
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
- Ezra 2:59
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
