Numbers 1:2

NETBible

“Take a census 1  of the entire 2  Israelite community 3  by their clans and families, 4  counting the name of every individual male. 5 

NIV ©

"Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

NASB ©

"Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head

NLT ©

"Take a census of the whole community of Israel by their clans and families. List the names of all the men

MSG ©

"Number the congregation of the People of Israel by clans and families, writing down the names of every male.

BBE ©

Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses, every male by name;

NRSV ©

Take a census of the whole congregation of Israelites, in their clans, by ancestral houses, according to the number of names, every male individually;

NKJV ©

"Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male individually,

KJV
Take
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ye the sum
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of all the congregation
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of the children
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of Israel
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after their families
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by the house
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of their fathers
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with the number
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of [their] names
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every male
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by their polls
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NASB ©
"Take
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a census
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of all
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the congregation
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of the sons
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of Israel
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, by their families
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, by their fathers'
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households
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, according to the number
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of names
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, every
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male
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, head
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by head
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N-GSF
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N-GPM
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N-PRI
kata
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PREP
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N-GSF
autwn
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D-GPM
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PREP
oikouv
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N-APM
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N-GPF
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D-GPM
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PREP
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N-ASM
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PREP
onomatov
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N-GSN
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NET [draft] ITL
“Take
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a census
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of the entire
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Israelite
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community
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by their clans
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and families
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, counting
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the name
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of every
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individual
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male
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.
HEBREW
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ynb
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tde
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lk
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NETBible

“Take a census 1  of the entire 2  Israelite community 3  by their clans and families, 4  counting the name of every individual male. 5 

NET Notes

1 tn The construction is literally “lift up the head[s],” (שְׂאוּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ, sÿ’u ’et-ro’sh). This idiom for taking a census occurs elsewhere (Exod 30:12; Lev 5:24; Num 1:24; etc.). The idea is simply that of counting heads to arrive at the base for the standing army. This is a different event than the one recorded in Exod 30:11-16, which was taken for a different purpose altogether. The verb is plural, indicating that Moses had help in taking the census.

2 tc Smr lacks the Hebrew word “all” here.

3 tn Heb “the congregation of Israel.”

4 tn The tribe (מַטֶּה, matteh or שֵׁבֶט, shevet) is the main category. The family groups or clans (מִשְׁפְּחֹת, mishpÿkhot) and the households or families (בֵּית אֲבֹת, bet ’avot) were sub-divisions of the tribe.

5 tn This clause simply has “in/with the number of the names of every male with respect to their skulls [individually].” Counting heads, or every skull, simply meant that each person was to be numbered in the census. Except for the Levites, no male was exempt from the count.