Numbers 1:19

19 as the LORD commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:

Numbers 1:19 in Other Translations

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

19 as the LORD commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.

19 just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.

19 just as God commanded Moses. He numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai.

19 just as the Lord commanded Moses. He registered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:

Numbers 1:19 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 1:19

As the Lord commanded Moses
In this Moses and David differed in numbering the people of Israel; the one did it by an express command from God, and in obedience to it; the other without one, and against his will, ( 1 Chronicles 21:17 ) ;

so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai;
where they now were when this order was given, ( Numbers 1:1 ) ; and from whence they removed the twentieth day of this month, ( Numbers 10:11 Numbers 10:12 ) ; so that in less than three weeks time, perhaps much sooner, this affair was finished; and it may be, that the place of numbering them at this time is expressly observed, to distinguish it from another numbering of them, recorded in this book, which was done in the plains of Moab, ( Numbers 26:2 Numbers 26:3 ) .

Numbers 1:19 In-Context

17 Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified,

18 and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one,

19 as the LORD commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:

20 From the descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel: All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families.

21 The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 30:12; Numbers 26:63; Numbers 31:49