1 Chronicles 5:18 BSB

1 Chronicles 5:18

The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.

BSB

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ASV

The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty and four thousand seven hundred and threescore, that were able to go forth to war.

KJV

The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּנֵֽי־	be.nei-	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
רְאוּבֵ֨ן	re.'u.Ven	Reuben	H7205 →
וְגָדִ֜י	ve.ga.Di	and [the] Gadite[s]	H1425 →
וַחֲצִ֥י	va.cha.Tzi	and [the] half of	H2677 →
שֵֽׁבֶט־	she.vet-	[the] tribe of	H7626 →
מְנַשֶּׁה֮	me.na.Sheh	Manasseh	H4519 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
בְּנֵי־	be.nei-	[the] sons of	H1121 →
חַיִל֒	cha.Yil	strength	H2428 →
אֲ֠נָשִׁים	'A.na.shim	men	H582 →
נֹשְׂאֵ֨י	no.se.'Ei	[who] carried	H5375 →
מָגֵ֤ן	ma.Gen	<of> shield	H4043 →
וְחֶ֙רֶב֙	ve.Che.rev	and sword	H2719 →
וְדֹ֣רְכֵי	ve.Do.re.khei	and [who] bent	H1869 →
קֶ֔שֶׁת	Ke.shet	<of> a bow	H7198 →
וּלְמוּדֵ֖י	u.le.mu.Dei	and [who] were trained of	H3925 →
מִלְחָמָ֑ה	mil.cha.Mah	warfare	H4421 →
אַרְבָּעִ֨ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty	H705 →
וְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה	ve.'ar.ba.'Ah	and four	H702 →
אֶ֛לֶף	'E.lef	thousand	H505 →
וּשְׁבַע־	u.she.va'-	and seven	H7651 →
מֵא֥וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
וְשִׁשִּׁ֖ים	ve.shi.Shim	and sixty	H8346 →
יֹצְאֵ֥י	yo.tze.'Ei	[those who] went forth of	H3318 →
צָבָֽא׃	tza.Va'	war	H6635 →

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Numbers 1:3
You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.
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- Exodus 30:14
  Everyone twenty years of age or older who crosses over must give this offering to the LORD.
- Numbers 14:29
  Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.
- Numbers 33:1
  These are the journeys of the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
- 2 Chronicles 26:11–13
  Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal…
- Numbers 26:2
  “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”