Numbers 1:40

“Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;”

"Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;" - Numbers 1:40
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What does Numbers 1:40 mean?

Numbers 1:40 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war." This…

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Counted and Prepared: A Reflection on Calling and Purpose

The verse from Numbers 1:40 (KJV) reads: "Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war." At first glance, this…

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A Prayer for Strength and Unity in Service

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I pause to reflect on Your promises and teachings, especially the powerful truth found in Numbers 1:40 in the King James Version: "Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers…

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Numbers 1:40 - "¶ Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;"
Numbers 7:40 - "One kid of the goats for a sin offering:"
Numbers 22:40 - "And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him."
Numbers 29:40 - "And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses."
Numbers 31:40 - "And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons."
Numbers 32:40 - "And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein."
Numbers 26:40 - "And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites."
Numbers 15:40 - "That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God."
"One kid of the goats for a sin offering:" - Numbers 7:40
Numbers 33:40 - "And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel."
Numbers 4:40 - "Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty."
Numbers 3:40 - "¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names."
Jeremiah 40
1 Chronicles 7:40 - "All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men."
Isaiah 40:4
"And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses." - Numbers 29:40
"And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him." - Numbers 22:40
1 Corinthians 14:36-40
1 Corinthians 14:39-40
Psalms 40: 1:-11
"And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons." - Numbers 31:40
"And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein." - Numbers 32:40
1 Esdras 1:40 KJVA (40) Wherefore against him Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came up, and bound him with a chain of brass, and carried him into Babylon.
Numbers 16:40 - "To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses."
Exodus 40:1 - "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Luke 1:40 - "And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth."
Numbers 14:40 - "¶ And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned."
"And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites." - Numbers 26:40
1 Samuel 17:38-40