Numbers 1:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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;

Take ye the sum

The children

Genesis 49:1

Exodus 1:1

After

Numbers 1:18

Exodus 6:14

General references

Numbers 1:19

Bible References

Take ye the sum

"Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their clans, everyone who can serve in the army of Israel."

"When you take a census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.

one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, 603,550 in all.

The Lord's anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, "Go count Israel and Judah."

An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.

David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

The children

Jacob called for his sons and said, "Gather together so I can tell you what will happen to you in the future.

These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt -- each man with his household entered with Jacob:

After

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,

These are the heads of their fathers' households: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

General references

just as the Lord had commanded Moses. And so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.