“Take a census(A) of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral families,[a] counting the names of every male one by one. You and Aaron are to register those who are twenty years old or more by their military divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2 Lit the house of their fathers, also in vv. 18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,45
  2. 1:3 Lit everyone going out to war in Israel

“Take a census(A) of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families,(B) listing every man by name,(C) one by one. You and Aaron(D) are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more(E) and able to serve in the army.(F)

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Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;

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.

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“Among the Levites, take a census of the Kohathites(A) by their clans and their ancestral families,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:2 Lit the house of their fathers, also in vv. 22,29,34,38,40,42,46

“Take a census(A) of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families.

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Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

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22 “Take a census of the Gershonites(A) also, by their ancestral families and their clans.

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22 “Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans.

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22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

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10 David’s conscience troubled him(A) after he had taken a census of the troops. He said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I’ve done. Now, Lord, because I’ve been very foolish,(B) please take away your servant’s guilt.”

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10 David was conscience-stricken(A) after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the Lord, “I have sinned(B) greatly in what I have done. Now, Lord, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.(C)

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10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

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Repairing the Temple

Then(A) Joash said to the priests, “All the dedicated silver brought to the Lord’s temple,(B) census silver,(C) silver from vows,(D) and all silver voluntarily given(E) for the Lord’s temple—

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Joash said to the priests, “Collect(A) all the money that is brought as sacred offerings(B) to the temple of the Lord—the money collected in the census,(C) the money received from personal vows and the money brought voluntarily(D) to the temple.

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And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord,

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24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count them, but he didn’t complete it. There was wrath against Israel because of this census,(A) and the number was not entered in the Historical Record[a] of King David.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:24 LXX; MT reads the number of the Historical Record

24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. God’s wrath came on Israel on account of this numbering,(A) and the number was not entered in the book[a] of the annals of King David.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 27:24 Septuagint; Hebrew number

24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

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Solomon’s Workforce

17 Solomon took a census of all the resident alien men in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had conducted,(A) and the total was 153,600.

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17 Solomon took a census of all the foreigners(A) residing in Israel, after the census(B) his father David had taken; and they were found to be 153,600.

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17 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

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