Numbers 1:43
in Numbers 1those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
KJV
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
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This verse in Numbers 1
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
From the sons of Joseph
on Numbers 1:32-43
Joseph is counted as two tribes, and Ephraim at 40,500 stands above Manasseh at 32,200. Jacob had crossed his hands at Genesis 48:14-20 and said “his younger brother shall be greater than he”. The roll reads that way generations later.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 53,400 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
8 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 |
| נַפְתָּלִ֑י | naftali | Naphtali | H5321 → | 51 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁ֧ה | sheloshah | [were] three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים | vachamishim | and fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| אֶ֖לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְאַרְבַּ֥ע | vearba' | and four | H702 → | 318 times |
| מֵאֽוֹת׃ פ | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
פְּקֻדֵיהֶ֖םenrolled [men] their
pekudeihemH6485 →303 times
לְמַטֵּ֣הof [the] tribe of
lematehH4294 →252 times
נַפְתָּלִ֑יNaphtali
naftaliH5321 →51 times
שְׁלֹשָׁ֧ה[were] three
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛יםand fifty
vachamishimH2572 →163 times
אֶ֖לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
וְאַרְבַּ֥עand four
vearba'H702 →318 times
מֵאֽוֹת׃ פhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 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 2:30and his division numbers 53,400.
it leads to
- Numbers 1:42–43
From the sons of Naphtali, 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,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 26:50
These were the clans of Naphtali, and their registration numbered 45,400.
- Numbers 1:42–43
Through
Numbers 26:50These were the clans of Naphtali, and their registration numbered 45,400.
it leads to
- Numbers 2:29–30
Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan,
- Numbers 2:29–30
Where this verse is studied
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.