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Numbers 1:3

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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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  1. Exodus 30:14Rank 1 from verse 3
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    14Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.

  2. Numbers 14:29Rank 2 from verse 3
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    29Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,

  3. 2 Chronicles 26:11–13Rank 3 from verse 3
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    11Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.

    12The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.

    13And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

  4. 2 Samuel 24:9Rank 4 from verse 3
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    9And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

  5. Deuteronomy 24:5Rank 5 from verse 3
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    5¶ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.

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Numbers 1:3

COMBINED MEANING

twenty

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The number equal to two tens, following nineteen and preceding twenty-one.

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old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

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able

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Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.

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forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

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war

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Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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number

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Sense 1: A count or quantity. Sense 2: To count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.

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2Take 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;

3From 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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4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

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