Numbers 1:19

As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

As the LORD {H3068} commanded {H6680} Moses {H4872}, so he numbered {H6485} them in the wilderness {H4057} of Sinai {H5514}.

Moshe counted them in the Sinai Desert, just as ADONAI had ordered him.

just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:

As Jehovah commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Samuel 24:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

  • 2 Samuel 24:10 (2 votes)

    ¶ And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

  • Numbers 26:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

  • Numbers 26:2 (2 votes)

    Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.

  • Numbers 1:2 (2 votes)

    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;