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Numbers 1:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 1:3

Verse 3 of 54

Scripture focus

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.

Numbers 1:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 1:3

Theological / Devotional

Twenty years old. On arriving at this age every male in Israel became responsible for paying the Temple half shekel (Ex. 30:14) and was considered fit for the responsibilities of war.

Aaron. Aaron was to help in the numbering, though the Levites as a whole were excluded from it. Moses and Aaron represented the highest authority in the nation.

By their armies. No such rule was laid down in the former numbering (Ex. 30). This was evidently a military registration.

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