Numbers 26:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““Take a census of the men twenty years of age or older, as the LORD has commanded Moses.” And these were the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt:”

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BSBPD

““Take a census of the men twenty years of age or older, as the LORD has commanded Moses.” And these were the Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt:”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the Lord commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`From a son of twenty years and upward,' as Jehovah hath commanded Moses and the sons of Israel who are coming out from the land of Egypt.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 26:4 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 12:51And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
  2. Numbers 1:1On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
  3. 1 Chronicles 21:1Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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