^1:44These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered⁴⁴ along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom⁴⁵ was from his own family. ^1:45All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel’s army, were numbered⁴⁶ according to their families. ^1:46And all those numbered totaled 603,550.

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44 The construction uses both the passive participle הַפְּקֻדִים (happéqudim) and the verb פָּקַד (paqad), giving a literal translation of “these were the numbered ones, whom Moses and Aaron numbered.”
45 Heb “they were one man for the house of his fathers.”
46 Literally the text has, “and all the numbered of the Israelites were according to their families.” The verb in the sentence is actually without a complement (see v. 46).

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

These are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ house. So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel— all those listed were 603,550.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families. The total number was 603,550.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral family. So all the Israelites twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in Israel’s army, were registered by their ancestral families. All those registered numbered 603,550.

NLTNew Living Translation

These were the men registered by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, all listed according to their ancestral descent. They were registered by families—all the men of Israel who were twenty years old or older and able to go to war. The total number was 603,550.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

These are the ones counted whom Moses and Aaron mustered, with the twelve leaders of Israel, each one from his family. So all those who were counted from the Israelites according to their families, from those twenty years old and above, everyone in Israel who is able to go to war. All of the ones counted were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.

KJV 1900King James Version

These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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