Numbers 1:1

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A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle* in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month* of that year he said,

Numbers 1:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said:

Numbers 1:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 1:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 1:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying:

Numbers 1:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Meeting Tent in the Desert of Sinai. This was on the first day of the second month in the second year after the Israelites left Egypt. He said to Moses:

Numbers 1:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 1:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 1:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai. It was the first day of the second month in the second year after leaving Egypt. He said,

Numbers 1:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt:

Numbers 1:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying:

Numbers 1:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the tent of assembly, on the first of the month, in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 1:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting. It happened in the Desert of Sinai. The Lord spoke to him on the first day of the second month. It was the second year after the people of Israel came out of Egypt.

The Lord said,

Numbers 1:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

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*	1:1a Hebrew the Tent of Meeting.
*	1:1b This day in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred in April or May.