Numbers 1:25
in Numbers 1those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
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This verse in Numbers 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseForty and five thousand six hundred and fifty - Mr. Ainsworth has remarked that Gad, the handmaid’s son, is the only one of all the tribes whose number ends with fifty, all the others are by thousands, and end with hundreds; which shows God’s admirable providence and blessing in multiplying them so, that no odd or broken number was among all the tribes. But see on Num 1:46 (note).
This site's exposition
And the children of Reuben
on Numbers 1:20-31
The six sons of Leah are numbered first and every tribe gets the same enrolment formula word for word. Judah is the largest at seventy four thousand six hundred, which John Calvin reads beside Jacob's word over Judah at Genesis 49:10, and chapter 2 will set Judah first on the east and first on the march. Gad at forty five thousand six hundred and fifty is the only total in the chapter that does not end in a round hundred, a detail Adam Clarke takes from Henry Ainsworth. Reuben is still called Israel's eldest son here and heads the list, and chapter 2 will place him behind Judah.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), but none of the numbers descend to units or tens. Some think it was a special providence that ordered all the tribes just at this time to be even numbers, and no odd or broken numbers among them, to show them that there was something more than ordinary designed in their increase, there being this uncommon in the circumstance of it.
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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. 45,650 men. See Gill on Num 1:20.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Of the two half-tribes of Joseph, who is seen to be "a fruitful bough" [Ge 49:22], that of Ephraim was the larger, as had been predicted. The relative increase of all, as in the two just mentioned, was owing to the special blessing of God, conformably to the prophetic declaration of the dying patriarch.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖ם | pekudeihem | enrolled [men] their | H6485 → | 303 times |
| לְמַטֵּ֣ה | lemateh | of [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| גָ֑ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה | chamishah | [were] five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| וְאַרְבָּעִים֙ | vearbaim | and forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| אֶ֔לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְשֵׁ֥שׁ | veshesh | and six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵא֖וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃ פ | vachamishim | and fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖םenrolled [men] their
pekudeihemH6485 →303 times
לְמַטֵּ֣הof [the] tribe of
lematehH4294 →252 times
גָ֑דGad
gadH1410 →72 times
חֲמִשָּׁ֤ה[were] five
chamishahH2568 →343 times
וְאַרְבָּעִים֙and forty
vearbaimH705 →136 times
אֶ֔לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
וְשֵׁ֥שׁand six
vesheshH8337 →216 times
מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
וַחֲמִשִּֽׁים׃ פand fifty
vachamishimH2572 →163 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 2:15and his division numbers 45,650.
it leads to
- Numbers 26:18
These were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered 40,500.
- Numbers 26:18
Through
Numbers 26:18These were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered 40,500.
it leads to
- Numbers 2:14–15
Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,
- Numbers 1:24–25
From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- Numbers 2:14–15
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies1
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.