Passage

Numbers 1.5-16

Book: Numbers · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

3. 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 hosts. 4. And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers' house.

5. And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6. Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7. Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8. Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar. 9. Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon. 10. Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11. Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12. Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 13. Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran. 14. Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15. Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan. 16. These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

And Moses and Aaron took these men that are mentioned by name: 18. 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. (Numbers 1:3-18, ASV)

WEB

3. from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall count them by their divisions. 4. With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of his fathers’ house.

5. These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6. Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7. Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8. Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar. 9. Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon. 10. Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11. Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12. Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 13. Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran. 14. Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15. Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.” 16. These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name. 18. They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one. (Numbers 1:3-18, WEB)

KJV

3. 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. 4. And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

5. And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6. Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7. Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8. Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9. Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 10. Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11. Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12. Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 13. Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. 14. Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15. Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 16. These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: 18. 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. (Numbers 1:3-18, KJV)

YLT

3. from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel, ye do number them by their hosts, thou and Aaron; 4. and with you there is a man for a tribe, each is a head to the house of his fathers.

5. 'And these [are] the names of the men who stand with you: 'For Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur. 6. 'For Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 7. 'For Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab. 8. 'For Issachar, Nathaneel son of Zuar. 9. 'For Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon. 10. 'For the sons of Joseph, for Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud: for Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. 11. 'For Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni. 12. 'For Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. 13. 'For Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran. 14. 'For Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel. 15. 'For Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.' 16. These [are] those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they [are] heads of the thousands of Israel.

And Moses taketh, Aaron also, these men, who were defined by name, 18. and all the company they assembled on the first of the second month, and they declare their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names from a son of twenty years and upward, by their polls, (Numbers 1:3-18, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Lexicon:

H7218 - rosh, via Numbers 1.16

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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