◄ Numbers 26:4 ►
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New Revised Standard Version
“Take a census of the people, from twenty years old and upward,” as the LORD commanded Moses. The Israelites, who came out of the land of Egypt, were:

Contemporary English Version
what the LORD had said about counting the men 20 years and older, just as Moses and their ancestors had done when they left Egypt.

New American Bible
those of twenty years or more, as the LORD had commanded Moses. The Israelites who came out of the land of Egypt were as follows:

Douay-Rheims Bible
From twenty years old and upward, as the Lord had commanded: and this is the number of them:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

From twenty years old and upward, as the Lord had commanded: and this is the number of them:

the eldest

Genesis 29:32 And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Ruben, saying: The Lord saw my affliction: now my husband will love me.

Genesis 49:2,3 Gather yourselves together, and hear, O ye sons of Jacob, hearken to Israel, your father: . . .

1 Chronicles 5:1 Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn.

thy children

Genesis 46:8,9 And these are the names of the children of Israel, that entered into Egypt, he and his children. His firstborn Ruben, . . .

Exodus 6:14 These are the heads of their houses by their families. The sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel: Henoch and Phallu, Hesron and Charmi.

1 Chronicles 5:3 The sons then of Ruben the firstborn of Israel were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron, and Charmi.

Context
The Second Census of Israel
…3Moses therefore and Eleazar the priest, being in the plains of Moab upon the Jordan over against Jericho, spoke to them that were 4From twenty years old and upward, as the Lord had commanded: and this is the number of them:
Cross References
Genesis 46:8
And these are the names of the children of Israel, that entered into Egypt, he and his children. His firstborn Ruben,

Numbers 26:3
Moses therefore and Eleazar the priest, being in the plains of Moab upon the Jordan over against Jericho, spoke to them that were

Numbers 26:5
Ruben the firstborn of Israel. His sons were Henoch, of whom is the family of the Henochites: and Phallu, of whom is the family of the Phalluites:

Numbers 26:3
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