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Selected Verse: Numbers 1:3 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Nu 1:3 |
Strong Concordance |
From twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605], all that are able to go forth [03318] to war [06635] in Israel [03478]: thou and Aaron [0175] shall number [06485] them by their armies [06635]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Aaron shall number them by their armies--or companies. In their departure from Egypt they were divided into five grand companies (Exo 13:18), but from the sojourn in the wilderness to the passage of the Jordan, they were formed into four great divisions. The latter is here referred to. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
From twenty years old and upward - In this census no women were reckoned, nor children, nor strangers, nor the Levites, nor old men, which, collectively, must have formed an immense multitude; the Levites alone amounted to 22,300. True-born Israelites only are reckoned; such as were able to carry arms, and were expert for war. |
18 But God [0430] led [05437] the people [05971] about [05437], through the way [01870] of the wilderness [04057] of the Red [05488] sea [03220]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went up [05927] harnessed [02571] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].